How does Tarantino use thriller signifiers in this action adventure, martial arts film?
The Brides Burial
Tarantino uses two intertextual references to Hitchcock’s 'Psycho' (1960)
Reference 1 - The soundtrack
Reference 2 - Close up of the bride driving her car - refers to Marion Crane leaving town with the stolen money.
Why?
To intensify the suspense To indicate the bride's danger To flatter the audience - like a tribute to Hitchcock. The scene includes a lot of generic thriller conventions. The scene is set in an unglamorous, isolated location at night time - noir lighting. This makes the scene shadowy. The camera is at a low angle, meaning that the viewers are seeing things from the bride’s point of view. This also makes Bill's brother look more superior.
In the scene where she is trapped in a coffin, there is diagetic sound, of nails being hammered and of the bride's heavy breathing.
Non diagetic sound added in edit. Intertextually referancing Morriconi's music in Leoni's "the Good the Bad and the Ugly"
The coffin is a powerful utilisation of genre to heighten the sense of doom and claustrophobia.
Noir lighting with chiaroscuro lighting gives the impression of impending doom, nightmare and illusion.
camera is close up, at the same level as her. we feel like we are in the same situation as her.
2 comments:
There are some important points here that you've clearly noted down during a lesson examining this text. Adapt these notes and turn them into a mini-essay instead.
You must take up GDS's advice, some of these notes are a little confused. I'd suggest you re-look at this sequence on You-tube and develop into an essay.
Level 1-2 borderline, minimal to basic understanding of film language.
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