Detailed descriptions of each screen shot from the opening sequence.

1. Skyfall- James Bond 12A 2012 Action, Adventure, Crime
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Directed by Sam Mendes Titles and Visuals
The very first visual to the opening sequence is the
main character James Bond sinking. The reason
you know it’s the beginning is due to the intrust
mental soundtrack being played, the soundtrack
has a classic James bond tune, this is recognised
because James Bond is a sequel of 50 films so far.
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The loud start to the music represent that something
shocking has happened, this non-diegetic sound is
actually the theme tune (soundtrack) for this film.
Obviously the shot is established in water and the
lighting plays a very good part in this visual. The
visual is that the lighting is lighter at the top but
darker at the bottom suggesting he is sinking into a
dark place in his life. I thought this was a great
0.17 sec powerful meaning.
After the two visuals the titles begin, the sound
becomes more mysterious and the shadowing is denser,
a close up of another hand grabbing and pulling down
the main characters shows that he maybe has enemies
who want to pull him down with them. The titles are
white and bold as and stand out on the black silhouette
of his body. This is a title of the Production Company.
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2. 0.20 sec The visual here is his body getting pulled down and
The title here presents the main actor who plays
shows a weaker side to titling is white on ahas no self-
James Bond, again the James Bond as he darker
defence. The I think the titling isto a women’s voice
background, theme tune leads simple because
singing (well-known singer value tothe first line in the
the background has more Adele), it and if there
0.24 sec song a strongis theand background youwhat the visual
was is “This title end” this connotes wouldn’t
More tilting this is relating the author of the book to
means and defines what you see. Suggesting it is the
see the true effects. The under lighting show more
the film, the visual shows James Bonds feet getting
end of his career and life.
mystery and can be threating.
sucked into a black hole, convincing viewer he has hit
“rock bottom”. The soundtrack mention lines that
relate in an impressive way, for example at this part
“hold your breath and count to ten”, I believe that if
the song can link to the opening sequence it makes it
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forceful and dynamic.
Then we reach the main title of the film “Skyfall”,
the dust y background and blue mixture creates a
smooth and curios look and feeling, no sense of real
death except the actual body. The soundtrack starts
to become louder ever so slightly connoting its
0.34 sec coming to the chorus and more ruling shots
explaining the compositions.
In this titling they make it more of a dream, using
visuals that connect with the film and can give you
some clue in what to expect. The blue obviously
shows that its water, however it can represent a lot
more than that such as the sky (maybe connects with
0.39 sec Skyfall), it is quite a calm colour also a colour of high
ideals and confidence.

3. Another a closein the titling ofactually a within it, they
This is name up visual, it’s an actor shooting
place each James Bond, and the red representsslight
target of title in a good position, but give it a
tilt so it follows with he has been shot, I think this
blood from where the image.
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gives it more character. And shows in an effective
This title danger and bad health heby in. name but
way the is for an actress not only is the
the visual as well, this could suggest that she and
James Bond could have a relationship that is closer
than friends. The shadowing silhouette of a
0.48 sec female’s body is charming but forceful.
Again another shot of the female’s body and an
object of a gun falling in the background linking to
the action that is played before this opening
sequence which is to do with a female and a gun
causing the accident.
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A title just appears as the gun hits the surface
and creates dust; the music is still smooth but is
gradually increasing becoming more noticeable
meaning it near the main part again.
0.59 sec As you can notice it has got darker as the
soundtrack builds up, also this is artificial lighting
therefore has more strength , the camera shots are
flowing between each other and have very
unnoticeable jumps from one to another, some
1 minute also fade in and out which I think is sturdy and
strong in this opening sequence.

4. 1.04 minutes shots become faster as the soundtrack gets
This visual reaches a much darker and threatening
The
area,louder and the a grave yard, with silhouettes of
it seems to be title shows another famous actress
treesin the film slowly onwho she is starring as. Visual
and then as show after another as if they are
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sinking in waterin this visual have changedstabbing
The colours knifes hit the bottom in the red and
shows that it is still in a grave yard, a to
manner.two colours that represent very different thing
grey This makes a dangerous energy become
composition expresses the large grave stones.
convincing to the audience.danger and death, grey being
than blue, red meaning
a dull and bland colour. Still travelling fast through an
aria of shots and then a sudden large close up of a
grave stone that which the shot goes through to
become a fade to black.
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After the fade to black it become this almighty red
which then you can see it is the inside of a heart or
some sort of organ. I was really impressed with this
actual part, thought it was unique and I hadn’t seen
anything like this in any other opening sequences.
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This is another visual and titling shot, showing the co-
producers. It appears to be a very anger man’s face
with a serious and dark face, but enhanced blue eyes.
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The movements of shadowing in this shot makes you
look for something, engaging you into the shot. Also
the titling in the corner gives more information to the
audience. The high angle shows that the man figure
doesn’t have much power in this shot.
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5. For this part its closes down on the figure who the
audience would assume is James Bond. The tracking
zoom makes it feel as if we the audience are
creeping up on him.