Thursday, 3 October 2013

9 Frame Title Sequence Analysis: Casino Royale

This frame is the traditional opening to every bond film but the director of this film has taken a modern twist on the traditional way by adding blood dripping down the screen.

This is the first time we see the theme of 'casino' placed into the title sequence, displaying the suits of cards across the screen as well as roulette wheels spinning.

This is the first time we see the link between violence and casino in the same frame hinting this could mean they link in the same place in the film.

Here we see me silhouetes fighting, one black and one right. We can assume that the black suited one is 'James Bond' and that the red is the 'vilan', this again refering to the theme of violence in the casino.

In this frame we see a gun's aim panning across the screen and over the 'queens' face to reveal a hidden women behind it. This could either suggest that this is the new bond girl, or an alternative view wcoukd be that this is representated that in the film this women in hiding something from Bond.

Here we see that the 'suits' of cards are being used in a violent ways as a weapon. This suggests that the director is trying to portray that a casino is not just a place for games and that it is really a death battle.

Here we see that two gun shots have been shot through a '7 of hearts' playing card to reveal the typical bond code name of 007.

This is the first time in the film that Daniel Craig's face is revealed as this is his first Bond film so this had to be a direct reveal, although I dont think this fits in with the animated casino theme of the entire title sequence but it was just necessary. 

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