The film Casino Royale has an extremely interesting Title and Credits sequence. The Credits, however, do not start until 4 minutes into the film. The moving image before the credits is black and white so that there is a sudden burst of colour during the opening credits.
Titles
The Credits begin with what is supposed to be blood running down the screen. This becomes the back ground of the first credit. Once the first credit disappears we see different playing card symbols moving around in different patterns and this connects to part of the title, Casino. The credits dissolve as the background changes colour. The main title itself, "Casino Royale", do not stand out that much. However, you are drawn to it as it is the only thing on screen. The title also keeps the playing card symbols in the background which becomes a recurring theme in the opening credits. After the title, the background changes style. It still keeps the same theme, playing cards, but uses the designs of the cards more. The Jack, Queen and King playing cards all have there own design of patterns and symbols on cards, and these are represented in this sequence. The Spade symbol is used to represent bullets in James Bonds gun as he loads the magazine. When the credits are shown they are never in the centre, after the main title that is, they are always left or right. This is because whoever designed the opening credit s sequence chose to have the action/moving image on one side and the writing on the other. Buy doing this it means that the viewer can see both moving image writing so that neither one is more important than the other. One credit, however, is centred and this is Judi Dench. Her name is trapped by Spade and Club symbols flying past her which suggests that she is a character that gets trapped in the action. At one point there is one mans name, Jeffery Wright that is surrounded by guns which suggest that this actor might be surrounded by danger which is shown as the guns being fired. During a fight seen amongst the credits, the people who are either killed or just knocked out turn into different card symbols. These people, at this point, are only represented in different shades of red and this colour is usually associated with either Danger or Love. In this case it is danger. The fact that these characters are the same colours suggests that they could be from the same group or organisation. After a fight scene there is a long pattern which looks as if it is off either a King or Queen card, and this breaks when the credits are shown above. The fact that the closer of the two credits is the Stunt coordinator could signify danger and the image being blood pouring from a vein. At the end of the credits we see the card number 7 being shot twice. These two bullet holes then , using a graphic match, become two zero's and become Bonds status in rank.
Music
In this opening credits sequence there is no Foley sound, only music. The music was written specifically for James Bond and this plays throughout the whole of the credits. Halfway through the credits, a gun is brought u in view and a shot is fired just as a louder, Bass part of the music becomes apparent. At the end of the credits and music Bonds face is covered in black sections. This is matched with sudden sounds such as cymbals.
The Credits begin with what is supposed to be blood running down the screen. This becomes the back ground of the first credit. Once the first credit disappears we see different playing card symbols moving around in different patterns and this connects to part of the title, Casino. The credits dissolve as the background changes colour. The main title itself, "Casino Royale", do not stand out that much. However, you are drawn to it as it is the only thing on screen. The title also keeps the playing card symbols in the background which becomes a recurring theme in the opening credits. After the title, the background changes style. It still keeps the same theme, playing cards, but uses the designs of the cards more. The Jack, Queen and King playing cards all have there own design of patterns and symbols on cards, and these are represented in this sequence. The Spade symbol is used to represent bullets in James Bonds gun as he loads the magazine. When the credits are shown they are never in the centre, after the main title that is, they are always left or right. This is because whoever designed the opening credit s sequence chose to have the action/moving image on one side and the writing on the other. Buy doing this it means that the viewer can see both moving image writing so that neither one is more important than the other. One credit, however, is centred and this is Judi Dench. Her name is trapped by Spade and Club symbols flying past her which suggests that she is a character that gets trapped in the action. At one point there is one mans name, Jeffery Wright that is surrounded by guns which suggest that this actor might be surrounded by danger which is shown as the guns being fired. During a fight seen amongst the credits, the people who are either killed or just knocked out turn into different card symbols. These people, at this point, are only represented in different shades of red and this colour is usually associated with either Danger or Love. In this case it is danger. The fact that these characters are the same colours suggests that they could be from the same group or organisation. After a fight scene there is a long pattern which looks as if it is off either a King or Queen card, and this breaks when the credits are shown above. The fact that the closer of the two credits is the Stunt coordinator could signify danger and the image being blood pouring from a vein. At the end of the credits we see the card number 7 being shot twice. These two bullet holes then , using a graphic match, become two zero's and become Bonds status in rank.
Music
In this opening credits sequence there is no Foley sound, only music. The music was written specifically for James Bond and this plays throughout the whole of the credits. Halfway through the credits, a gun is brought u in view and a shot is fired just as a louder, Bass part of the music becomes apparent. At the end of the credits and music Bonds face is covered in black sections. This is matched with sudden sounds such as cymbals.
Matt, generally, make your posts more user friendly by breaking the text up into bullet points, and maybe screen grab some significant images.
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