Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Analysis of Casino royale clip
In the text Propp's theory can be applied at the start of the clip it shows a character in a fight scene fighting James bond this is very intense and you start to think that the villain is the character fighting Bond however once the fight scene is over and Bond returns to the casino table to a new character Le chiffre awaits him he questions Bond that his shirt has been changed as if he knew a fight had gone down and Bond was injured this gives a enigma code of the question maybe he knew about the fight or had some involvement and this then hints that he could be potentially the main villain in the text.
The hero in the text is James bond this is proven partly in the first section of the clip he is gets attacked by a character when the fight ends Vesper runs of and he deals with the problem showing that he is skilled responsible and disposes of the body.When he enters the casino the villain is shown and acts strongly toward Bond this indicates again that Bond is the hero and isn't performing evil actions but trying to save people the camera then switches to a different setting and Bond is shown as a caring person and it also gives the implication when he is looking after Vesper that he is a hero helping the character in distress.    
Furthermore the character of  Vesper is the princess this is sort of shown at the start after the fight she runs of as it where her fault later on the hero Bond confronts her in her bathroom where a medium shot is used to show how she is crouched on the ground upset Bond comes up to her and says that he is cleaning the blood of her hands trying to comfort her as best he can. This shows that Vesper was a girl in distress and the hero Bond came to help her this proves Vesper is of a princess role.Looking back to Propp's theory the theory of Strauss it is relative here because when observing the text binary opposition is created throughout the codes and conventions there is the hero of James bond and the villain of Le chiffe they create a binary opposition as bond wants to stop Le chiffe's plans however Le chiffe appears to want to murder Bond to stop him from doing so this binary opposition could be good and evil.
The theory of Torodovs is also present in the clip this is shown through tempo of transitions and the type of sounds being played are specific points .Starting from the beginning it suddenly starts of with a fight scene between Bond and a character this shows that the equilibrium has already been broken and it uses diegetic sounds of Bond getting hit and bond trying to stop him,this scene also includes fast paced transistions between each part as they fight each other building the tension to the scene as of who will survive.There is sort of re equilibrium beginning to form later on in the text this is at the part where Bond goes to Vesper to support her after the character in the fight died.It shows this sense of a re equilibrium by changing the music to a much more softer,slower and calming tune this can also form an assumption to a bit of a romance genre from the text Casino royale showing a different side to things.
The general use of lighting throughout the scenes is artificial lighting they use the lighting in the setting because its important to make the film realist as possible for an action genre however the lighting in the scenes is not bright enough to be classed as high key lighting but they do use some fill light to balance out the area and set the scene.
Looking at the sounds used in the text there is two main ones used effectively to show the broken equilibrium and the appearance of a re equilibrium this makes the film more intense like a action film of its genre should be.When the equilibrium is broken the diegetic sound is used with a fast tempo to make the fighting scene more real  to indicate when characters get hurt and increase tension to the setting, once the re equilibrium happens the music changes to a much slower tempo and a non diegetic sound as soft calming music is playing showing that the scene is coming to a resolution
The mise-en-scene within the text creates every aspect in the clip to relate to its genre to appease the audience intended when creating the location this text covers the scene of a casino with a high stake bet going on and because of the year of the film its important to create the relevant props to make it as real as it can be for example the old casino card playing table and furnishings.
The costumes and props used included in the text this tells us what character is conducting what role this helps to relate theories towards characters and makes the audience understand them more before the true hero and villain are presented for example Le chiffe wears a expensive suit set for the year of the film he also has a scar across his eye this is represented as he may be a character associated with evil acts,a prop which he uses could of been the character fighting Bond in a earlier scene as he clearly knows that Bond just fought someone and changed his shirt to remove the blood stains.

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