Mission Impossible 2 Opening Scene Analysis
In the opening minutes of Mission Impossible 2, the first scene we have an establishing shot, this shows us where this scene is located, in this case it is in the Dead Horse Point in Utah, this particular location connotes lonesomeness of the character, of whom we soon see as the camera zooms through the setting to see a medium shot of Tom Cruise, free climbing up one of the giant rocks. The camera then stays zoomed in on him for a while until it zooms back out to show the audience how high up he is, he sits back with his knees held in the rocks and the look on his face shows peacefulness but also shows that he is tired. He then proceeds to fall down until somehow, he latches onto one of the rocks below with his hand, this short part creates tension and the sense of danger - this is a obvious genre indicator indicating that a lot of death defying stunts will be included in the film. In this scene you can hear the diegetic sound combination of wind blowing and Tom Cruise heavily breathing. We also hear the non-diegetic sound of fast paced music building up (getting louder) which creates excitement for the audience leaving them on the edge of their seat waiting for something to happen.
Shortly after this, we see Tom Cruise make it to the top of the rock. The camera shot here is of a birds eye view - they have very cleverly done this, as we see a helicopter fly by Tom Cruise with a man in a suit holding what appears to be a rocket of some sort, this creates tension as the audience don't really know what to expect. As he shoots it we are not sure why this is happening or what is going to happen - the audience will assume this will detonate and cause destruction, although we soon find out that this is actually a package for Tom Cruise. The reason why the camera editing is clever in this scene is because they have effectively used the helicopter in the scene for the birds eye view shots as well as the clear input in the scene. As the rocket is shot, the music in the background soon stops indicating this is an important part of some sort - however different music begins to play after we see a close up of Tom Cruises face, this is the famous soundtrack of the Mission Impossible series, apart from this, this song is also a genre indicator as the music helps the audience realise this is going to be an action packed movie.
Shortly after this, we see Tom Cruise make it to the top of the rock. The camera shot here is of a birds eye view - they have very cleverly done this, as we see a helicopter fly by Tom Cruise with a man in a suit holding what appears to be a rocket of some sort, this creates tension as the audience don't really know what to expect. As he shoots it we are not sure why this is happening or what is going to happen - the audience will assume this will detonate and cause destruction, although we soon find out that this is actually a package for Tom Cruise. The reason why the camera editing is clever in this scene is because they have effectively used the helicopter in the scene for the birds eye view shots as well as the clear input in the scene. As the rocket is shot, the music in the background soon stops indicating this is an important part of some sort - however different music begins to play after we see a close up of Tom Cruises face, this is the famous soundtrack of the Mission Impossible series, apart from this, this song is also a genre indicator as the music helps the audience realise this is going to be an action packed movie.
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