Blog #3 Editing Analysis - Kill Bill's Whistle Scene
Starting from 0:05 to 1:35
The scene opens up with a tracking shot of Elle Driver walking inside with her stark-white outfit and her contrasting, vivid red umbrella. The camera follows closely behind Elle as the infamous "Kill Bill whistle song" is overlaid by the tip tap of her heels. She continues to walk forward, close ups of her shoes and hands gripping the umbrella foreshadowing the events to befall. It soon cuts to a frontal, low angle shot of Elle walking and thus adding to her superior position in the movie. She continues to whistle down the hall way before taking a turn to enter the women's restroom. While the shot from the front shows Elle taking a right, the shot from the back shows her taking a left. This intentional break of the 180 degree rule sets the stage of an unbecoming and tense scene Quentin Tarantino is known for.
As Elle exits the scene, the camera continues to trek forward to showcase the empty hallways as another layer of music track is added to the whistling. A nurse walks across, showing a relatively "normal" day at the hospital before the camera turns to the right to show Elle's victim.
It slowly shifts into a split screen with Elle preparing her assassination and the woman sleeping on the left side of the screen. The music intensifies as Elle slips on her gloves and clads herself in an all white nurse outfit. The right cuts to a shot of the finger pulse oximeter and the bright red light that shines on it. As Elle finishes changing, she begins to fill the syringe with a sort of red liquid that the audience can assume is her method of killing. Elle later exits the bathroom and the music intensifies with a stronger and louder supporting bass, ready to kill the woman.
As the split screen montage was going on, I realized that it was an abundance of close ups and extreme close ups. This adds to the tension between Elle and the woman. Similarly, the color red is used as a symbol for life and the taking of life. The finger pulse oximeter is used to measure oxygen saturation through the red light, showing life. Elle's red umbrella, red eyepatch, and red syringe is all pointing to the ending of the woman's life.
The scene opens up with a tracking shot of Elle Driver walking inside with her stark-white outfit and her contrasting, vivid red umbrella. The camera follows closely behind Elle as the infamous "Kill Bill whistle song" is overlaid by the tip tap of her heels. She continues to walk forward, close ups of her shoes and hands gripping the umbrella foreshadowing the events to befall. It soon cuts to a frontal, low angle shot of Elle walking and thus adding to her superior position in the movie. She continues to whistle down the hall way before taking a turn to enter the women's restroom. While the shot from the front shows Elle taking a right, the shot from the back shows her taking a left. This intentional break of the 180 degree rule sets the stage of an unbecoming and tense scene Quentin Tarantino is known for.
As Elle exits the scene, the camera continues to trek forward to showcase the empty hallways as another layer of music track is added to the whistling. A nurse walks across, showing a relatively "normal" day at the hospital before the camera turns to the right to show Elle's victim.
It slowly shifts into a split screen with Elle preparing her assassination and the woman sleeping on the left side of the screen. The music intensifies as Elle slips on her gloves and clads herself in an all white nurse outfit. The right cuts to a shot of the finger pulse oximeter and the bright red light that shines on it. As Elle finishes changing, she begins to fill the syringe with a sort of red liquid that the audience can assume is her method of killing. Elle later exits the bathroom and the music intensifies with a stronger and louder supporting bass, ready to kill the woman.
As the split screen montage was going on, I realized that it was an abundance of close ups and extreme close ups. This adds to the tension between Elle and the woman. Similarly, the color red is used as a symbol for life and the taking of life. The finger pulse oximeter is used to measure oxygen saturation through the red light, showing life. Elle's red umbrella, red eyepatch, and red syringe is all pointing to the ending of the woman's life.
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