The entire scene in the opening is filmed in black and white, this connotes that perhaps everything white is pure and that everything black is not. As soon as the quote fades out, a sound bridge of a woman breathing heavily is heard. She sounds distressed and worried and the audience is quickly drawn in by the mystery. As this continues, the titles continue with 'Mirimax Films Present' and a 'A Band Apart'. This then fades to the already black screen, before a straight cut to a woman, lying on the floor, bloody and battered from a high angle, mid-closeup. All that is seen of her costume is a veil but it is drenched in blood as her face and the floor. Her hair clings to her face, wet and her face glistens with sweat.
As she breathes and cries, loud, deep, ambient foot steps can be heard. An eye-line match is made where the woman turns her head and her eyes go wide before the camera cuts to a shot of a man's feet. He wears heeled boots and this explains his overly loud footsteps. As he walks, the creaking of the old wooden floorboards can be heard too, this helps to bring atmosphere to the scene and add to the verisimilitude. As he walks, the shaky breathing of the woman can still be heard, suggesting that he is walking towards her. This suggestion is then reinforced as the camera cuts back to the woman and his foot fits only slightly in the shot.
He bends down and wipes blood off of her face with a handkerchief, embroidered on it is the name Bill. This is highly significant as the title of the film is Kill Bill and the quote on the beginning suggests revenge. By using the embroidered handkerchief, the audience then knows who's dialogue this is and then knows who's footsteps they were. However, throughout the scene, Bill's face is never shown and the woman's is. The reversal of their hidden identities helps to further create mystery as his face isn't shown but his name is and her face is shown but her name is not told. This further entices the audience and draws them into the narrative.
The first part of dialogue in the entire film is spoken by Bill. He says "Do you find me sadistic?". He says this to a woman that is lying on the floor covered in blood and she's crying. This suggests that they know each other, as that question isn't commonly used as an introduction.
Bill's costume consists of what appears to be an expensive bracelet, a long sleeved shirt/jacket, trousers and heeled boots. This gives the impression that Bill is someone to be feared, this is especially reinforced by how casually he deals with the situation at hand and the way he talks to the woman.
As the scene progresses, the woman's eyes grow wide after Bill has moved himself from the frame and says "This moment, this
is me in my most masochistic", while he says this sentence, the diegetic sound of him loading a gun is heard. The woman replies to this with "Bill, it's your baby.". This suggests that woman is pregnant by this man. This then confuses the audience as he seems to be a threat to the woman. After her first line of dialogue, Bill shoots her in the head. Thus creating a very gruesome opening scene to a thriller, exciting and stunning the audience into watching more.
This is immediately cut to a title showing that this is the fourth film that Tarantino has directed. The name of Quentin Tarantino is written in capitals, bold and a larger font to the rest of the title, this signifies his importance to the film. Also, as soon as this title appears, the incidental music, Bang Bang, begins to play slowly and solemnly. This truly helps to create the dark, twisted nature that film already bares.
This title then fades to a blank black screen which is followed by Uma Thurman's title, which is also in the same format as Tarantino's title. This signifies how important Uma Thurman is to the film and states her alongside Tarantino before anyone else is mentioned. Uma's name the fades to blackness before the title of the film appears.
This time, the font is serifed and stands out in white boldly against the black background, as do the rest of the titles in opening.