Sound analysis 'Kill Bill'

 At the very beginning the audience is introduced to some old western (stereotypically cowboy) music. As soon as the male character closes the coffin we hear and see the other male characters nailing shut lid of it in which we hear pleonastic. For example, in post production they would have added the sustained ringing sound of metal to emphasise the characters hammering down on the nails. The sounds that we are hearing would also be considered parallel sound, due to the fact that these emphasised pleonastic sounds are corresponding with the actions that we are seeing.

It is only once the men reach hammering final nail of the coffin that the music accompanying these scenes comes to an end. In this moment all we hear is the main characters heavy breathing, leading to an entirely black frame which draws the audience into their hearing. We can hear that the men are gradually pushing the coffin and then lowering it. Some of the sounds are panned from left to right. For example, as soon as they drop the coffin we can hear one of the men coughing in the right hand side. What this shows is that they have ensured to take control of the audiences senses and make them feel how disorientating it is to be stuck in her position as all of the sounds that are being heard are being heard from different sides so long as the audience has stereo for the full effect. Otherwise, they will hear these small sounds quietly for effect.

Once the men start throwing dirt over the coffin the sound begins to become muffled as the air over her coffin begins to disappear and she gets buried alive. Each time that a shovel worth of dirt is thrown over the coffin, we hear less each time. Giving the audience the same experience of loss of sound that someone may experience whilst being buried alive.