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Saturday 10 December 2011

Conventions of film openings

'Kill Bill Vol.1'

The film I have chosen to look at is Kill Bill Vol.1. Kill Bill is an action thriller with was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The first shot in the opening of the sequence is a quote of an ancient proverb. This sets the tone of the film and creates a dark and sinister mood with is a convention of a thriller film.

The use of dark colours is significant in this clip as the whole clip is in black and white. This suggests the film is going to be dark and creepy.

The opening has both diegectic and non diegectic sounds. This is when the girl is breathing at a fast pace and when the credits are running there is a song playing in the background, 'bang bang you shot me down'.

They introduce the main character in the opening scene. They portray her as being a helpless, scared victim and they introduce Bill as being the villain. This is a convention of a thriller film.
The credits in the film are very plain and are again in black and white, they also fade slowly. This along with the sound creates a mysterious atmosphere and does not give anything away which is part of the conventional thriller genre.
  



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