The opening of mad men

At the beginning we see a cartoon figure of a man walking into his office. We do see his face which creates a sense of mystery. There are many intertextual references aswell in the opening like when everything collapses and then he starts falling down the building which is a bit like 911 which is pastiche. Also he is in black which gives another sense of mystery towards him and makes the audience think that he is mysterious. There is also a pastiche from Hitchcocks film 'vertigo'. The slow motion aswell in the opening sequence suggests that he is in a dream where he is watching his life go by. A dream of somebody falling often means there anxious and it could mean that Don is full of anxiety. The women posters for when he is falling down could represent the women becoming stronger and the men are becoming weaker and that could be down to him especially when the womens foot kicks him as he falls. This could metaphorically be his downfall. Towards the end the figure falls and looks into a blank slate this could signify that he deosnt really know the people that he socialises with and even himself eventhough he had loads of women on the go and also that he is being stripped of his identity.