Technique: Music

Techniques: music

One of the really important techniques in the opening scene is music. The whole mood and tone of the opening scene is changed by what kind of the music it is.  The main effect of music is set the mood, gives an idea of time of the movie and the different kind of genre of music makes different mood and whole tone of the opening scene as well.

In the opening scene, the only sound that I could hear was music. There is no other sounds and dialogue as well. That’s why I could focus to the music which was really fit with the genre of the movie. There was one song that introduced in the scene. “You know my name” performed by Chris Cornell reminds me Bond’s experience in the story and his life. The music fits with the movie with creating mood by James Bond’s actions of accomplishing his mission. There is no contrast in the music which means it gives you feel and idea of continuous mood.

The music fits with serious missions of Bond as well. The song tells you the youth of James Bond and inexperience of him. In the music, there is sound of drum beats which adds the exciting feeling. I think this song has lots of related meanings with James Bond. The song creates a feeling of how James Bond is accomplishing his missions by gun shooting and killing other people. The music gives you a feel of the movie which is the story that will be following the opening scene.