Monday 27 October 2014

Opening Research - Casino Roylae (2006)


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. 

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