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Art of the Title



In this opening title sequence of James Bond Skyfall, they have used the song "Skyfall" by Adele which is played over the top of the cinematography. This song was specifically made for the movie as it connotes Bond's mission called Skyfall which is what the movie is about therefore this choice in soundtrack works perfectly against the scene.

Firstly, as we see James bond fall into the water the camera stays still however follows his body floating down into deep waters and this would be called a tilting shot. Few scenes after we have an angle which looks down towards his feet, which he is being sucked into a plug hole. This gives an effect to the audience as they may feel that they're James Bond floating down because it seems as if he is looking towards this feet.

When the gun drops to the bottom of the water, a cemetery has been built with gun headstones. They have used fast tracking edit to go through the scene, so as if the audience is walking through it and this carries on going through the woods until we end up at a crack with Bonds eye showing.
There is more tracking when we go through the building and bond shooting towards the screen.

This opening shows a lot about the one dominant person as it only involves him. It involves enemies however they are only showed as a shadow because if they were to show the faces they would ruin the movie so this holds suspicion for the audience to wonder until they get introduced to the enemy.

Mise-en-scene; Bond outfits and looks reveals that he is ready to do business, he's always smarted and tarted up showing he is high class and typically his job is very important. Bonds body language shows a lot about himself as its quite tense and alerted for when the enemies come therefore showing he is brave and ready for whatever comes at him.

Throughout the whole opening sequence they have used shapes of objects such as guns, knifes and objects. This effect connotes the theme of the movie and what the movie is about

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) — Art of the Title

Through Superman/Batman: Public Enemies we can immediately tell what ethnicity this comes from, which is America and we can tell as the second screen is an American flag. There is also the Statue of Liberty which also appears after the american flag.

Mad Men (2007) — Art of the Title