James Bond: Quantum of solaces: Openeing Scene Analysis

       The films starts with a the MGM clip and the Columbia pictures logo. By showing you had these two big distributors help with the production of this film it already gives the audience high expectations. 

     The second shot is a long shot of they location they are in. The mountains and the tropical looking ocean is a typical location for like James Bond to be in. In a majority of his other films when he has been abroad in a exotic location this normally means he is on a mission, this makes the audience wonder what he might be doing. As the camera zooms in to the mountain a  bridge starts to appear. There are quick cuts to a medium shot of nice car speeding. 

    As the scene progresses we get to see more of the car racing through this bridge, swerving traffic at high speeds with similar cars close behind chasing. Although the audience may not of seen him yet they can tell that the one in the nice car trying to get away will be James Bond. We see ,what the audience will relate to as, the antagonist hanging out of the window trying to shoot at James Bond this is the first bit of proper action in this film leaving the audience prepared for what the film will present. 

  The action goes on with the antagonist getting more frustrated that our protagonist (James Bond) is getting away he shoots a wheels of a lorry in attempt to stop him. This shows the audience how evil and determine they are to stop him that they would do anything. However it also makes the audience think what may he have done or taken from them for them to be wanting to stop him so bad.

  When James Bond comes roaring out of the tunnel with the antagonists still behind it makes the audience feel that he has almost got away as he escaped the lorry although we know that the chase is still on. As he carries on down the road there is a second lorry coming down in the same direction as him, this builds drama they use  a close up over the shoulder s shot to show the emotion on James Bonds face so the viewer can see that even he has fear making this a tense moment also to make the audiance feel as if they are in the back of the car with James driving.  But as James Bond always does he slip out of it and takes out one of the antagonists that was behind him in a crash.