When bride is Buried Alive.

During this scene, the bride is beaten up and buried alive by Bill. In this scene, the main convention of the Thriller is the fear of being buried alive. Taratino plays on claustraphobia and makes the audience feel confined also with the use of the continuous close up making the audience feel uncomfortable.
Tarantino also uses intertextual references in his work In this scene in Kill Bill, he uses the same music as is used for the finalé of The Good, Bad and the Ugly.





The music; 'The Ecstacy of Gold' by Ennio Morricone plays in the finalé of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and highlights the heroism of main character 'Blondie'. Music helps the audience to feel different emotions and this music makes us feel admiration for Blondie.
This same music is also played in the scene 4 of Kill Bill 2 for exactly the same reason. It is helping us to see how much of a hero the Bride is and showing us that she should have as much admiration for the Bride, as we do for Blondie. Another reason for using the same music for this scene is to show how the roles and views of women have changed from 1966 (the year G,B& the U was released) and 2004. In 1966, the man is still seen as the dominant gender represented by the typical male 'hero'. However, Tarrantino shows how the tables have been turned in 2004 by showing the hero as a woman. She has all the aspects of a male hero; strength, determination and skill and even manages to break out of a coffin after being buried alive. She is a femme fatale character however untraditional, as she is not 'glamourous'.

How Tarantino utilises the conventions of the Thriller Genre in his film; Kill Bill 2

Tarantino uses many conventions of the Thriller Genre in Kill Bill 2. These include:
in the clip that we watched the location is very isolated. It looks as if it is in the middle of no-where such as a desert. This type of location has been used and is popular in Thriller films as it makes you feel isolated and 'alone'. It adds to the suspense as you feel like there is no one to help you.

Characters. The use of characters are very important in the Thriller Genre. In this scene, we see two characters; The Bride and Bill. We see Bill first in a long distance shot of the location, with him walking towards his caravan. Straight away we judge him as a 'hillbilly' a 'trailer trash' character because we see that he lives in the middle of no where in a caravan. The close up of him confirms this as we see his dirty clothes, jewellery and greasy hair (stereotypical aspects of 'trailer trash') The other character we see is 'The Bride'. Played by Uma Thurman, the bride is seen as a fairly masculine femme fatale, not the typical glamourous Femme Fatale characters of the 1940's. She takes a very masculine role in the film, one typically played by men in most thrillers.

The lighting is also a main aspect of the Thriller Genre. The lighting in this scene is non ambient- chiarascuro. This is because she scene is shot at night. It also only shows certain facial features adding to the suspence of the scene.

Sound: The sound in this scene is diagetic. This is sound that can be heard within in the mis-en-scene (heard by the characters) such as the sound of animals and bugs and when he was singing. Non diagetic is sound that is put in over the top, such as a soundtrack.

Film Noir and femme fatale

Film noir:
a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s"

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. ..

Film noir is used to place the audience in the same position as the characters:

• Evil
• Uncertanty
• mystery, enigma
• suspense
• nightmare

femme Fatale:

A female character in a film that is considered 'dangerous' in a film, usually presented as glamorous and seductive. "deadly woman".

An example of A femme fatale is the Bride, from Kill Bill 2, however, she is seen as an untraditional Femme Fatale, a traditional example is Gilda.

Chiaroscuro Lighting is where you can only see certain features of face:

• Extreme light on dark
• unreal looking
• asthetically pleasing
• non ambient (not natural- ambient is natural)

(images from Google)

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Photo's of location ideas for Thriller.

One of the locations we decided to possibly shoot in is the Norwich Train Station. Many directors use train stations or railways as it shows a vulnerable side to the character as they may not be aware where they are going, or who they will see, an example of this is the film; Witness [ still shot from witness ]. The most effective shots are shot from over the shoulder, as if you actually were the character, or someone following close behind. Another effective shot used in this location is a high angled shot showing a crowd of people, so you can only just focus on the character. I have taken a few photographs of Norwich station to back up my ideas. I believe these images show how a seemingly innocent train station can soon become a place of nightmare.

I have also added this image of Elm Hill as another possible option. A dark, wet cobbled street is often used as a generic location in Thriller films

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