Media Studies Homework - Title Sequence Analysis

We were set a task of watching 5 thriller films and analysing the order of the title sequence and the different institutions involved with the film. 

Film 1 : Casino Royale 

Order of title sequence : 

-  Production Company Albert R.Broccoli's Eon Productions LTD.

-  Daniel Craig - main character and star actor

- Ian Fleming's James Bond, introduce the Bond story 

- Casino Royale - Movie title

- starring Eva Green - introduce the Bond girl, sidekick

- List of actors starring in the movie

- Judi Dench as M - reccuring role, British actor

- Associate producer and production executive 

- Camera crew , marketing , promotions , assistant 

- Edtiting crew and make up 

- Unit crew 

-  novel by Ian Fleming 

- Producers 

- Director Martin Campbell

Analysis

The title sequence for this film follows a very typical order. It starts off with the production company first who have worked on all of the James Bond films and are a British company. The next title states who is Bond with Daniel Craig a new actor to fulfil the role as 007. We then see Ian Fleming credited, the creator of James Bond, from these first few titles we know we are watching a Bond movie. We then get the title of the movie and the name of the "Bond girl" who is James' sidekick throughout the movie. Because this is a re-birth of the Bond franchise they cast new actors to play the roles of Felix Leiter and such. Many of the actors are British since it is always a typical British film. Judi Dench is credited near the end and she is a very famous British actress. This bids well for fans of the series since she has been M since Goldeneye was released. We then get a lot of the production crew cast and then the producers and the Director cast. Martin Campbell also directed Goldeneye and is a well known movie director who has been in the film industry for 40 years. MGM and Columbia Pictures aren't credited which is intentional as they are American production companies who collaborated with Eon. The makers want the film to be as British as possible to appeal to its audience.

By Alec Mcloughlin