Sound analysis - Kill Bill (Beatrix Buried scene)

 

The scene opens with load, powerful bangs as nails are being hammered into the coffin. This immediately shows the intensions of the two men and the force they're and will inflict. As the first nail is hammered in non-diegetic, western whistling starts to play. In my opinion this whistle melody is both parallel and contrapuntal sound as it compliments the location of the scene, however it also contrasts whats happening as it has quite a calming melody. There is then a brief gap between hammering the nails in and everything is silent apart from Beatrix breathing heavily and gasping for air to show her fear and to add realism for the audience. 

When the men have finished hammering in the nails there is more contrapuntal sound of the coffin being pulled across gravel. This sound is contrapuntal as the screen is pitch black because the camera is inside the closed coffin. We then hear the men chuckle and groan as they lift the coffin to put it into the ground. After a very brief moment of silence adding suspense there is pleonastic sound of a rope stretching or tightening. As the coffin is finally lowered there is a loud thud suggesting the coffin dropped, this shows how that the men don't care about the wellbeing of Beatrix and furthermore portray their rough and forceful intention. 

There is then another moment of silence exposing Breatix' heavy breathing. We then hear what sounds like a small pebble hit the lid of the coffin, and then a massive load on dirt on top. This ads comedic volume to the scene because of the rapid contrast in volume. Towards the end of this scene there are recurring thuds as loads of dirt build up on top of the coffin with gaps of silence highlighting Beatrix' heavy breathing. The recurring thuds stop and all the audience can hear is Beatrix struggling and hitting the coffin lid, this sound is parallel as it directly matches her punching and kicking the inside of the coffin.