Analyzing Skyfall

SkyFall Syonpsis

A MI6 agent by the name of James Bond, hunts to find a stolen hard drive which he later finds out the one with this information is from his bosses past who has it in for her. while trying to track down the villan, 'm' (Bonds boss) life is in danger which Bond has to protect.  I personally feel that this is a great film and has you sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for the next heroic action Bond does next, it is also filled with action and has numerous fight scenes.

Within this frozen image you can see an injured man sitting down which appears to be near death, and the other is shown  to be helping the injured man. Both of the men are wearing suits which shows that they have an important jobs and as one of them is presumably shot it is likely they are some sort of agent. The character sitting down is shown as having a low status as he is low down and injured which could mean he is perhaps "expendable". Within this image it is clear the injured man might not live as rays of light is shining on him which represents him being taken up to heaven of some sort. The location is set in a dark room with old furniture, which could resemble mystery as the audience will want to stay and find out what happened and what is going to happen. I think the camera is positioned like this to show the that the man sitting down is injured but if I was to change the camera angle I would change so you can see the others characters face and emotions.


Camera
The first shot is a long shot, we see a dark corridor and a dark figure at the end. as the figure moves forward he comes into focus. this gives the audience a sense of mystery and instantly makes them want to find out who the figure is and where he is. this first shot is used to engage the audience and show that the character is sneaking around in a dark and dangerous place. we find out that the person is the protagonist 'James Bond' when we can see part of his face due to the lighting and an extreme close up. This technique was used to slowly reveal the character to create tension. The camera the pans around so we can see what he is looking at and follow him into the room, there is also use of a handheld camera which makes the audience feel like they are there in the intense moment as well. Then the camera focuses on the dead bodies  which shows we are being dropped right into the action. Later on there is use of an eye line match as we see the character looking at the table and then we see there is a broken laptop which again is used to reveal important things to the audience. After a few close ups we then follow behind the main character out of the room.
Colour
The majority of the colours at the beginning are dark, black and brown colors to show a dangerous and mysterious place to create tension. I think aesthetics of this scene were used to create a dangerous atmosphere and used to create a lot of suspense and tension
Character
Altogether there about 5 characters, the main character is James Bond which is a white British, 40 year old which is because the film is aimed at a males around there 40's so they can picture themselves as the main character and can possibly relate or look up to even though the character is not really realistic. Another character Is the person talking to him over a phone or ear piece which is likely to be his boss and is a woman, not much is revealed about this character but fans of James Bond films would be able to recognize the voice. The rest of the characters shown do not have any dialogue as they are severely hurt or dead.
Story/Narrative
By looking at the clip, the story is about an agent of some sort looking for a device which appears to be stolen. the main character searches for it but it appears he was too late. Not much is revealed straight away so the audience will carry on watching to find out what has been stolen and who stole it. We see the protagonist attempt to help someone but is unsuccessful which is likely to motivate him to hunt down the thief or villain.The person in his ear appears to be his boss as he is following her orders which to not appear to be the right ones as he was told to leave someone which was shot, this could show that his boss is not particularly caring or makes the wrong calls
Sound
The very first sound we hear is used to show a figure enter a corridor which is an original piece of music which is used for all James Bond films as it is transitional and resembles its brad identity. the non digetics have been amplified like the footsteps and gun noises to create tension. a lot of silence is also used to build up tension.Someone appears to be taking to the main character over an earpiece which is adjusted to sound slightly electronic.
Settings
The sequence is set in a dark building to create tension to build up to the action. The building and furniture looks quite old and by looking at the style it looks like it is set in a foreign country. at the end of the opening scene we see daylight and what appears to be a festival of some sort which again creates tension as it means that there are civilians to look out for.
Audience
The film is mostly aimed at males as they prefer the action and fighting films, also they can picture themselves as James Bond, however it can also appeal to females as they could be attracted to the actor that plays James Bond. Fans of the James Bond films will be most likely to watch it as well as action adventure fans. This is also quite a well know film and is very popular so any film fan will be likely to watch it as well.
Tittles
At the very beginning, traditionally they include the actor of James Bond to walk across the screen through a barrel of a gun and then shoot the screen, this keeps the brand identity of the James Bond films. Traditionally after the first scene  there are opening credits which show the main creators and actors are shown, this scene includes a song specifically written about the films story using a well know singer at the time, for example for Skyfall they had Adele. During the opening title sequence they also have an animated and edited clips consisting partially naked women which shows again why it is mos likely aimed at men.