Saturday, 21 January 2012

HL: The conventions of a Thriller


James Bond: Casino Royale (Campbell, 2007)




What are the generic conventions are in this clip?



  • The opening of this particular thriller, is very much in a Noir style.
  • This is mainly noticeable from the use a sepia filter, showing the audience a solely black and white image.
  • The use of a counted angle also reinforces the genre the sequence is shot in.
  • The audience also shown aspects of Noir, from the use of low-key lighting and flashbacks.
  • However the main genre of thriller is still noticeable due, to not only the introduction of the character 'James Bond' but also the inter-cutting flashbacks. This adds a sense of enigma into the clip causing tension between the two characters.


Daniel Craig


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