analysis of quantum of solace title/opening sequence

The title/opening sequence  to quantum of solace starts with the distribution companies appearing on screen. This is a typical feature of a title sequence and happens in every sequence. The distribution company fades out and the the first shot is presented. Loud, exciting music begins to play, giving the audience a clue as to what genre the film is. The audience now know that this film is a thriller and that it's another James Bond film. More companies names appear, they are presenting the film. The lead actors name is shown and the character they are playing. The title of the film is then shown. A list of actors names are shown in order of importance to the film, each one appears on the screen in white writing in a typical military style font. Throughout the title sequence, the audience can see Daniel Craig as James Bond walking around an artificial setting of a dessert. The audience can clearly see that the scene isn't real and that there have been a lot of special effects to create this image. The audeince now know that this sequence is a thriller as there a lot of clues towards it. for example, the music and the use of costume and also props. As actors names stop appearing, job roles within the production of the film are being presented, again the order that they are presented is from least important to most important. However, roles of importance differ from film to film, therefore the order of roles wont be the same for many films. This is because in some films the music is more important than costume or set design, this means the composer will appear before them. These roles include the producer, costume design, set design, executive producer and director. The audience will also notice that as there a lot of jobs within the production, the film is quite a long film with a lot of care and attention added to it. The name of the song playing and who wrote and performed it is shown on screen near the end. A few more titles are presented and then the sequence ends and cuts to the first scene.