Symbolism in kill bill volume 2:
Scene 11

The scene starts of in a desert and we see a blurry vision of Uma Thurman walking towards the camera/us, this is done to symbolise how hot the dessert is as she is walking really slowly. They use a number of dissolves as it is a slow edit so it helps emphasis how long it taking her to get to her destination. Parallel music is used to symbolise how slow the time is passing. The medium shot used is to show how tired, hot and dirty she is.

It then shows a long shot of mountains and her walking a lot that could portray how strong she is, as she has still not stopped. When she is standing at the top of the mountain the camera is positioned behind her and a high angle shot of her looking down it makes us think she is superior as she is looking down on the villain. It then cuts to a close up of which looks very serious and the camera carries on zooming in on her face and the music turns more dramatic to create more enigma.

The women villain is then shown, the audience could interpret that she is the villain as she is wearing a black patch that could connote that she is like a pirate as pirates are evil and are only after treasure similar to her she is evil as she wants to kill Uma Thurman and is only after the Hanzo sword and the money. So the Hanzo sword can stand for a symbol of treasure, as they are both very precious in each case.

After the black mamba attacks Bill’s brother we see a point of view shot of Bill’s brother looking up at the women villain symbolising how he is weak and that she is in power.