Opening analysis of the living daylights

Opening analysis of the living daylights

The story behind the living daylights is that James Bond is trying to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. This is 15th James bond film to have been made, which was based on the books by Ian Flemming. It was the last James bond film to be based on a book by Ian until Casino Royale. The intro of Bond films are called the pre title sequence, because unlike every other film the James Bond

films Have two title Sequences, the first is often after a 10-20 minute Pre title sequence and the second is at the end of the film like any other film. This is another convention of the James Bond series. All though the James Bond films there have been little conventions like that which really

stand out and show that it is a James bond film, but usually James bond asks for a Vodka martini until Quantum of solace where Heineken bribed the Creators to make James Drink that Brand.

This is the first shot, it is traditional for James bond films to have this intro, it’s the image of

James shooting someone, the camera is placed inside a barrel of a gun, the blood the is sliding

down represents death resulting in the audience presuming that someone died with

ought us actually seeing someone dying on set. The black and white could be to be representing

the genre of noir within the film. It has been called the trademark motif of the series

This shot is a medium close up, this is where M is delivering the assignment to the double 0 agents, this is another tradition in the James

Bond series, M is always the man/woman who give bond his assignments. I think with all of the conventions, James bond Is almost a genre of its

own.

This shot is the double 0 agents jumping out of a plane onto the island of Gibraltar. The shot is an

establishing shot showing most of the island.

This shot is a close up with a deep focus so you can see the guard, the close up shows the

agents facial expression when he is shot in the back with a paintball gun, in this shot you can

see that the agent is dressed in a black uniform. Black has connotations of death and shadows

which fits the description of having a spy, hiding in the shadows remaining undetected.

This shot is a deep focus medium shot, this is so we can see bond in pursuit of the truck, again bond is wearing black but the way the scene is set out bond is above the truck giving him the

status, this draws the attention of the audience towards bond and not the truck. In the scene the sound starts and is used for the rest of the

introduction of the film, it’s a upbeat track from when bond is following the truck

This is a close up of the villain in this scene, also wearing black, this is show the

concentrations/villainous look of the character, this gives the audience a change to see who it is

and no doubt the villain is portrayed so the audience will automatically dislike him

This is a medium long shot, as I said before about bond having the status, bond is jumping

from the higher to lower, which makes the audience totally focus on the action because it is

all together in the same place.

This is the scene where James is calling Mi6 explaining when he will come in for de

debriefing, the woman asks his name and he says “Bond James Bond” which is a convention

of the series, because whenever he meets someone he introduces himself as that. The shot is a close up, this is so the audience feel like they

in the conversation on the telephone.