Movie Analysis

Casino Royale Analysis: BenNorris

In the opening scene of the movie ‘Casino Royale’ a young boy is running through a tropical location. The viewer can tell it’s in a tropical location due to the surrounding buildings and the heavy rain. The Camera technique used is a mid long shot of the boy running using the panning movement. The young boy is wearing an army outfit which suggests that he is being used as a recruit for the army. This tells us that the scene is set in a third world country. The young boy is running through a series of huts and the camera is following him. The scene then cuts to a extra long shot of the boy running past more people dressed in army outfits. This now tells the viewer that it is in a army camp in a third world country which is in a tropical location. The shot then pans round to a mid close up of another man dressed in army attire, with a white man dressed in a suite in the background. There is only the sound of heavy rain, background talk and a pin ball machine to this point. The young boy then runs into the hut that the two men are in and gives him two drinks. This suggests to the viewer that the man playing the pin ball machine is of a high authority. The man playing the pinball machine then proceeds toward a sofa. The scene those jump cuts to the man dressed in army attire sitting down on the sofa. The camera is now filming an over the shoulder shot. The two men then engage in a conversation using mid shots.
After the two men exchange a few words the scene them jump cuts to a car driving towards the hut that the two men are in. A ground shot is taken of the hut form a distance with the two cars then driving past. To the left of the cars are more young boys in army outfits carrying weapons of war. The scene then cuts to a mid close up of two more white men getting out of the cars. The scene then cuts to a shot of large brief cases (full of money) being opened. The camera pans the brief cases and then swing to a shot of the white man who got out the car. The white man who got out the car then proceeds towards two black men sitting down comfortably at their table. They engage in a conversation. The white man who got out the car then says Mr White referring to the white man we see earlier. The camera then cuts to a close up of Mr White and then cuts back to the two men talking again. The camera uses a mid shot over the shoulder technique while the two men talk. After the men have finished talking mid shots of different men who are in the room are shown and some quite music is playing in the background which builds up the suspense. The scene them jump cuts to the inside of the car and shows two soldiers putting in the large brief cases. The scene then cuts to a close up of the white man who got out the car, talking on the phone. The scene then cuts to a luxury office with another white man on the other end of the phone. The camera uses the tracking technique as it slowly proceeds towards the man on the phone who goes from looking out his window to sitting down at his desk. A close up is then shown of the man sitting at his desk. The scene then cuts back to the white man in Uganda. The scene then cuts again to a long shot of the cars leaving the army camp. The shot then tracks backwards over Mr Whites shoulder and then the scene jump cuts to a Madagascar.

There are big crowds of people gathered around a mongoose fighting a cobra. Camera movement techniques such as panning and tracking are used to quickly cut on and off. This gives a busy and chaotic effect. The sound at the moment is the crowds shouting and cheering for their animal to win. The scene then cuts to a white man with an English accent talking through a head piece. The camera then pan’s to a shot of the man who he is talking to. This is the main character. The scene then cuts to a mid shot of a man who gets a text. The camera technique then shows an over the shoulder view of the phone so the viewer can read the message. Then man who receives the message then leaves in a state of emergency. The shot then cuts to a wide shot of the white man in the crowd who places his hand on his ear, the man talks and then the scene cuts to the main character again.