Film Opening 1

Evaluation of the Quantum of Solace Opening

The opening starts with an establishing shot of what looks like a remote part of an island, by using and establishing shot it gives the audience an idea of where the beginning of the film is and it may also give the audience clues as to the rest of the film. It then cuts to close ups of a car and the men driving the car and the guns they have with them, but using close ups it allows the audience to get a basic idea of what the bad guys look like. When it returns to the establishing shot and you see a building shape of the side of the mountain. When it finally cuts to the inside of the building it is a road and a classic car chase can be seen which is typical not only of James Bond Movies but also of the action genre type, by using a car chase it makes the genre of the movie easily identifiable. Throughout the car chase many things happen such as car crashes and buildings falling down, both typical of action movies. Even though the car chase is still going on there are close ups and mid shots of James Bond within the car giving the audience a view of his emotions, for example you can tell how hard he is having to work to try and lose the people chasing him. When James loses the men toward the end of the clip the name of the city he is in appears over another establishing shot of the city, this informs the audience that James is now entering somewhere new and also tells them where it is. He then enters what looks like an abandoned tunnel running through Siena, which then flips the viewer opinion on James as an abandoned tunnel in the middle of Siena doesn't look like somewhere a person working of MI6 would go. The car entering the tunnel uses a long shot so it shows the viewer exactly where James is going but also an over the shoulder shot is used from inside the car to also show where James is driving to.  A close up of the side of the car is used to show how damaged James car got during the chase but also how small the tunnel is. When James finally gets out of the car he goes to the boot of the car and a close up is used to show him but then it cuts to a medium shot of the man tied up in the boot of the car. When James say his opening line it isn't exactly what you expect someone to say just after getting into a car chase. After the line it cuts to the opening credits which begin with the classic silhouette of James that is associate closely with every James Bond film, it is also the start of the theme song for that particular movie which a lot of people also associate with the films. The clip ends with James firing a shot from a gun and then the title of the film flashing across the screen. All this action has happen before the opening credits as it is able to capture the audience attention and get the engaged with the film right from the beginning.