Analyse Of Opening Scene- James Bond Quantum Of Solace
In the opening scene of Quantum Of solace it starts with a establishing long shot to show where the scene is taking place. In this establishing shot non-diegetic sound in music is added and is very slow and calm for the time being as well as natural lighting being used to portray the atmosphere in the scene as very dull and negative. It starts to gradually do cuts between the crane shot of the establishing shot to close ups of Daniel Craig and his car. Diegtic sound of James Bond's car engine is heard and is very powerful and loud suggesting he is in a hurry.
Various of these cuts between the establishing shot and James bond and his car speed up and the music builds to build up in speed too. It then turns into high speed car chase where James Bond is being chased by the villains. It involves many more conventions of a spy film, bar the high speed car chase and binary oppositions, it involves guns too. This happens during the high speed car chase constantly. While this takes place several jump cuts take place to show the intensity of the chase. Various close ups of Daniel Craig's face shows the reaction of how intense the car chase is as he is very focused and has to concentrate in order to shake off the villains. Also, mid shots of Daniel Craig are used to to see what he's doing quickly during the scene of various jump cuts i.e. changing gear or turning rapidly. Tracking shots are used to follow the cars movement from the side and still shots to show the pace the cars are going at. When the lorry makes impact with James Bond's car the camera shakes. This is done as it would be realistic that the car would shake during the collision. Most of these camera angles and edits are used to make it a realistic and as if the audience were there.
As the chase leaves the tunnel it a lot more long shots are used as well as extreme long shots. This is done to show they have more room to move in as the tunnels are narrow. This also allows you to take in the surroundings of the new scene. I.e. examples of extreme long shots are used as they enter the quarry to show the risk James Bond puts himself at to escape the villains. Also, the editing changes as when one of the villain cars is destroyed or crashes it lasts on screen for two seconds in order to show the audience he's lost one compared to the other one second shots used consistently. The scene becomes more intense as the police get involved and join the high speed chase. This adds to the long list of diegetic sound (Police sirens, car mechanics, crashes, gun fire, police radio and explosions). The non-diegetic sound (music) continues and is still tense. When the final car is shaken off the jump cuts stop and there is a long shot of the final car falling down the hill to show Bond has escaped the villain purist. In addition to the crash many prop would've been used to allow this i.e. the last car crash crashes into a railing which snaps and the car falls of the edge. A weak railing would've been used to make the railing snap allowing the car to fall of the edge as well as a crash mat at the bottom to stop the car falling all the way done the cliff fully.
It then cuts to Bond driving a car that is broken with missing doors, bumps and scratches. It then has a crane shot and establishing shot of Vienna, Italy showing the audience where the scene has taken place and will continue to. It then cuts to a low key dark tunnel where the car drives down. which contrasts the natural lighting with various colours used during the chase scene. It shows Bond get out the car and open the boot with a hostage in it. The only dialogue he uses in the scene saying ' time to get out' which adds a sense of humour to the audience as Bond acts like nothing happened as he was calm and joked about it which contrasts to the man who is clearly unaware of whats happened and a nervous wreck. It then cuts to the opening titles marking the end of the opening scene.
Overall, the scene is a realistic and makes you feel the intensity. Camera angles/movements do this by showing us Bond's reactions and the damage caused. The editing of jump cuts shows the speed and intensity as each shot lasted around about a second. The sound was realistic as lots of diegtic sound was used and the non-diegtic sound made it more intense with the music. Finally, The mise en scene made the scene realistic with costumes, props and the lighting used to create the scenario.
Various of these cuts between the establishing shot and James bond and his car speed up and the music builds to build up in speed too. It then turns into high speed car chase where James Bond is being chased by the villains. It involves many more conventions of a spy film, bar the high speed car chase and binary oppositions, it involves guns too. This happens during the high speed car chase constantly. While this takes place several jump cuts take place to show the intensity of the chase. Various close ups of Daniel Craig's face shows the reaction of how intense the car chase is as he is very focused and has to concentrate in order to shake off the villains. Also, mid shots of Daniel Craig are used to to see what he's doing quickly during the scene of various jump cuts i.e. changing gear or turning rapidly. Tracking shots are used to follow the cars movement from the side and still shots to show the pace the cars are going at. When the lorry makes impact with James Bond's car the camera shakes. This is done as it would be realistic that the car would shake during the collision. Most of these camera angles and edits are used to make it a realistic and as if the audience were there.
As the chase leaves the tunnel it a lot more long shots are used as well as extreme long shots. This is done to show they have more room to move in as the tunnels are narrow. This also allows you to take in the surroundings of the new scene. I.e. examples of extreme long shots are used as they enter the quarry to show the risk James Bond puts himself at to escape the villains. Also, the editing changes as when one of the villain cars is destroyed or crashes it lasts on screen for two seconds in order to show the audience he's lost one compared to the other one second shots used consistently. The scene becomes more intense as the police get involved and join the high speed chase. This adds to the long list of diegetic sound (Police sirens, car mechanics, crashes, gun fire, police radio and explosions). The non-diegetic sound (music) continues and is still tense. When the final car is shaken off the jump cuts stop and there is a long shot of the final car falling down the hill to show Bond has escaped the villain purist. In addition to the crash many prop would've been used to allow this i.e. the last car crash crashes into a railing which snaps and the car falls of the edge. A weak railing would've been used to make the railing snap allowing the car to fall of the edge as well as a crash mat at the bottom to stop the car falling all the way done the cliff fully.
It then cuts to Bond driving a car that is broken with missing doors, bumps and scratches. It then has a crane shot and establishing shot of Vienna, Italy showing the audience where the scene has taken place and will continue to. It then cuts to a low key dark tunnel where the car drives down. which contrasts the natural lighting with various colours used during the chase scene. It shows Bond get out the car and open the boot with a hostage in it. The only dialogue he uses in the scene saying ' time to get out' which adds a sense of humour to the audience as Bond acts like nothing happened as he was calm and joked about it which contrasts to the man who is clearly unaware of whats happened and a nervous wreck. It then cuts to the opening titles marking the end of the opening scene.
Overall, the scene is a realistic and makes you feel the intensity. Camera angles/movements do this by showing us Bond's reactions and the damage caused. The editing of jump cuts shows the speed and intensity as each shot lasted around about a second. The sound was realistic as lots of diegtic sound was used and the non-diegtic sound made it more intense with the music. Finally, The mise en scene made the scene realistic with costumes, props and the lighting used to create the scenario.
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