James Bond Opening Analysis

James Bond Opening Sequence

The main colour used in this opening sequence is red. Which holds connotations of death and blood, or on the other hand is could show love and passion. But in this case we know that it is blood because the man in the background is holding a gun. The barrel of a gun is a graphic match of the letter O, in DR NO.

Narrative functions

The character is introduced at the start of the opening sequence by a panning shot of him walking into the camera. It is a long shot. Also the music is very upbeat for when he walks into the opening shot. The only way the narrative structure is shown through is the genre, and also we can tell that this is a very old film because of the music and how they introduce the first character.
The characters are introduced first by their names and not seeing their faces. This is done also by using colourful dots and in the credits. Also this will make the credits look less boring, as you have got something else on the screen, not just the writing. This will also captivate the audience’s attention because the music in the background is very upbeat and catchy, and will the colourful dots making patterns makes it interesting.
We establish that the key themes are lively and bright with a black background.
Because there have been many James Bond Movies they know that the character who plays James Bond is going to be well known star. This will make the audience want to watch the film more because they know who he is. In this particular James Bond movie the main character is Sean Connery and he is very well known.
At the start of the opening sequence the audience will establish that the genre is action because he holds a gun at the start of it and also we see blood running down the screen, so it may also be a thriller involving death.

Narrative conventions

The mood from the sound track gives a thrilling feeling to the audience. As I have mentioned the titles and credits signify action because of the fast pace of the dots moving. When we see the gun shot it puts questions into our head about what is going to happen next, who is going to get shot?

Lighting is very black and white with a bit of colour red, which are connotations of death.

Costume his costume is very smart which shows that he is a normal man the works, but we don't know that he is very different from what we expect.

The editing and camera movements are fast because the film is an action movie, so this relates to it.

Finally there is no dialogue at the start so we haven't a clue what is going on or what is going to happen.