First task

We were given the inro of James bond's Casino Royale. Which is represented in the style of Film Noir. We were told to Write a small essay on how it Fits in the the style of Film noir.



"The beginning opens to a slightly wobbling camera of a tall building, still in black and white and at night. A car rolls up outside the building and text comes up to the left hand side of the scene with the detail of the place and it whereabouts. This scene is very much like what you would find in a film noir as it has minimum lighting and smoke/steam rising from the ground. You are kept with this scene until the camera quickly changes to a low-angle shot of the man getting out of the car showing his importance, this is poorly lit. The camera then moves to a shot of below the lift and shows it moving up the side of the building. Next the camera then switches to a shot in the lift that is looking down at the man then when the man looks slightly to the left of the camera it changes to the perspective of the man which shows the floor numbers. I found this scene really works well and is one I would like to use. Next is a tracking shot of the man walking down a glass corridor that then switches to inside a room with the door opening on it. This room is poorly lit and shows only outside light with this you can only see part of the man as he moves through the room. It then shows a close up of the man then moves to the left as he turns round to show James bond in the background."

"The camera then switches between shots of both men and ones which show objects in the foreground and them in the background. This is a very good representation of confrontation between to two men.
In-between this you switch with a scene where bond is killing one of his men in a bathroom. This is very different from the confronted scene of the two men as this is very bright and shows a different side of bond which you have never seen before as he has always been with his gadgets but now he is very hands on with the killing and shows him getting hurt. This also links with the scene in the office because it shows just how dark James bond is."