Kill Bill Opening Sequence Analysis

Kill Bill Opening Sequence Review by Chris

The opening sequence of the movie “Kill Bill” used many interesting techniques to keep the audience excited and interested in the movie; such as the soundtracks, camera angles, effects and monologues which sets the tone of how the plot would be for the rest of the movie. 

The first few seconds, while the directors and the actors were being introduced with pure black background, the sound of a girl breathing heavily and constantly- kind of sexually was played in the background. This makes the audience curious and excited of what is actually happening behind the black screen and it grabs the audience attention because it sounded pretty erotic.

Right before the first scene was introduced, the sound of a man walking in boots, slowly stumping on the wooden floor was played. This technique is really interesting because it just shows the sound without any scene or acting along with it, which makes the audience even more curious about what is happening and want to continue watching- it also creates tension because the noise of the boots stumping on the floor often refers to mysteriousness or hinting that something is about to happen.

The movie opened with a brutal and gruesome black and white close-up scene of a women lying on the floor covered by plastic sheets covered in blood with her face painted with blood and wounds as if she was hurt and tortured really badly- which is totally opposite to what the audience’s idea of the erotic voice. The heavy breathing turned out to be the character’s struggle to breath which indicates that she was scared and in pain. This grabs even more attention from the audience as it shows some kind of a twist already so early on in the movie which makes the movie seem even more excited. The scene was also in black and white which might refers to the fact that it is in the past and the settings might be many years ago.

The shots then changed to the angle of the back of the man’s boots, which was the source of the stomping sound, walking slowly. The boots were leathery and shiny which gives the audience the idea of this character being porch and kind of rich. This creates tension and makes the audience curious about who he is and what is he about to do to the other character.

The women then sees the man walking towards her and began to be scared which indicates that he was the one that caused her all these wounds and tortured her. The man leaned towards her and started speaking in a really deep and manly voice which give the audience a feeling of power and strength. He began to wipe the blood out of her face with a napkin with the word “Bill” on it- this shows that he could be a psychopath or some kind of a maniac because he was talking nicely and trying to clean her face up after he tortured her. The word “Bill” on the napkin reveals that this man is the main character in the movie and gives an idea of what the movie is going to be about. This scene also shows that he was wearing a suit and a few jewelries in his right arm which indicates that he is rich and grown up.

The introduction ended with the sound of him slowly reloading his gun (without any actual visual gun in the scene) while the camera was focused on the girl’s face being frightened followed by a loud bang of the gunshot and the visual of blood splashing into the plastic sheets and a hole in her forehead. The fact that this whole time, the camera was focused on the girl’s face makes the audience feels really into the scene and shows how that character is feeling. It also makes the audience excited of who this man is as it never shows how he looks like or anything, only a his shoes and the suit on his arm. After he pulled the trigger and killed her, it shows the audience that this character is a murderer and the fact that he does it so calmly and casually makes it seem like he has done it many times before and this movie is based on this cold-hearted psycho serial killer- this is the reason that will make the audience interested and want to watch on because this character is really interesting and unique from other movies.