James Bond
The character James Bond is based on a fictional hero in a series of short novels. The stories were created by Ian Flemming and is about James Bonds missions with the secret service.
All the books that he wrote were set between May 1951 and February 1964. All together he wrote 12 novels and 2 collections of short stories.
There are certain guidelines that were followed when making James Bond novels into films. In class we called these Recipes for James Bond Thrillers.
In all the James Bond films, he is depicted as a dashing, sexy, heroic young man (who is a secret agent) There is also always a villain who always has greater strength that James Bond (somehow he still manages to survive). As well as that, In the James Bond films there are a number of beautiful women that he will make love to in his films. There is always an exotic location that he goes to and several plot devices. Furthermore, there are always exciting stunt driven action in all the films.As well as that there is also always a famous pop sing that is used to promote the film; Like in Skyfall, the directors used the song Adele- Skyfall to promote the film. Moreover there is ALWAYS an opening action scene. When people see this they automatically associate it with James bond. Bond always gets trapped by his villains in his films and towards the end, he always overcomes the odd and triumphs - This usually happens on an island
We are now going to look at how some of these parts come into play in scenes from the James Bond film Quantum Of Solace
All the books that he wrote were set between May 1951 and February 1964. All together he wrote 12 novels and 2 collections of short stories.
There are certain guidelines that were followed when making James Bond novels into films. In class we called these Recipes for James Bond Thrillers.
In all the James Bond films, he is depicted as a dashing, sexy, heroic young man (who is a secret agent) There is also always a villain who always has greater strength that James Bond (somehow he still manages to survive). As well as that, In the James Bond films there are a number of beautiful women that he will make love to in his films. There is always an exotic location that he goes to and several plot devices. Furthermore, there are always exciting stunt driven action in all the films.As well as that there is also always a famous pop sing that is used to promote the film; Like in Skyfall, the directors used the song Adele- Skyfall to promote the film. Moreover there is ALWAYS an opening action scene. When people see this they automatically associate it with James bond. Bond always gets trapped by his villains in his films and towards the end, he always overcomes the odd and triumphs - This usually happens on an island
We are now going to look at how some of these parts come into play in scenes from the James Bond film Quantum Of Solace
Through out this scene, James Bond comes across as less conventional and slick compared to the guy that he is chasing in the film. An example of this will be when James ran through the wall when, as compared to the other person who jumped through a gap in the wall. He also appears to have an excessive amount of energy. Whereas with the other guy we clearly see his tiring at certain point in the clip. There are several point of view shots that are used in the clip. One that stood out for me the most was when James had jumped over the gate and the other guy had run off. We see James look at a Bulldozer and us the audience are able to put together what his next move will be. One crucial scene which i think goes well with the recipe for a James Bond thriller is when he is cornered by his villains towards the end of the clip. He makes it look as though he has surrendered to them, but little do they know that he has another gun behind his back. He ends up shooting the one that he was chasing a shooting a gas cylinder with makes the place that he was in explode. When all the dust has settled and the villains come back to their senses, it is then that they realise that James Bond has escaped. I think that this is a perfect example of James Bond overcoming his villains and triumphing.
Posters
In all the James Bond posters, he is depicted with women and a gun. This can be seen as quiet luring especially for someone who doesn't know what James Bond is all about. In a way this entices people to come and watch the film as they will be under the impression that it is all about woman and James Bond. However to people who already know what the film is about, they will already know that James bond films aren't all about the women and are in fact about James Bond, his missions and whether or not he will be able to overcome his villains( which he always does)
Here are a few examples of some James Bond posters.
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