ANALYSIS OF SKYFALL OPENING SEQUENCE:

Throughout the openeing sequence of skyfall a song produced by Adele is played and performed. This soundtrack reinforces the dark and sophistication of the text and mise en scene. The song Skyfall sung by adele has been portrayed as very powerful, this fits in with the connotations and narrative of the film. The song is also synchronous to the action in the film.

The guns, knives, daggers props used within the mise en scene represents a surreal setting, the setting is underwater with dense shadowing. The use of mise en scene gives the audience a sence of danger and thrill, the way weapons are minipulated into other objects also gives the film a sense of excitement. The colours of the background and foreground within the scene are occasionaly strongly contrasted, for example black images on top of a dark red bakcground has connotations danger and death  

Throughout the openeing sequence the slocation changes implying that that Skyfall has elements of both action and fast pace, this then reveals the gnere of the film to the audience. The camera appears to be tracking bond using the camea to give an impression that we are following his on his journey.

In the first seen we see Bond getting dragged down into the unknown, this then creates tension and the audience to have slight uncertainty of bonds well being and this then influences the viewer to carry on watching. An over the shoulder occurs in one of the scenes, this is with a womans head turned and in very low key lighting this suggests mystery and suspicion.  Throughout the title sequence their are constant names appearing of the people that have helped with the film such as the editors, costume designers, sound editors. The first name mentioned in the credits was the production company, and the main actor in this case it was Daniel Craig, this shows their importance in the film, the next title shown was the title of the film (Skyfall), we notice that each of these titles were a centre shot representing their importance. However the text is then small allowing the audience to be able to see the action in the background.