James Bond - Recipe for a thriller.

The James Bond film series is a British series of spy films based on a fictional character in the MI6, the agents name is James Bond (code designation "007"), he originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. his earlier films were based on Ian Fleming's novels and short stories, which later followed by films with original storylines. It is one of the longest continually-running film series in history, having been in ongoing production from 1962 till now.

Like his famous shaken-but-not-stirred martini, all you need for this James Bond style thriller is:

A dashing, sexy and heroic secret agent.
An eccentric villain of equal strength,
Dashing gorgeous women also know as 'Bond girls'
An exotic location and plot devices,
and eye popping, stunt driven, absurd action scene.

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964

The most recent Bond film, Skyfall, stars Daniel Craig in his third portrayal of Bond: he is the sixth actor to play Bond.

The eye popping, stunt driven, absurd action scene is as follows:

 A clip from The spy who loved me:

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaEU_A405zA

Opening scene from ‘Casino Royale’ 

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_qUn_90FE

“Quantum of Solace” Opening 

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfYC_CBNtiM


The most latest James Bond film is called Skyfall. Skyfall not only still delivers the incredible action we come to expect from a Bond film, but also has a layer of character depth and scope that the half-century series has never seen before.

Skyfall trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceeV2lrqonQ

Skyfall not only still delivers the incredible action we come to expect from a Bond film, but

also has a layer of character depth and scope that the half-century series has never seen before. 

These are fight scenes from James Bond movies:

Editing.

Editing is the process of looking at all the footage shot during the making of a film/TV programme and placing it in the desired order and joining it together.

There are two key areas to concerntrate on with editing.
1) Speed of editing - How long does each shot last.
2) Style of editing - How each shot is joined to the next.

Speed of editing:
In a film each scene lasts a few seconds, or may continue for minutes. The lenght of the sequence establishes the pace of the film moving the action along.
The speed of editing will help to determine the mood of what is taking place on screen.
If the audience is to feel anxiety and suspense the editing will be quick. The scenes/shots changing frequently, e.g. in an action sequence.

If a relaxed mood is desired the scenes last longer and change less frequently, e.g. in a romantic comedy.

As a story begins the scenes that begin must be long enough for us to be able to understand where we are and what is going on, e.g. slow to introdue main characters.

As film progresses scenes shorten as editing cuts between two or more storylines at the same time.

Straight cut is most common and invisible form of transition.
One shot moves instanteously to the next without attracting the audience's attention.
Straight cuts retain reality, they do not break the viewers suspension of disbelief.

Diegetic and no diegetic sounds.

Diegetic refers to the world of the text.
Examples: dialogue, sound effects, music with a source within the text(radio).

Non diegetic refers to everything outside the world of text.
Examples: voice covers, sound tracks, captions and title subtitles.

On screen sound is when the audience can see the source of the sound.
Off screen sound is when the audience can not see the source of the sound. Off screen sound enables the extension of the diegetic world.

Film language.

There different asspects to film language, these include things like:

Complement: this is when one thing goes with another thing nicely.

Juxtaposition: which is when 2 opposing things are next to each other.

Diegetic sounds - sounds which belong to the film world, natural sounds.
Non-Diegetic sounds: when there are fake sounds added in, e.g. music.

Sound bridge: when sound from one scene continues into another scene to bridge the gap between scenes, creating a smooth transition and enhancing continuity.

Parallel sound: sounds which complements the image.
Contrapuntal sound: is when the sound contrasts/conflicts with the image, this is also seen as juxtaposition.

Dialogue: is a conversation between the characters. (monologues)
Sound effects- Are extraneous sounds, they can be diegetic or non diegetic, either a voice or an accent.

Costumes, hair and make up -

Costumes hair and make up play a large part in the mise en scene, tells the viewers things about the character's personality, social status, job etc.

Costume: Tells us about the time period the film was set, the importance of the character and the genre of the film.

Hair and make up: complements costume and tells the audience a lot about a characters state of mind.

Acting and casting-

Intertexuality: this is one text making reference to another, E.g the 'Simpsons' referring to star wars.

Pre conceptions: When you go into a movie expecting something to happen (previous expectation)  having prior knowledge based on past experiences.

Experimental knowledge: this is when what you have experienced may influence you in the way you read the film text.

Jump cut: Wre ence attention is brought io focus on smething vry suddenly, this occurs by breaking tcontinuing editing known as dscontinuity. tis appears as if asection oe sequence has ben removed.

Dissolve: Is when an image fades into another. fadings are sent off the screen while another lot fading in.
Audience will see both slots on the screen at mid point of dissolve.

Fades: Gradual darkening or lighting of an image until it becomes black and white.
One slot will fade till only a black or white screen will be seen.

Film language. - Cinematography.

Cinematography means recording movement.

It is mainly to do with lighting departments:
The person operating the camera is the cinematographer, they work closely with directors, gaffer and grips.

 - Director of photography. (DOP)
 - Camera operator.
 - Focus puller.
 - clapper loader.
 - lighting department. (gaffer and sparks)
 - Grip department. (riggers)

This is an example of how a video lighting would be set up.

When it comes to getting the best result in a video there are different equipments that are needed. These include;
Backlight. - This adds dept of field, it counters the key light making the subject look rounded.

The key light is the brightest light. it is the main light on the subject.

The Fill light softens the key light and eliminates the harsh shadows.

The under lighting is where the main source of light comes from, it is above the subject highlighting features creating a glamorous and flattering look in a star.

The Backlight helps counteract the effect of the key light or creates an outline or silhouette. It is when the source is behind the subject. If no other lighting is used silhouettes are created.

Top lighting is when the main source of lighting comes from above highlighting the features used to create a glamorous look.

High key lighting is when more filler lights are used to create a brght daylight effect.