Casino royale opening sequence

1. Casino royale opening sequence.
The openingscene setsupourexpectationsforthe restof the story bymakingit clearto the
audience of the mainthemesrightfromthe verybeginning.The specificinformationwhichisgiven
at the start isthat one of the mainthemesiscrime thisisshownbyat the start the man islooking
intoan emptysafe whichshowsthatmoneywouldhave beenstolen.Anotherthinginwhichis
shownat the start as because it’sa spytheme filmitstartsblack andwhite tocreate tensionand
developonthe ideaof secrecybecause spy’sare verysecretive.The use of the title sequence really
contrast withthe colourof the blackand white asthe back groundin that sectionisa brownie green
colourwithred,yellowandblackgoingthrough.The use of the black and redshowsthe gambling
whichalsosetsanotherone of the themesof gambling.Anotherthingwhichalsohitstothe
gamblingtheme isthatthe fastmovementof the wordsshowsthe atmosphere of acasinowhen
busywhichiswhere gamblingtakesplace.
The actor Daniel Craigwhowaschosento playJamesbondI thinkwaschosenas he reallyhasthe
mysteriouslookandhe usesdifferentvolumeswhentalkingtoothercharacters,he has the skill and
expertiseof ahero.Thisis showninthe openingscene whenhe knowswherethe gunisstraight
away. The costume whichisusedissuitsi.e.smartblackand white businesslook.Thishelpsdevelop
the audiencesopinionof the actorplayingJamesbondbyshowinghisstatuscomparedtosome of
the othercharacters for example,inthe fightscene inthe bathroomthe manwhichhe was beating
up wasdressedverycasuallywhichshowsthe lowerstatushe holdsinthe scene,the theme of the
scene withthe manwho isgettingbeatenuplinkstoiscrime fighterinthisscene. Thisisbecause
JamesBondneededtofindoutvaluable informationandhe wasshowinghisauthorityoverhimand
no matterwhat thatman didhe wasgoingto get the answeroutof him.Thisalsolinkstothe theme
of betrayal asthe man doesn’twantto tell bondasit wouldbetraythe bossbutin thissituationhe
has to conformto the establishedorderbecause he hasnootherchoice. The dialogue inthe opening
sequence isslowandcontrolledwhichmakesittense inthe situationwhichlinkstothe thriller genre
as tensionisa mainpart of a thrillerfilm.
Cinematographyisusedthroughout.The use of longshotsat the beginningsetthe scene. Another
use of camerashotswhichalsosetsthe scene isblurringthe frontpicture tofocuson the
background.Whenwe are firstintroducedtothe characters the camera ispointingtowhat one of
the characters isseeingwhichdevelopsthe audiencesknowledge of whatisinthe room, what is
happeningandalsoreallysetsthe scene.Itsetsthe scene asit makesitmore mysteriouswhich
developsitintothe thrillergenre.Anotherthingwhichlinksitintothe mysteriousthrillergenre is
the black andwhite.The quickshotsdevelopthe ideathatsomethingcouldhappenanymoment.
The silence atthe beginningfitsintothe thrillergenre asyoucouldonlyhearsmall thingslike
footstepswhichsetsthe scene andmakesthe audience wanttocarry onwatchingto findoutwhat
happenednext. Duringthe title sequence the heavybeatandrockmusiclinkstowardsthe violence
whichwill happeninthe film, thislinkstothe actionthrillergenre.
Elise Hurst