The James Bond franchise has produced 24 films starring various actors from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. Daniel Craig is currently the actor portraying Bond and is set to star in Bond 25 releasing in 2019. The films are known for their action sequences, exotic locations, gadgets, vehicles and Bond's romance with various women. The franchise has been hugely successful, with Skyfall earning over $1 billion worldwide. The films follow conventions of the spy/action genre but have maintained popularity over decades by introducing new characters and storylines in each installment.

1. Tuesday14th
November2017
The Bond Franchise
LO:
 To explore the historyof the bondfranchise
 To assesshowvaryingmedialanguage techniqueshave beenusedinbondcampaigns
throughoutthe decades
Starter:
Put the actors inorder of actors (oldto new):
Barry Nelson.
SeanConnery – 6 moviesintotal
DavidNiven.
George Lazenby. – 1 movie intotal
RogerMoore. – 7 moviesintotal
TimothyDalton.
Pierce Brosnan.
Daniel Craig.
Socio,cultural,economicandhistorical contextof bond:
the firsteverbondfilmwas‘Dr NO’in 1962 There are 24 moviesintotal.Thiswas makingthe
longestrunningfilmseriesinthe cinematichistory.Bond25is expectedin2019 withDaniel Craig.
Many thoughtthat he wouldn’treturnbecause he saidthathe wouldratherslice hisrisksthanbe in
anotherfilm.He will receive about113 millionforthe nextmovie.DanielCraighasbeenthe most
everpaidpersoninthe mediaindustry.The spectre filmisearnedover880 millioninUSD.
Skyfall earnedaround$1,108,561,013 at the box office.Spectre wasthe 10th
highestgrossingfilmin
2015, includingSkyWarsThe Force Awakens being1st
.spectre wasthe secondfilmthatearneda
winningOscarawardwithSam SmithsWritingsOnThe Wall.
Sub-genre.
Is a subdivisionof agenre of literature,music,film,etc.
Jamesbondcomesunder;
 Action
 Ski-Fi

2. Brainstormconventions:
 Fast cars Astonmartin
 Killingscenes
 Action
 Romantic(romance scenes)
 Shooting
 Gadgets
 Weaponry(guns/bombs)
 Villains
 Suits
 Women
Plenary:
The Jamesbondfranchise isso successful becausepeople like the filmandthatpeople finditvery
interestingbecause there isalwaysdifferentcharactersinall of the filmsmeaninghow itwasso
successful inthe franchise,the exoticlocationsallow the filmtobe setina culture of wealthand
rich.
Film poster conventions (part 2)
LO:
 To be able tounderstand the codesandconventionsusedwithinfilmposters
Starter:
the maincodesand conventionsof afilmposterare:
 Name block – producersof the film
 Title – maintitle of the film
 People –the people featuredinthe film
 Age rating– ratingof the film
 Typography – fonttype used
 The picture – mainphotoon the poster
 Use of star – the star rating of the film
 Release date –whenthe filmisgoingto be released
 Reference tothe producer – mainbox for the producer
 Tagline – the mainsense of genre

3. these are the differenttypesof filmpottersof spectre 007. Thisshowsthat the filmpostersare
mainlysingle orwithawoman.Thisshowsthat the filmismainlymenonthe scenesandmaybe
some of themthat are witha woman.

4. filmname
allowsthe persontoidentifythe film.Thisisimportant
because thenitallowsyoutoidentifythe film.
Name block
Allowsyoutofigure outwhoisfeaturedinthe film.
Thisis importantbecause itallowsyoutoknow whoIs
inthe film.
Picture
allowsthe persontoidentifythe film.Thisisimportant
because thenitallowsyoutoidentifythe film.
Background
Allowsyoutofigure outwhoisfeaturedinthe film.Thisisimportantbecause itallowsyoutoknow
whoIs inthe film.
enthasizea
allowsthe persontoidentifythe film.Thisisimportantbecausethenitallowsyoutoidentifythe
film.
Name block
Allowsyoutofigure outwhoisfeaturedinthe film.Thisisimportantbecause itallowsyoutoknow
whoIs inthe film.