Technique: Transitions + Length of takes

Technique: Transitions + Length of takes

The transitions of the opening scene are really excellent. As the opening starts with the main character who is James Bond, the scene ends with him as well. It gives an idea of importance of him. The opening of the scene is gun shooting of James Bond, and blooding on the screen. There are lots of symbols that we could see in the real Casino like heart in the game card and man in the card. Those symbols continue the every scene to the next scene. When people shoot the gun, a bullet from the gun becomes a heart and making line then it continues to the next scene. This happens continue which makes the every scene into one.

One of the very important transitions was the image at the end of the scene. The image is real face of the James Bond and it gives a contrast between the last scene and other scenes. It adds more realistic to the scene and helps to understand how the story is going in the movie.

Technique: Character/Performance

Technique: Character/performance

The opening scene is continuous by actions of main character who is James Bond. The actions are all about accomplishing his missions which is related with the genre of the movie. The opening scene starts with James Bond who is shooting his gun to the screen and it ends with James Bond who is looking seriously to the screen. In the first of the scene, Bond is sitting down to the figure of background and ready for his gunshot to the people. Bond was represented by making him as a black man and it makes his really stand out comparing to other people, fighting with others and gun shooting to each other. Those actions are all based on the story of the movie.

I could see him in every scene which makes me understand how he is important to this story. When he is fighting with people and gun shooting to each other, the image of the black man suddenly become a real man who is James Bond and suddenly become a black man as well. I think this is really good techniques because it makes me feel more curious of the story of movie. The slow actions and standing alone in the middle of the scene of Bond appears to me as a interesting main character in the movie.

Technique: Colours

Technique: Colours

Colours

In this opening scene, the way of representing the colours is quiet different with other opening scene. The people and other things are not real in the scene. Everything is shown by creating them of making all of things to the animation. That’s why the colours in this scene are not realistic. It’s simple but complicated by using lots of colours. In the middle of the opening scene, there is a shot that showing a real face of woman and in the last scene, there is shot of the real James Bond. It gives you contrast between real colours of image and colour of animation images. The colour of Bond was represented by black colour and other people were represented by red colour which makes Bond stand out.

Variety of colours is really related with the movie because in the real Casino, there is lots of colours which makes it very splendid. In each scene, it includes very gorgeous background which makes me to imagine the Casino and gorgeous background is one of the reasons that catch our eyes. The colour of blood is not realistic as well, but it became more effective to make it stand out.

in the last of the opening scene, it ends with real image of James Bond. His colour of face was grey and dark which gives a feeling of how serious he is for doing his mission. This scene adds dramatic and realistic to the opening scene.

Technique: Music

Techniques: music

One of the really important techniques in the opening scene is music. The whole mood and tone of the opening scene is changed by what kind of the music it is.  The main effect of music is set the mood, gives an idea of time of the movie and the different kind of genre of music makes different mood and whole tone of the opening scene as well.

In the opening scene, the only sound that I could hear was music. There is no other sounds and dialogue as well. That’s why I could focus to the music which was really fit with the genre of the movie. There was one song that introduced in the scene. “You know my name” performed by Chris Cornell reminds me Bond’s experience in the story and his life. The music fits with the movie with creating mood by James Bond’s actions of accomplishing his mission. There is no contrast in the music which means it gives you feel and idea of continuous mood.

The music fits with serious missions of Bond as well. The song tells you the youth of James Bond and inexperience of him. In the music, there is sound of drum beats which adds the exciting feeling. I think this song has lots of related meanings with James Bond. The song creates a feeling of how James Bond is accomplishing his missions by gun shooting and killing other people. The music gives you a feel of the movie which is the story that will be following the opening scene.