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Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Volume II uses unique editing techniques to stimulate the viewer both visually and emotionally. Editor Sally Menke uses various aesthetic elements from black and white to reflect the mood, to close-ups matched perfectly with sound to further the opening scene. Thanks to fluid editing, the action and tone hit the audience just hard enough. It is clear that each shot of the scene had the next shot in mind.
The opening scene fades in to a black and white overhead shot of a wedding chapel amidst a vast desert plain. A woman‘s (The Bride) voice overlaps a slow tracking shot of the chapel. The progression of the camera is steady and calm, while the voice-over explains a massacre that occurred within the walls of the little, white chapel. The sequence begins slowly and uses deep space for a reason. By doing this, a startling contrast of the masochistic massacre and the seemingly peaceful ceremony is formed. There are no cuts or abrupt shifts......

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