Casino royale opening scene analysis

The film starts with an establishing shot which shows a large office building in prague. The film starts in black and white which could have been used by the filmmakers to make the opening more stylised or it could have been used to show that this part of the film happened in the past. A car then pulls in and a man steps out of the car. The man is well dressed in a suit and tie. This shows the audience that he is a man of some importance. We then see a shot of the man going up an elevator, a lowangle is used in this shot which could have been used to make him the more powerful. The next shot in the sequence is from inside the lift, a high angle is uesd in this shot which could have been used to show how vulnerable he really is. The man then wlaks into his office. He turns a lamp on inside his office and he then realises that his safe has been opened by someone. We can see a suprised expression on his face which shows us that his safe was opened without his permission. The camera pand from right to left to reveal Bond sitting down in the corner of the room. Bond is sat down on a chair in a fairly slouched posistion which shows the audience that he is very relaxed. Dryden proceeds to sit down at his chair facing Bond, he pulls one of the drawers open from his table which reveals that he is concealing a gun. In this shot we can also see a stack of files in his drawer beneath the gun. The files say "Universal Exports" on the front of them. This shows the spectator that Dryden also works for MI6. After a short piece of dialogue between Bond and Dryden the film cuts to a fight sequence between Bond and Dryden's contact in a public toilet. The editing in the fight sequence is very fast paced which makes the action more exciting for the spectator. The film then cut back to Bond and Dryden sitting in an office. Dryden pulls out the gun he was concealing and points it at Bond. Bond is very calm and doesn't flinch when Dryden pulls the gun on him. when Dryden pulls the trigger nothing happens. It is then revealed that Bond had already removed the bullets from his gun. The film then cuts again to show the fight scene between Bond and Dryden's contact. Bond continues to win the fight and he eventually drowns Dryden's contact in one of the sinks in the bathroom. Several low angles are used within the fight sequence which all make Bond look more powerful and strongewr than the man he is fighting. The film cuts back to Bond and dryden sitting in the office again. Bond shoots Dryden at the end of this scene. The editing that shows Dryden being shot is much faster paced than the rest of the editing in that scene which makes Dryden's death more shocking.