It opened in black and white lit by one lamp in the middle of the set. i dont htink the same lighting effect wouldve been made here if this part was in color. the set is completely isolated and quiet. there is just one man alone walking up stairs in an office building. when he gets to the office room he set out for, a man is already waiting for him. this scene is lit from outside through a window there is also a low lit desk lamp. The low lit conditions created a tense atmosphere. a whats going to happen next? scenario.
these opening scenes include flashbacks of bond drowning a man in a sink then it comes back to the present day and he shoots the man in the office then theres another flashback which then shows the drowned man getting up and being shot down. this is parallel editing where it cuts between two stories. I'm not sure if it would be non linear or linear because we know whats going on but it skips from the present day to past day. Flashbacks are a typical convention of Thrillers as a whole not just the sub genres.
Then blood starts to run down the screen over bond pointing the gun at the screen. The blood suggests the death of the two men hes killed within the few opening minutes of the film, it indicates more death and violence throughout the film.
During the opening credits which follow the above screen shot, the movie title; 'Casino Royale' is related to by the ace of spades symbols from playing cards flying around the screen. as the titles go on peoples silhouettes fall down with diamond, club, spade and heart shapes sticking into their chests, this links playing card symbols to a casino, Casino being a big part of the film title.
The titles are followed by a change of location it is now set in Africa. This is a typical convention of an action thriller, lots of locations. the set skips around the location and changes from an animal fighting pit to a building site during a tense chase/parkour scene. James Bond being the protagonist character is shown to have a weaker parkour skill in comparison to the antagonist character who he is chasing. He is also left in peril when he jumps to the second crane and slips and almost falls to a certain death. but being the main character we know he'll pull himself up and continue persuing the antagonistic character.
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