Casino Royale Conventions
How does Martin Campbell, director of ‘Casino Royale’, engage a modern audience through his use of the conventions of the Bond genre?
“Shaken’ not stirred”. This is one of the most famous quotes in movie history from the ever so inspiring Ian Fleming. The unexpected massive franchise started in 1953 when Ian Fleming wrote his first book… “Casino Royale." The books became popular at a reasonably paced rate and then Fleming had a movie on his hands. In 1962 it came out. It wasn’t “Casino Royale”, his first book, but it was “Dr No”, the book he had wrote four years earlier. Forty-eight years later and the genre have grown bigger and bigger with the twenty-second film coming out just recently before I have wrote this.
The conventions of Bond are well known; from his cars to the clothes he wears he carries an iconic look that everyone knows, but after time these are altered towards the modern age that we live in like in …show more content…
What I mean is that the likes of gadgets he uses in Casino Royale are ideas that have already been made like the mobile phone that he uses. He also uses his Aston Martin fully equipped with weaponry and tools, the tracking device that he placed into Le Chiffre’s inhaler, and an explosive key ring that Bond attaches to a henchman.
The action scenes in Casino Royale are tougher than the Bond films that have followed up to the film. The action scenes are more realistic due to modern age technology. They are more equal too; this is due to Bond being less experienced and inexpert.
The locations of the film represent few things. One of which being how they feel to where they are. This is shown by when Bond and Vesper are in love and in Venice, which has been described as the most romantic city in Europe. They also filmed the Aston Martin crash scene at Millbrook race circuit with is ironically for testing cars on how well they turn. I guess the Aston Martin wasn’t very good around that
“Shaken’ not stirred”. This is one of the most famous quotes in movie history from the ever so inspiring Ian Fleming. The unexpected massive franchise started in 1953 when Ian Fleming wrote his first book… “Casino Royale." The books became popular at a reasonably paced rate and then Fleming had a movie on his hands. In 1962 it came out. It wasn’t “Casino Royale”, his first book, but it was “Dr No”, the book he had wrote four years earlier. Forty-eight years later and the genre have grown bigger and bigger with the twenty-second film coming out just recently before I have wrote this.
The conventions of Bond are well known; from his cars to the clothes he wears he carries an iconic look that everyone knows, but after time these are altered towards the modern age that we live in like in …show more content…
What I mean is that the likes of gadgets he uses in Casino Royale are ideas that have already been made like the mobile phone that he uses. He also uses his Aston Martin fully equipped with weaponry and tools, the tracking device that he placed into Le Chiffre’s inhaler, and an explosive key ring that Bond attaches to a henchman.
The action scenes in Casino Royale are tougher than the Bond films that have followed up to the film. The action scenes are more realistic due to modern age technology. They are more equal too; this is due to Bond being less experienced and inexpert.
The locations of the film represent few things. One of which being how they feel to where they are. This is shown by when Bond and Vesper are in love and in Venice, which has been described as the most romantic city in Europe. They also filmed the Aston Martin crash scene at Millbrook race circuit with is ironically for testing cars on how well they turn. I guess the Aston Martin wasn’t very good around that