Analysis of a title sequence

I decided to look at the title sequence for "Skyfall", with this being an already huge and successful film I thought this would be a good place to start and possibly inspire me and my group.

Skyfall

The sequence opens with what appears to be James Bond falling into a surreal looking sea, shortly after the initial impact with the water music begins playing and a tracking shot follows Bond as he falls through the water. 

 A large hand then grabs Bond and pulls him further down into the water reinforcing the surrealist nature of the title sequence. The sequence relies heavily on CGI throughout using many seemingly abstract and random sequences. "Skyfall" by Adele begins to play which was released in conjunction with the film.

After Bond's descent into the hole targets appear on the screen with blood coming out of them which is one of the main pieces of iconography within Bond films. The viewer will start to be able to tell what genre of film this could be and any potential further events of the film. The use of blood also reinforces any assumptions about the film.

More iconography of Bond films is used to further reinforce the genre and content of the film.










Here we are introduced to a new character and as traditional with Bond film women are often heavily tied to Bond and this foreshadows this fact.












Shortly after a traditional Chinese dragon appears which can foreshadow later events of the film where a part takes place in Shangai, the dragons also appears at various parts within the film so foreshadowing them this early is a set up. Other parts of the trailer also foreshadow later events of the film such as the house in Scotland where the finale takes place.