Skyfall Analysis

After watching a two minute snippet of Skyfall there were prominent signs of the specific spy genre. The use of detailed close ups and following tracking shots allows the audience to interact with the film, getting more involved and more intrigued by the film. The scene I looked at focused on an innocent women tied against a rock, whilst the group of men surround her and are tested to shoot a shot glass off the top of her head; using Prop's theory in the scene there is the Hero, (James Bond) this is shown by his dialogue, heroic actions and courageous choices for example when he shoots the woman and purposely avoids killing her. The Villain (Silva) is clearly shown and poised as the bad guy from his sly moves and demanding values with his ability to murder women without real acknowledgement or care and the fact he has a group of suited men with weapons aimed at the good guy (Bond). The Princess (innocent civilian) is shown as the damsel in distress by props used (e.g  the rope around her hands and the torn dress) and with the revolutionary hero that always tries to save her.

The digetic music at the start gives off a comforting surrounding to the audience and allows them to be settled and show the scene is calm, going at a steady pace with all the slow moving and zoomed tracking shots. The non-digetic sounds soon comes in when the fast pace action is released, showing different unexplored angles to engage the audience, with fast paced high key lighting shots with mid close ups of the fight scene, allowing the audience to assess the activity and be more drawn to the hero due to his triumph. Whilst these events occur the audience then recognise this to be an iconic action spy film with all the connotations of a Bond movie present. This is also reassured by the end of the scene with the iconic low quivering guitar music that build on the genre, repeating these similar or identical scenes, shots and sounds from the other Bond movies.