The into to Casino Royale is your classic Bond opening sequence with the barrel over Bond with him turning around and firing his gun (Walther PPK) at the audience. However this particular opening sequence is quite different to the other Bond movies in the past. Instead of your classic Bond opener with hints at the storyline and the sexual appeal with the girls that you would normally see instead we get this violent kind of cartoon fight scene in a casino. This is very unique and very iconic in Bond as this is the first Star of Daniel Craig the 6th Bond. This shows his "different" style on Bond in this violent adrenaline ride which we were not really used to so this would definitely would be a full on action movie. The story of the opening sequence all takes place in a Casino style set with your cards and roulette tables in nearly every shot. This implies that money and gambling will be a big part of this film not just for wealth but gambling for your life. The camera angles are always moving around the subjects to magnify the explosive action of the fighting so we get close ups, High to low angle shots and plenty of establishing shots. These are used to help the audience keep up with the sequence and not get confused.
As for the titles we get the classic bond one beginning with the author of the books Ian Fleming with the main character James Bond followed by the title Casino Royale. This immediately sets the atmosphere and the audience now feel familiar with what they are watching.
Then we get the cast list beginning with Eva Green then Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini these are the main characters set aside from Bond the rest after this are all grouped together to show that they play of a smaller significance to the main characters so they were put in groups to save time, then we get the name of the stuntman (Free running), this is mentioned very early on as it is very important as in an action movie you need a stuntman to do the dangerous stuff the actor themselves cannot do (even though Daniel Craig does most of his own stunts). Then weirdly we get a main cast member Judi Dench as M this is a big name and a big role so this was in this order to catch the audience out. Then we get a list of nearly everyone behind the scene with the names of the producers, camera operators, assistant directors, script supervisor, Publicity and marketing, promotions, and other people like wardrobe supervisors and photographer etc. Then we get some bigger roles like the editors, production designers, musicians with the name of the bond song and who it was written by as this is a big part of the Bond franchise with the theme song. Then we get the names of the main Producers and the name of the director. The reason why the titles are in this order are so that the audience can find out who stars in the movie however as the sequence progresses the writing gets smaller when we get to the backstage crew as if to draw attention away from it towards the amazing animation. The writing only gets bigger when we see more important names flash up towards the end when the scene slows down to draw the viewers attention as the names are seen to be "more important".
To watch the opening sequence of Casino Royale click the link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1AMUmkj-ck
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