Film Research - Kill Bill Vo.1

Kill Bill Vo.1 - Film Opening

In the opening of Kill Bill, we hear the deep breathing of the Bride before we see any image which makes us wonder what's about to happen. We then see the bride in black and white effect on the floor dying, this is effective as it has discontinuity editing as this should happen half way into the film, as the audience of the film we are confused as to why these events have happened and makes us extremely interested to find out more. This pace of the opening scene is very slow which reflects on the pace of her dying. After the credits appear, we are shown a colour image which shows we are in a different time, the Bride goes into a woman's house and when they see each other we are shown a flashback of what happened between them - this gives us some insight of what it going on. There is then a very fast pace editing as the two girls are fighting, in an opening scene its important for most films like Kill Bill for example to have an action scene in the start of the movie as it prepares the audience. The start of the fight scene starts with a loud energetic non-diegetic music which catches the audiences attention. This opening creates high amounts of tension as the discontinuity editing confuses us but yet excites us as we want to find out what happened to cause these events to happen.

Openings for action films should have a interesting opening to set the right mood e.g. with a fight scene or building up to one. Film openings shouldn't tell us what exactly is happening in the opening so that people are interested and want to find out what happens next. 

Titles for Films

Film Titles

The same roles that appear in all three title sequence are written and directed by, executive producers, actors, casting by, director of photography, production design, casting by, editors. the credits in spring breakers is very simple it has a black background and they have used neon lights that makes it interesting. The titles for Deadwood and The Conjuring are over images they have been blocked in the bottom and middle of the images in bright writing so it is seen clearly this is an effective way for titles to be shown as before you see the film you can see images that are related and it is more interesting to read then on a black screen which many people might not read. The order for these three films are different to most as they have Directed and Written at the beginning when they are normally at the end. It seems as though these titles were not thought about in much detail as some seem very random, for my Storyboard I followed these titles in a similar order.