Skyfall
We hear a soft slow piano playing at the start. Then the singing starts which is also smooth and slow paced. The bass and guitar creates a deeper tone when it kicks two bars after. The guitar is playing the main riff of James Bond to create suspense in the audience member who familiar with the franchise. then shortly afterwards the chorus plays and the bass gives off strong undertones whilst trombones play as well. An orchestra plays over this. These aspects carry on playing for the next verse and so on. At the second chorus the music crescendos. After that the middle eight plays which is lighter than the chorus but still keeps the tension. The music ends with a truly epic war between singer and band as they outplay each other. This helps rebuild the tension.
The visuals meanwhile start with James Bod (Daniel Craig) slowly sinking to the bottom of the water. The pace is slow. The next shot is of him being pulled by a hand. This represents him sinking career wise as e has just been shot and is bleeding to death. The next shot shows the hand much bigger which shows that as a secret agent, he is the government's puppet and their holding him down or holding him back. Next we see Bond sinking into a hole in the sand which represents humiliation as he the glorious indestructible bond has just been defeated and left for dead. Next we see a floating shooting range target which is also We then see guns, knives and graves which all symbolize death which helps to tease the audience as this tricks them into thinking he really is dead. Then the shot goes to blood vessels which can tease more at death. In terms of tension the visuals eventually go to a shot of a Chinese Dragon and then its breaths fire into the camera and then the visuals get crazy as in a later shot the recent graveyard scene is raining blood which breaks through the grave stones to give that chaotic and tense feel. This could also represent his word falling around him.
Se7en
To begin with there is a low volume drum beat that then gets louder and is accompanied with metallic distorted tones which are sharp an high in pitch. These not only ad tension to the piece, but also give the audience an uneasy feeling because the metallic squeaks remind them of metal grinding and sharp objects. The font fits this atmosphere perfectly as it is scribbled down and is bold and white. There are blurred event like writing and highlighting to give sense of mystery. The music starts to use Moe heavy drumming about halfway through to raise the level of tension.
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