In James bond Casino Royale we open James Bond is being
chased by two perusing bad guy cars, each of the bad guys are wielding guns
that seem to have endless ammunition. For the first minute there are no
recognizable faces only ever a close up on James eyes and different angles of
the cars exhaust and wheels, we are also shown the guns and them being loaded.
These scenes are interwoven with a low helicopter of the tunnel over a lake.
The tunnel has an open side as it is carved through the mountain. We fly up to
the edge and see that the cars a weaving through a lot of traffic. The bad guys
start shooting and takeout a tire to explode sending the truck careering across
the road into James. The music that
consumes this car chase begins low and is composed of largely stringed instruments
with kettle drums underlying the music. The notes begin to get faster and more
varied when the helicopter camera gets close to the camera the music soars in
pitch and tone taking the tense atmosphere to a high. Then when we have a view
of the chase close up the music stops and the sound of horsepower being abused
busts from the speakers.
These shot types and sounds such as tire squeals and guns both
show that we are watching an action film as these are used in a lot of major
spy films. I am planning to attempt to use some of these in my opening to try
and make it seem more
like an action film and less like a character
documentary.
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