How the bride is represented through the 2 sequences of Kill Bill through the use of sound and mise-en-scene

In the first sequence of Kill Bill we are presented with a character called ‘The Bride’ who is portrayed as a woman that has done wrong, which is shown through her being trapped in a small coffin that looks claustrophobic signifying her impending death. The lighting is dark, which ignites fear, and the colour of inside the coffin is black and white, which further ignites darkness. The male character is showing synchronous sound when he is hammering the nails in the coffin causing The Bride to become panicked, which is shown through her screaming. There is a close up to show that she  is tied with ropes which represent how tight her body must feel which makes the atmosphere more dramatic and en-forces on the effect of claustrophobia as she cant move, she is trapped.

Furthermore different sounds are portrayed throughout to create tension and provoke the pain of The Bride. We hear The Bride breathing heavily through diegetic sounds, which implies how scared she is feeling. The music starts to build up faster as the coffin begins to close through non-diegetic sound, which represents her anxiety. Not only this but the sound of the nails being nailed into the coffin is diegetic sound which doubles the anxiety of The Bride because she begins to feel more enclosed.

In contrast to this in the second sequence when we see her escape there is brighter lighting, which is signifying hope. We see a high angle shot looking down on her, which connotes how she has more space therefore becoming free and shows the idea of hope again. Whilst she is trying to escape we see a panning shot, which shows her determination.  To emphasise on her having determination we see a close up of her face and she then says ‘here I come’ which highlights her motivation to escape.

Moreover the sound in the second sequence changes as she is trying to escape there is non-diegetic sound, which is showing curiosity, there is also non-diegetic sound when she is about to escape but this music starts to stop as soon as her head pops up from under the ground. To conclude at the end of the sequence once she is free the non-diegetic sound of the music becomes more Western which shows she is getting free for a fight.