Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Opening to 007 James Bond in Casino Royale

Casino Royale

In the opening of Casino Royale, the speed of editing is used very effectively. During the scenes where James Bond is talking to his target at gunpoint, the speed of editing is slow, where the time between shot transitions are quite long (around 5 seconds long). However, during the flashback scenes where James Bond is fighting a man in the men's toilets, the speed of editing is extremely fast (around 0.5-1 second long), to the point where it would be near-impossible to count the total number of transitions without losing count.

This sequence shows that fast transitions are often used during action scenes and that slower transitions are often used during calmer and even suspenseful scenes.

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