Kill Bill - Scene Analysis

At the beginning of the scene, the Bride is shown in a medium-close-up shot conveying
her happiness.

There is a shot-reverse-shot sequence where the camera cuts to the door. Here we hear
the diegetic sound of Bill's flute mix in with the non-diegetic soundtrack of the scene.
When the camera cuts back to the Bride, she is visually distressed/concerned. This shows
that there is some negative history between her and Bill before we're introduced to Bill.

With a medium-close-up shot of the Bride, she lifts a cloth into the shot which she is
fiddling with, which further highlights her tense/worrisome emotions towards Bill.
When the Bride moves to the doorframe, she is followed via the use of a tracking shot.
Once she reaches the doorframe she freezes, while her silhouette is shrouded in shadow
due to the lighting of the shot, which I believe conveys the darkness that Bill brings with
him, along with conveying further uncertainty within Bill as a character.

When the Bride exists the Church, the Bride and Bill are framed on opposing sides
of the shot, with the Bride in a medium-long-shot and Bill in a mid-shot. In my opinion,
this conveys that Bill still takes up much of the Brides life/world. We can see the
juxtaposition between the costumes worn by the characters (with the Bride wearing
white and Bill wearing black) showing the contrast in the characters - Bill is the villain,
the Bride is the hero. This then hints to the audience that these two characters will
oppose each other - be it physically or mentally - by the end of the film.

As Bill and the Bride are walking toward each other, they never pass the halfway
point of the frame. This could be a subtle visual nod to both Bill’s desire to get the
Bride back, and the Brides desire to get away from Bill. Furthermore, we get a
close-up of both characters sharing the shot once they both reach the halfway line.
The framing of the two subjects in this shot is important to the conversation taking
place, as Bill is trying to point out the mundanity of what will be the Brides future life
and is subsequently trying to get her to go with him. The Bride holds her own and
stands her ground. The framing reflects this by having both characters positioned
at a similar height level. This shows the audience that the power balance between
the two at this moment is equal. At a certain point, Bill says “As opposed to traveling
around the world killing human beings and being paid vast sums of money?”, to
which the Bride responded “Precisely”. But as she did this, she leaned over the
halfway point of the frame and into Bills half, asserting her dominance and definitively
stating that she wants her new life. The entire scene is filled with rich filmmaking.
Each shot counts as a piece of the puzzle, and it’s clear that each puzzle piece is as
detailed as the end product.