Analysis of how sound, camera and miss-en-scen is used in Kill Bill

In the first sequence we see the bride being buried alive. We as viewers believe that she is going to die as we hear the synchronous and diegetic sounds of the nails going into the coffin. This represents her hope being extinguished, as all the nails are finally hammered in and it becomes completely pitch black and this loss of light again is implying the loss of hope of the bride. Both the darkness and the nails being hammered in are emphasising her claustrophobia, which is making uncomfortable viewing as we try to imagine what it is like to be trapped in a enclosed space. The diegetic sound of the soil being poured onto the coffin is also having a similar effect showing her hope is crashing down on her and even if she was to break through the coffin she has to get past the soil making her chances of escaping even slimmer. The emphasis on the synchronous sound of heavy breathing is also representing her panic that it could even be her last breaths. There is non-diegetic music that gets faster, the music is hopeless and not motivational implying that she has given up hope of escaping and that she has almost resigned to the fact that this is where she will die. Furthermore, the sound of the crickets in the background reinforces the isolation of the scene and suggesting that thee is no one out there that could come to her rescue as it is in an extremely remote location. There is a flicking sound of the torch which could represent her faint hopes and if the torch her one bit of faint hope goes out, it would connote that she really has lost all hope of survival. The faint light symbolises that her life is hanging in the balance and at this moment she doesn't think it is in her control she is just waiting for the inevitable which is similar to the inevitability of the light going out, which really adds to the tension of the scene.

 This all changes in the second sequence where we can see that she has found now belief and hope by the change in lighting, sound, camera and editing. Firstly the non-diegetic music is now more upbeat and as her escape comes closer the music speeds up this connotes her growth in belief that she could potentially escape. In contrast to the first sequence her heartbeat goes from heavy and panicked to calm and steady which is represented by the drums. This implies that she is now fully focuses on her escape as she is now cam instead of panicked stricken where she could not begin to think she could survive. Also the lighting completely significantly changed from darkness and a glimmer of light from a torch to the whole coffin being very light, this clearly re-emphasises the change in mood that her life is now in her hands and that her chances of survival aren't zero anymore which was represented by darkness and the new light shows us that she can and will escape the coffin. The fear and loss of hope from the darkness in sequence one is now in clear contrast to the hope and belief represented by the light in sequence two. In the second sequence the camera angle is also used to help us see her hope and her increased chances of escaping. During the first sequence we saw the bride closed in with almost no space to move, clearly implying that it was impossible for the bride to escape and made it very uncomfortable to watch because it makes you feel claustrophobic. But this completely changes in the second sequence where a high angle looking down from head to her feet makes the coffin look dramatically bigger and now the bride has space to move her legs and arms. This removes the feeling of claustrophobia and connotes that she can escape as she can free her legs and move her arms now to help free herself. Her focus has now fully turned to escaping unlike the first sequence where she didn't believe, an editing technique of eye line match along with the upbeat non-diegetic music shows she is completely focused on trying to free her feet. This help the viewers to believe she can escape as it is clear the bride herself believes she can and is dong everything she can to survive. Furthermore, a close up of the bride highlights her determination as she is sweating and gritting her teeth, signs she is doing everything she possibly can. As the brides escape gets closer the non-diegetic music becomes triumphant the coffin gets lighter indicating that the end is near and she will be free soon. Lastly, as soon as the bride has escaped the coffin and popped her head through the soil the music stops, suggesting the mission has been completed, but also she is now in a remote location that she most likely doesn't know here it is and the sound of silence indicates that she has now embarked on a new challenge and the triumphant music might have Come to early.