Casino Royale Trailer

This video is the trailer for ‘Casino Royale’ the latest of the James Bond films. I chose this trailer as it is very fasted paced and exciting, and gives a wide range of shot distances and angles. There are a number of black out shots through out it making it more dramatic and adding to the suspense and tension that builds up.
It begins with a MS to introduce the main character James Bond, played by Daniel Craig. This is also a Low Angle to make him appear powerful and more dominant in the shot. Behind him we can see a modern aeroplane which tells that it is set in the present day, but also has connotations that suggests an adventure, and the black and white effect connotes a flashback, or the past. At 0:20 there is a MS of James. It’s an interviewer shot at a slightly tilted angle giving it an uneasy feel, implying that the man he’s talking to is an enemy. Soon after this the trailer turns to full colour, suggesting that we are now in the present. At 0:32 there is a High Angle LS of an African army camp, establishing the scene, there is a very quick, forward track right, to give the impression we are going into the camp. This is followed by a MCU of what we can assume is the ‘bad guy’ as he is wearing an all black suit and an intimidating look. The MCU allows us close enough to see that his eyes are very red, making him look more evil, yet we can also see by the background that he is in the army camp – arousing questions from the audience about why his is there, and keeping them intrigued.
At 0:43 there is a CU over the shoulder shot at the card game. The director has used this shot so that we can see the reaction of ‘baddie’ Le Chiffre. The use of a close up means that the audience can now see that one of his eyes is brown, while the other is blue, with cuts around it giving him a scarier, more threatening look. At 0:49 the is a LS crab movement in the camera around the casino to once again establish the scene, and as Bond comes into shot it cuts to a MLS of him and pans left to follow his movement. This allows the audience to feel they are there in the casino with him. At 0:51 there is MS over the shoulder shot looking over Le Chiffre’s shoulder at Bond, that then moves into a super fast crane around to the other side of the table so we are looking over Bond’s shoulder at Le Chiffre. This shot is fast pace and exciting with an almost dangerous feel to it, whilst making the audience feel they have seen both sides of the action so therefore know something the characters may not.
At 1:22 there is a CU of Le Chiffre looking out of the window, the curtains either side of him frame his face, drawing us into his menacing expression.
At 1:42 Low angle shot of James swimming through the water towards Vesper is an underwater backwards track. The camera then cuts to a POV shot from Bond’s point of view as it is now a forward track as if going towards Vesper, putting the audience right in the action again. At 2:10 there is an ECU of Le Chiffre’s eyes, this brings the action in very close so we can feel his piercing glare and his red scared eye is quite disturbing.