COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Introduction


The two films I will be talking about are: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and Scarface.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Is by miramax films, which is and independent film company. This movie is directed by the great Quentin Tarantino, In the early 1990's he was an independent film maker whos films used nonlinear storylines. His films include: Reservoir Dogs, Deathproof, Kill Bill vol.1 and many more, I will be looking at Kill Bill: Vol. 2 which is the sequel to Kill Bill Vol.1. Scarface is a Hollywood movie directed by Brian De Palma, the production company for this movie is Universal Studios. Universal studios is one of the six major films companies in the world.


Actors/Characters

In both of these movies, the characters have been picked out very well, according to the storylines. In KillBill "the bride" is played by the successful actor Uma Thurman. In Kill Bill Vol.2 "the bride" is back with a vengeance and taking aim at "Budd", "Elle Driver" then leads up to the ultimate confrontation with "Bill". In Scarface Al Pacino stars as the unforgettable Tony Montana, One of the ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film. Scarface follows the violent career of a smalltime cuban refugee who shoots his way to the top of Miamis cocaine empire.


Sound

In KillBill Vol.2 The music in that is 90% dramatic as there are many action/violent scenes which the music goes well to. When "the bride" kills "Bill" the music suddenly changes to a calmer, more relaxing type of music, this is showing that there has become a huge mood change in "the brides" character. In Scarface the music is very bold, when "Tony Montana" walks in to that specific room, this music is showing that he has become something big. Also when his friend gets cut up by the chainsaw the music became very tense.


Camerawork

In Kill Bill Vol.2 the camera work is quite complicated for example, near the begining of the movie "Elle Driver" is driving her car to "Budds" house. As she is on her way to his house there are many shots which have been taken from above, this must have required at lot of budgeting in order to get a such a height. In Scarface the camerawork is very simple, for example where "Tony Montana" was being held at the police station there is no need for any complex camerawork.


Mise-En-Scene

In Scarface the location is just simply Miami and Los Angeles. In Kill Bill Vol. 2 the graveyard scene was filmed in Barstow California and 60% of the film was also filmed in California, the desert scene was filmed in a desert in Mexico.


Conclusion

I conclude this essay by saying that both these movies had similar genres e.g revenge, violence. Scarface had the biggest budget, as it is a Hollywood movie. Kill Bill Vol.2 was not far off from Scarface's budget, I feel that both movies had put their budgets to good use and feel that they were not wasted in anyway. I think that the better movie out of the two had to be Scarface, this is because I was so interested in the storyline, as Kill Bill Vol.2 was just about a woman seeking revenge on various people and I felt that there was not point of that movie.