The starting sequence starts with showing the company idents such as Dolby Digital, MGM studios and Columbia. These are shown for recognition and credit for being part of that film. The film then starts its main narration with an establishing shot of the building the sequence is taking place in to tell the audience the location, weather and the time of day at this point. The establishing shot is also accompanied by the place name (Prague) in the bottom left hand corner to indicate to the audience what country they are in. This sequence is in black and white to indicate that its in the past and has already happened. There is no sound at this point apart from ambient sound such as footsteps and the lift door.
There are many enigma codes set at this point such as who is the man entering the building and why is he important? Why is James Bond in the office and why does he kill him?
When in conversation there are flashbacks (within the flashback) to the past. The scene is very white which contrasts the dark black scene in the office.
After the initial narration sequence the films animated title sequence starts. The non-diagetic sound the plays along side this is a real song as there are words. The credits list many names with job titles, they appear in this order: production company, main stars, writer of the book that the film was based on, co-stars, associate producer, sound unit director, costume designer, editor, director of photography, production designer, writer/singer and producer of the song being played along with the director of music for the whole of the film, executive producers and then a repetition of the novel writer. As most films do the credits end with the producer and the director last.
The title sequence is around 4 minutes which is very long compared to most other modern films. I think this is because they wanted to keep the titles the same since the older movies as Casino Royale is now 1 of 23.
In terms of camera work there is a large range of shots.There is an establishing shot of the building where the action is about to take place to indicate to the audience where the characters are to make the narrative easier to understand and follow. There are lots of close ups in the first two minutes on all the characters faces, mostly James and the man who he is accusing of sellling secrets. This is to show emotion as they are clearly in a confrontation and the close ups can give the audience and insight into what the characters are thinking or feeling at that time. Around 1 minute into the sequence, there is a very interesting shot where James and the other man are either side of the shot facing eachother, there is nothing in the middle and you can only just make out where the characters are as there is little light. I think they have used this shot to show that the two characters are the complete opposite of eachother and that one is the hero and one is the villain at the time.
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