MAIN: Post 3a

Further look at opening sequence:

 

Thoughts on James Bond and the genre:

The James Bond films are a sub-genre of the larger genre of spy films, a genre from which it largely differs.  The spy genre is characterised by the ideals of the classical period of Hollywood.  Spy films feature a protagonist, who represents good and who exhibits the values associated with it, the character is brave, god-fearing, and sworn to protect Western culture from outside forces. The spy is the defender of, and thus a believer in, the things Western society places importance on, particularly social institutions, democratic government, and the family.   The spy is always pitted against an evil character seeking to destroy one or all of these things, and it is up to the spy to stop him.  To do so, the spy must act like an archetypical hero, using his superior courage, cleverness, wit, and skill to prevail.   Good triumphs over evil, and government and society are preserved.  However, the James Bond sub-genre is better described as Post-Classical, both in terms of chronology and substance.

Screen Shots:

This Screen shot shows that it has the basic things that an opening sequence needs for example the name of the film to tell you what it is and also i thought the scorpions in the background a bit weird at the start but in my other screen shots I will pursue this more.

Similarly in this screen shot there are titles which show that this has the basic makings of an opening sequence, and again this image there is a scorpion and a women so my instant thought is that they are linked in some way.



In this shot a scorpion and James Bond are shown through a diamond effect, I personally thing that this is a good idea because i have seen the film so i know that it is all about diamonds and the effect shows this as it is repeated throughout the sequence. the scorpion is also shown as a way of torturing someone and inflicting pain and since this is linked to women in this film you assume that women are devious and a will make life harder for the spy James Bond.



 In this Screen shot there is a man or women it is not that clear, dressed in army uniform heating up a sword/knife again it is not clear in a burning fire, within the fire they have edited in using computer editing a woman that is moving with the flames as if she is them, the person in the back ground is obviously not important but the action is, it is obviously somebody being tortured this shows that it is in real time while they are doing it, furthermore we know that they are torturing James Bond from the begining of the clip (which i will put a link to at the bottom of this section) the scorpion and the spy also show that it is in real time aswell.

 

This Screen grab shows that while the sequence is going on the toture continues for James so shows the real time conection between the two events the opening sequence and the film which hasnt stopped. He is being tortured by a women which links to my other points above.




This Shot shows a Women of fire and ice (water) both of them are opposites so this shows the viewer that their are good women as well as bad (deceiving and poisonous) ones



The Conventions of 'Die Another Day':

Director

Actors

Name of film

Non diagetic music
Events that occur in the film