Textual Analysis: Kill Bill
Last Chapter- ‘Face to Face’
M-This scene (chapter) starts from a black fade in from a previous chapter. We hear music- in a different language (foreign). The fade leads us into the next scene where we see a car approaching in a hurry- the audience are left with an enigma as they wonder where she is going. We see different types of shots of Uma, we then see a sudden close-up of her face which leads us to the next scene, where it shows a different representation of women (housewives and sex objects) compared to the rest of the film. A female narrator (Uma) is heard as the music stops. She explains where and who she has come to ‘Esteban Vihaio’- a pimp, friend of Bill’s mother, ran a brothel and has a army ‘The Acuna Boys’. Estaban sees a beautiful women (Uma) approaching and he welcomes her. They both talk to each other about bill. ‘She asks him where is Bill?’ and he tells her where he is, and we have another black fade out when a close up of Esteban face is shown. This then leads us to the next scene, which is black and white, however Uma is in colour- this is one of the conventions of a art house film. We hear music as she approaches her destination and gets out of the car. The camera is now behind her and as she pulls out her gun, the music gets faster and with more tense and drama. The audience here are left with an enigma- ‘Is she going to Kill Bill?’ As she opens the door we see a long shot of her from inside the house. She checks around the house with a gun still in her hand. As she approaches the back garden door and as she turns around with the camera as well in a medium shot we see her holding a gun, showing her power and control because of the gun. Then all of a sudden we hear dramtic music as the camera quickly zooms in her with a close-up of her face, her facial expressions shows she is shocked- the audience are left with an enigma. Then we see a little girl in a medium shot in her pj’s telling Uma to ‘Freeze Mommy!’ and we also see Bill with her. We then get another close-up of Uma’s face as they pretend she shot them. Here, is when we see Uma’s weak side as through out the whole film she is shown as controlling and strong. She starts to cry as the audience sympathises with her. This is when we realise Uma child is alive. After tucking in B.B (her child, here we see her maternal side) we hear the theme to Kill Bill as Bill and Uma both confront each other. As Uma tried to grab his sword, he shots the fruit next to her on the table and she moves back and she stops. They both start to discuss how to solve the problem in a long shot view. The all of a sudden Bill is seen with more power as he shoots her with a dart full of truth serum. This shows how we see a change in the role of who’s more powerful. We then go back to a flashback as Uma starts talking as we see why she wantd to get away from Bill. We then come out of the flash back with a fade out and we see Uma and Bill sitting at a table where she attacks him- taking back control from him. We then see Bill get up and walk off slowly in a long shot view and then all of a sudden he collapses. Here Uma is shown with more power and her revenge is fulfilled. A close up is shown again of Uma crying, this is kind of shocking to the audience as Uma has been represented as power and with no fear. We then cut to see a long shot of Uma carrying away B.B, as she shuts the door, we hear the engine of the car and a black fade occurs again. We then see another heading written in big, white, bold and striking against the black background. We then hear a t.v. of a cartoon show and see B.B on the bed- enigma to audience. We establish the new setting in a hotel. Then as the camera gets closer to the door near B.B we hear a female crying (Uma). The camera then cuts to a birds eye-view shot and see her crying on the floor holding a teddy. Then we have a close-up of her crying and hugging the teddy, and then suddenly start laughing and we hear a festive music with the television and cuts to Uma waling up to B.B. The lost shot shows a happy mother and daughter relationship (which the audience my connect with also) and then cuts.
I - Its Hollywood and there has been lots of promotions to help promote Kill Bill and reach its audience, such as trailers, posters. Kill Bill can be seen as mainstream or even a art house film. There are ethnic minorities represented in Kill Bill and it also happens to be a women, who is shown as strong headed female.
G - Kill Bill is a Action, with art house conventions as it has many flashbacks and some scenes are black and white. It can also be classified into to many other genre's, drama, and thriller. However, its not your average action film as you would stereotypically expect a male to be killing and avenging people, but its a woman instead. The audience are in shock and thrown of balance as they are watching something that they did not expect, as it not very often they see a woman in control, there are some films where a women has more control over men, for instance 'Charlies Angles'.
R - In the text Uma Thurman is represented as powerful, dominant and in control. Men are shown to have less control compared to other actions films where you would expect to see the man as the main character. However, even though the main character is white we also have ethnic minorities represented as well. Vivica A. Fox ‘Vernita Green’ a black woman is represented as powerful and superior. Women are represented with much more power and independence today, they prove that woman can just as much can do the same as men. However, are not shown in a negative way but also poerful as women but women such as Uma Thurman show they have more power as she is the dominant protagonist.
A - The main target audience for this text would be the middle class, ages 18 and over. Males and females would be the target to this text. It is targeted at males because of the genre, action. Also, because of the main character Uma Thurman, as they feel attracted to her. However, females also feel they can relate to main character as she is a female who has more power then men: they feel they are just as good as men and have the same control.I - Actions films are usually a male based film however Uma Thurman breaks the action ideology, as women have the upper hand and represented as strong and more control. She sends a positive message across proving that women are just as better as men and there is less of the patricharcal society. However, even though Uma Thurman shows a independent strong female, she is directed by a male director Quentin Tarantino. It is likely that male directors portray women characters different from how women directors portray women characters, simply because it’s harder for them to relate to the characters.
N - The narrative has chapters which are spread in a two part series, Kill Bill volume One and Kill Bill Volume Two. Kill Bill is divided into ten chapters, five chapters per volume. As is common in Tarantino films, they are not arranged in chronological order.
