Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Analysis of the opening sequence to Casino Royale



To influence our piece, i have watched the opening sequence to the James Bond film " Casino Royale" The reason why i chose this film is because it is simular to the type of genre that our group want to base our piece on.
throughout the opening sequence there is music being played. the music is upbeat which keeps the audience interested in the film. there is also Diagetic sounds such as the gun shot which helps the audience understand some of the story line.
at the start of the sequence there are graphic effects used such as a spiral around the main character James Bond, from the gunshot there is an instant image of blood coming down from the top of the screen. then it comes to a red background with images of suits of playing cards - this gives a hint towards the audience of what the film is based on such as people gambling.
Then the introducing to the characters come into the sequence, the font that they used for the subtitles is coloured white and is in bold capital letters and then they used the same font and colour for the title of the film however they made the font a bit bigger to make it stand out towards the audience.
Throughout the sequence they used a number of graphic images coming across the screen which looks like a branch with a siloute of James Bond sitting there. when the graphic images of the guns come up when the gun is released instead of using a bullet they have used the suits of playing cards i think this is a good and effective effect.
there are a number of shattering effects in the opening sequence especially when the two animated characters are fighting.
the colours in the sequence have are abstract because they stand out towards the audience making it eye-catching also with showing the contrast of different colours such as red and black then this can be a representation of good and bad.
they also use aimed targets which represents the genre of the film. finally at the end of the opening sequence they have a siloute of James Bond walking towards the audience which then when he becomes closer it becomes into real life however when James Bond is at a extreme close up it then turns back into siloute.

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