Mission Impossible Analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5KFbyBmrQ - Opening Sequence


The opening sequence of mission Impossible to firstly is set in The grand Canyon, this conveys loneliness and isolation of the character in many ways, however it could imply that the character holds quite a laid back, relaxed personality. Firstly, him being the only one in the shot at present connotes that he is the protagonist. The titles occur with bright colors of orange, red and white and this then gives the effect of the viewer into thinking of explosions and fire or something dangerous.

Sound

There is a mixtures of both of diegetic sounds and non-diegetic sounds in the opening sequence. When the sequence starts, us as viewers can hear a voice over speaking and this is done to open the film up and give us a brief description of whats happening, and in the background, we can hear non-diegetic sound coming in and this is recognition of the opening sequence. We also can hear the wind blowing quietly and then the African styled music begins to increase in tempo as the sequence is beginning to get intense. This is very effective in helping the viewers understand what the sequence is about and the characters characteristics but also conveys a very mysterious but action packed opening sequence.

Editing

As there is only one character present in the opening sequence and this maybe has been done to imply our main, important character, Ethan Hunt is given large amounts of screen time meaning that from this the viewer can infer that they will be the protagonist. At the beginning of the sequence, we are given an establishing of the scene to give us an image of the scene and what we are to face; furthermore, the shots are slow-paced, but increase in action to create an image of his characteristics early on in recognition of the full film. This is done because it signifies the danger which is occurring within this scene.

Camera Techniques

The opening title sequence starts with a mid-shot of the protagonists face and gives us viewers an idea of the setting and our character, it slowly zooms into his face revealing his expressionless and uninterested face. It then establishes into an extreme close-up, and we are exposed into his mysterious sun glasses, which gives the viewers curiosity as they can't see his face. This is a good effect because us as viewers are static due to the misleading event which has occurred; the helicopter dropping a pair of glasses to our character.

Overall I feel as if the opening sequence of this film is very clever and has definitely been well thoughtout by the producer because of the action it implies at a sudden, this action suggests that the film is going to be very action packed and will leave people on edge straight away. The plot twist used right at the end of the scene is good because you feel panic and scare when you see the rocket launcher being pointed at our main character and as that trigger is pulled we feel even larger panic however it only proves to me some sunglasses which are passed down to him. The use of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds in the film is used well too as well as the other components such as editing and camera techniques which are used very well, especially for the tense parts to the opening sequence.