1. Opening analysis of the living daylights
The story behind the living daylights is that James Bond is trying to stop an evil arms dealer from
starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and
General Koskov. This is 15th James bond film to have been made, which was based on the books by
Ian Flemming. It was the last James bond film to be based on a book by Ian until Casino Royale. The
intro of Bond films are called the pre title sequence, because unlike every other film the James Bond
films Have two title Sequences, the first is often after a 10-20 minute Pre title sequence and the
second is at the end of the film like any other film. This is another convention of the James Bond
series. All though the James Bond films there have been little conventions like that which really
stand out and show that it is a James bond film, but usually James bond asks for a Vodka martini
until Quantum of solace where Heineken bribed the Creators to make James Drink that Brand.
This is the first shot, it is traditional for James
bond films to have this intro, it’s the image of
James shooting someone, the camera is placed
inside a barrel of a gun, the blood the is sliding
down represents death resulting in the
audience presuming that someone died with
ought us actually seeing someone dying on set.
The black and white could be to be representing
the genre of noir within the film. It has been
called the trademark motif of the series
This shot is a medium close up, this is where M
is delivering the assignment to the double 0
agents, this is another tradition in the James
Bond series, M is always the man/woman who
give bond his assignments. I think with all of the
conventions, James bond Is almost a genre of its
own.
This shot is the double 0 agents jumping out of a
plane onto the island of Gibraltar. The shot is an
establishing shot showing most of the island.
This shot is a close up with a deep focus so you
can see the guard, the close up shows the
agents facial expression when he is shot in the
back with a paintball gun, in this shot you can
see that the agent is dressed in a black uniform.
Black has connotations of death and shadows
which fits the description of having a spy, hiding
in the shadows remaining undetected.

2. This shot is a deep focus medium shot, this is so
we can see bond in pursuit of the truck, again
bond is wearing black but the way the scene is
set out bond is above the truck giving him the
status, this draws the attention of the audience
towards bond and not the truck. In the scene
the sound starts and is used for the rest of the
introduction of the film, it’s a upbeat track from
when bond is following the truck
This is a close up of the villain in this scene, also
wearing black, this is show the
concentrations/villainous look of the character,
this gives the audience a change to see who it is
and no doubt the villain is portrayed so the
audience will automatically dislike him
This is a medium long shot, as I said before
about bond having the status, bond is jumping
from the higher to lower, which makes the
audience totally focus on the action because it is
all together in the same place.
This is the scene where James is calling Mi6
explaining when he will come in for de
debriefing, the woman asks his name and he
says “Bond James Bond” which is a convention
of the series, because whenever he meets
someone he introduces himself as that. The shot
is a close up, this is so the audience feel like they
in the conversation on the telephone.