SkyfallBy Zaryab Zubair

Contents

• Screenshot Grid • Mise-en-scene • Camerawork/Editing • Sound • Establishing The Protagonist• Back-story • Genre

Screenshot Grid

Camerawork/Editing

• In the opening sequence of Skyfall the camera appears to be tracking Bond throughout the title sequence, this gives the impression that we are following him on a journey. In addition in the first scene we see him being dragged down into the unknown generating tension and relaying the uncertainty of Bonds safety to the audience.

Mise –En-Scene

• The mise-en0scene is shown as a surreal dreamscape of guns, enemies, blood and daggers, In an underwater location/setting with dense shadowing. This provides the audience a sense of danger, thrill, and also mystery. Additionally the way that the weapons are manipulated into the objects for example as the daggers into the gravestones also gives away what genre film it is.

• The colors black and red were used which have connotations of actin and also death. • The location changes throughout the title sequence, implying Skyfall has elements of both

action and fast pace reviling the genre of the film. • Clothing: Suit, indication of significance in film (along with repetition of presence in

opening sequence), suggests power, authority, professionalism, and potentially a serious character.

Sound• During the Skyfall title opening sequence, a soundtrack which

is delivered furthermore preformed by the singer Adele is played throughout the opening sequence. What's more the soundtrack accentuates and also reinforces the dark and the powerfulness of the mise-en-scene in Skyfall. In my opinion the power of Adele's voice is portrayed fits alongside the mise- en-scene flawlessly and also fits the connotations of a class James Bond tune. Another convention observed in Skyfall is for no dialogue to be used until after the titles and them tune finished.

Establishing the protagonist

• Establishing the protagonist in Skyfall wasn't that difficult as firstly we see a low angle shot, which typically connotes power, however at the start of the opening sequence we only see the back of the protagonist as he gradually sinks deeper into the ocean. In addition this also connotes the protagonists vulnerability and loss of control. • Furthermore, we see a tracking long shot which is used to follow the protagonist

and this allows the audience to see his facial expression. • Overall, the propagandist is in nearly every scene of the opening sequence from

the start to the very end, which makes it easier for the audience to determine the protagonist.

Back-Story

• A ‘back story’ is information which the audience needs to know in order to fully appreciate the main narrative, in many films the whole opening sequence is a separate narrative of something which happened in the past.

Genre

• It is clear through the used of dark colors, images of guns in multiple scenes, and the tense powerful music that the genre of Skyfall is action, these where all introduced in the opening sequence.