M-This scene (chapter) starts from a black fade in from a previous chapter. We hear music- in a different language (foreign). The fade leads us into the next scene where we see a car approaching in a hurry- the audience are left with an enigma as they wonder where she is going. We see different types of shots of Uma, we then see a sudden close-up of her face which leads us to the next scene, where it shows a different representation of women (housewives and sex objects) compared to the rest of the film. A female narrator (Uma) is heard as the music stops. She explains where and who she has come to ‘Esteban Vihaio’- a pimp, friend of Bill’s mother, ran a brothel and has a army ‘The Acuna Boys’. Estaban sees a beautiful women (Uma) approaching and he welcomes her. They both talk to each other about bill. ‘She asks him where is Bill?’ and he tells her where he is, and we have another black fade out when a close up of Esteban face is shown. This then leads us to the next scene, which is black and white, however Uma is in colour- this is one of the conventions of a art house film. We hear music as she approaches her destination and gets out of the car. The camera is now behind her and as she pulls out her gun, the music gets faster and with more tense and drama. The audience here are left with an enigma- ‘Is she going to Kill Bill?’ As she opens the door we see a long shot of her from inside the house. She checks around the house with a gun still in her hand. As she approaches the back garden door and as she turns around with the camera as well in a medium shot we see her holding a gun, showing her power and control because of the gun. Then all of a sudden we hear dramtic music as the camera quickly zooms in her with a close-up of her face, her facial expressions shows she is shocked- the audience are left with an enigma. Then we see a little girl in a medium shot in her pj’s telling Uma to ‘Freeze Mommy!’ and we also see Bill with her. We then get another close-up of Uma’s face as they pretend she shot them. Here, is when we see Uma’s weak side as through out the whole film she is shown as controlling and strong. She starts to cry as the audience sympathises with her. This is when we realise Uma child is alive. After tucking in B.B (her child, here we see her maternal side) we hear the theme to Kill Bill as Bill and Uma both confront each other. As Uma tried to grab his sword, he shots the fruit next to her on the table and she moves back and she stops. They both start to discuss how to solve the problem in a long shot view. The all of a sudden Bill is seen with more power as he shoots her with a dart full of truth serum. This shows how we see a change in the role of who’s more powerful. We then go back to a flashback as Uma starts talking as we see why she wantd to get away from Bill. We then come out of the flash back with a fade out and we see Uma and Bill sitting at a table where she attacks him- taking back control from him. We then see Bill get up and walk off slowly in a long shot view and then all of a sudden he collapses. Here Uma is shown with more power and her revenge is fulfilled. A close up is shown again of Uma crying, this is kind of shocking to the audience as Uma has been represented as power and with no fear. We then cut to see a long shot of Uma carrying away B.B, as she shuts the door, we hear the engine of the car and a black fade occurs again. We then see another heading written in big, white, bold and striking against the black background. We then hear a t.v. of a cartoon show and see B.B on the bed- enigma to audience. We establish the new setting in a hotel. Then as the camera gets closer to the door near B.B we hear a female crying (Uma). The camera then cuts to a birds eye-view shot and see her crying on the floor holding a teddy. Then we have a close-up of her crying and hugging the teddy, and then suddenly start laughing and we hear a festive music with the television and cuts to Uma waling up to B.B. The lost shot shows a happy mother and daughter relationship (which the audience my connect with also) and then cuts.
I - Its Hollywood and there has been lots of promotions to help promote Kill Bill and reach its audience, such as trailers, posters. Kill Bill can be seen as mainstream or even a art house film. There are ethnic minorities represented in Kill Bill and it also happens to be a women, who is shown as strong headed female.
G - Kill Bill is a Action, with art house conventions as it has many flashbacks and some scenes are black and white. It can also be classified into to many other genre's, drama, and thriller. However, its not your average action film as you would stereotypically expect a male to be killing and avenging people, but its a woman instead. The audience are in shock and thrown of balance as they are watching something that they did not expect, as it not very often they see a woman in control, there are some films where a women has more control over men, for instance 'Charlies Angles'.
R - In the text Uma Thurman is represented as powerful, dominant and in control. Men are shown to have less control compared to other actions films where you would expect to see the man as the main character. However, even though the main character is white we also have ethnic minorities represented as well. Vivica A. Fox ‘Vernita Green’ a black woman is represented as powerful and superior. Women are represented with much more power and independence today, they prove that woman can just as much can do the same as men. However, are not shown in a negative way but also poerful as women but women such as Uma Thurman show they have more power as she is the dominant protagonist.
A - The main target audience for this text would be the middle class, ages 18 and over. Males and females would be the target to this text. It is targeted at males because of the genre, action. Also, because of the main character Uma Thurman, as they feel attracted to her. However, females also feel they can relate to main character as she is a female who has more power then men: they feel they are just as good as men and have the same control.I - Actions films are usually a male based film however Uma Thurman breaks the action ideology, as women have the upper hand and represented as strong and more control. She sends a positive message across proving that women are just as better as men and there is less of the patricharcal society. However, even though Uma Thurman shows a independent strong female, she is directed by a male director Quentin Tarantino. It is likely that male directors portray women characters different from how women directors portray women characters, simply because it’s harder for them to relate to the characters.
N - The narrative has chapters which are spread in a two part series, Kill Bill volume One and Kill Bill Volume Two. Kill Bill is divided into ten chapters, five chapters per volume. As is common in Tarantino films, they are not arranged in chronological order.
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