Film Openings

I chose the opening of Kill Bill as it is one of my favourite films and I think the opening is a key scene to the rest of the film as the film often changes between time periods of before and after this scene. It introduces you to the aim of the film: to "Kill Bill". It introduces the two main characters immediatley as well as their complex relationship. We do not see Bill's face which shows us that he is a very powerful man. We can only see one shot during the opening, that is of the 'bloodsplattered bride' who is gasping for breath, showing that she is under Bills power.

We can see that the bride has been attacked as she is covered in blood and gasping for breath. This is very strange and confuses the audience as this is so out of the ordinary. Once we begin to listen we understand that Bill was part of this assault on the bride,he states that he is "at his most masochistic" which tells the audience that he is wanting to kill. The audience assume that Bill is preparing to kill the bride.

The scene becomes most thrilling at the when the bride takes a breath to speak whilst you can hear a gun being loaded and shes "Bill, it's your baby." and instantly we hear a gun shot, we see the bride flinch and that is the end of the scene leaving the audience in suspense.