Kill Bill Volume1 [Case Study]

A little about KillBill1:
Directed By: Quentin Tarantino
Release Date: 17th of October 2003
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Explain how Tarantino establishes  thriller conventions in the title sequence.
Tarantino uses black and white lighting for the first scene of KillBill. This lighting is also known as Chiaroscuro lighting and is classically used in film noire, which is a sub genre of thriller. The lighting could also be used to represent the clear contrast between good and bad, where good is the light and bad is the dark. Including this technique within KillBill was necessary because the main root of the franchise, is a solitude Heroin fighting off her foes.
We first see the Heroine bleeding ecstaticly and she is clearly in deep pain. The camera is completely centered on her face in a close up- showing her weeping expression. Also, the camera is looking slightly downwards onto her, representing her helplessness as this point. The next shot is of Bill, walking toward her whilst the camera pans on his feet. Bill wears shiny black leather boots- with a heel. This is a reference to 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' where the theme is of western cowboys having gunfights. It is possible that Tarantino chose to give Bill Cowboy boots to make him sound more menacing (as his footsteps sound impressive and extreme). But also because the heel gives Bill a bit more height, making him seem as though he wants to be seen as bigger and more threatening than he really is.
Tarantino makes Bill a threatening and powerful character with the use of his hankerchief which has his own name etched into it. He reaches down to Kiddo's face wearing a leather glove and wipes her cut. Exclaiming 'I could kill you if I wanted to'. The use of the Hankercheif shows Bill must be a 'big time player' who has enough money to waste on things like getting his name imprinted everywhere.
The intro scene cuts after a gun shot is heard, followed by intense screaming- this is a soundbridge, and it adds to the thriller genre because it generates fear, tension and suspense. The same effect was used in Heavenly Creatures, but for a different cause (when the girls crush their mothers head).