Spectre Opening Scene Analysis

In the first few seconds into the film there is a title sequence, The words 'the dead' fade in first and are then left on screen for a few seconds. then the words 'are alive' then fade into the shot to give the effect and meaning. The choice of fonts and colour are appropriate for the type and genre of film. Using the words 'the dead are alive' has a contrast therefore adding a signifier and questions the audience about what they mean. The title sequence then cuts into a shot of a skeleton which is appropriate and related to the

titles. Because there is a festival with lots of people dressed as skeletons, this is related to being alive. The camera then pans around the skeleton to show all of the festival, which turns into an establishing shot. As the shot shows the viewer the surroundings and the setting, there are titles telling the viewer where they are. The camera then pans closer to the people in the festival. when the camera is about to pass, it follows a character who is dressed in all white. He then walks past Bond which then shows him looking at him, when this character walks past him. This tells the viewer that he will encounter his presence later in the film which is foreshadowing hints for the viewer. The viewer does not know this yet but his enemy, the one dressed in all white, contrasts bonds colour which is all black, causing instability, which also adds a hint for the viewer, that the enemy is up to something. When bond and his girlfriend start walking to wards the hotel, the camera pans and creates a close up of the two characters still running the same shot. When the characters get towards the entrance of the hotel, the camera focuses on a poster on the wall. Without the viewer realising, there is a wipe to cut between the two shots simulating that nothing has been cut. But if you look closely technically there is a cut that the cinematographer does not want us to know about. By keeping the shot 'running' for a long time helps to build the suspense up for when Bond starts to find the enemy. Also it shows that thins are quite calm in the world at this moment of time.

This next shot shows the two characters walk up the stairs into the hotel. Because all of the others apart from the central protagonist and his girlfriend are leaving, walking down the stairs, it contrasts them between the others. This happens earlier in the sequence when they are about to enter the hotel, where all the other people are walking down the street whereas only the central protagonist and his girlfriend are walking in the opposite direction. Also the dresses of the other women are dressed in white also contrasting her dark purple dress. Because this is 'supposedly' the same shot as the one from outside, things are still calm in the world at this moment of time.

When the two characters get out of the lift and start to walk into their room, there is another secret cut when one of the people walk past and in front of the camera. I can assume that it is cut and filmed in an entirely different location, on a set with a replica of the same room.

After the two do there thing, and bond starts to leave out of the window there is another secret cut using the pillar from the window to start filming the next part of this long sequence. The camera then pans around Bond as he walks across the roof showing all of the surrounding area and then pans past Bond as he sets himself up and aims at his target.