Camera Shots
The establishing shot is a low angle shot looking up at a
large building as a car pulls up outside the building. The next shot is a close
up low angle shot on the man coming out of the car; the low angle gives the
impression that the man is powerful and potentially dangerous. The next shot is
again, another low angle shot of the lift moving up the building; this then
goes to a close up of the face of the man but this time at a high angle. This
shows his worried expression, this then switches to a shot of the numbers in
the lift going up which is a POV shot. We then see a mid shot of the man
walking down a corridor, the camera dollies behind the man, this is the first
time the camera moves and gives the impression that we are following him. We
then cut to a low angle shot of a door which we see open, as the man enters the
camera moves back and pans around following the man, this is another POV shot.
This is followed by another close up on the man’s face showing his very worried
expression and then another shot which we assume is a POV shot of him looking
in the mirror, the camera then cuts back to the man in the same position as
before as he turns around, the camera then pans across to an over the shoulder
shot which is where we see Bond for the first time. This cuts to a low angle
mid shot of Bond sitting down showing that he is in power. A wide angle shot is
used next to show the position of the two characters in the room. We then see a
close up of a drawer opening to reveal a gun. The scene then cuts to a fight in
a bathroom, a lot of different shots are used here as it very fast paced with
quick cuts, the camera is also never steady during this section of the scene
giving the audience the impression that they are there. The scene then cuts
back to a mid shot of the man pointing a gun at Bond, the camera switches back
to Bond and then back to the man but this time at a close up of his face with
the gun out of focus. The next few shots are close ups on their faces while
they are talking. The scene then switches back to the bathroom where again the
camera is constantly moving. The scene then switches back to the office after
Bond kills the informant, there is several close ups but then as Bond shoots
him we have a high angle shot looking at his body as its shot and then another
close up on Bond’s face. This is then followed by the iconic Bond shot, as it
switches back to the bathroom in which the man we assumed to be dead tries to
fire a gun at Bond. Bond reacts quicker though and we get a long shot of his
shooting him.
Editing
The scene opens with a fade in to the opening shot of the
building. The following cuts are all low speed to set the scene. An eye-line
match is used in the lift when he looks up at the numbers. During the scene
when the man and Bond are exchanging dialogue a series of close ups are used
and several shot reverse shots and a couple two shots showing both characters
in the frame. Cross cutting is used to cut between the office and the bathroom;
the shots in the bathroom are all at high speed showing the frantic nature of
the fight.
Sound
Most of the sound in this scene is diegetic as it opens with
the ambient sound of the wind and car and then as he goes inside you hear the
synchronous sound of his footsteps. Foley sound is also used for several
aspects of the scene such as the door opening or the punches. A non-diegetic
soundtrack is going on throughout the whole scene though, at the start it is
soft and slightly creepy, the music cuts out though in the lift. After the gun
is shown the music starts to get louder and faster, this is because the tension
is building. The music in the bathroom scene is noticeably louder with a much
louder beat. . When the scene cuts back to the office it goes slightly calmer
again. The music fully cuts out when Bond shoots him. At the end of the scene
the iconic music begins to play as Bond shoots the man in the bathroom.
Mise-en-Scène
The entire scene is in black and white which tells the
reader that it is in the past. The location is told to be in Prague but it could be any building as there
are no landmarks it is just a modern building made of glass and steel. As the
entire scene is shot in black and white, it creates a lot of contrast and
chiaroscuro which make the scene seem a lot darker which introduces you to a
new Bond and his style. The contrast between the two scenes is prevalent as in
the office it is filler lighting which soften the scene making it easy to
watch. In the bathroom the scene is over-lighted making it hard to watch as it
so bright, this could be done to show they happened at two different points.
