Media languages and forms

In Casino Royale there are great levels of meaning as there are mysteries to be revealed in the movie, however they are not all obvious for example 'Mathius' appears to be working with James Bond as a friend however it is later revealed that he is actual friends with the enemy.
There can be different denotations and connotations drawn out from the movie like he could be friends with both or he was secretly paid by the enemy to give them information that they needed, both of these suggestions can be true and that's because the truth isn't revealed in the text it is simply left a mystery. The mysteries of the text are left to an open interpretation by the audience which engages the audience in the movie.

There is a great significance of the texts connotations as that's where the mysteries and the answers to the questions lie. There are, as said before, many things left to own interpretation, however there are some examples in the movie of the questions being answered in the text, which disengages the audience's thought's. One example of this is the mystery that is left to the very end of the text, that being the behaviour of Vesper Lynd (bondgirl). It's later revealed that she traded some money with the enemy to save James Bond's life. This is a perfect example of leaving the audience passive.

The non verbal structures of meaning like the facial expressions and the gestures are not that self explanitory. Obviously the facial expressions like the angry looks and the smiles are easy to interpret, there is one facial expression however that explains alot and gives away a characteristic of the villian and that is in the middle of the poker game where the villian flicks his eye to reveal a plan of the game.

The settings used in the text are interesting because it is all in public places apart from the shots with the hotel rooms. Examples of public places are the man being chased by Bond over and thorugh the work site, a crash in the middle of the road, the fight and bomb scene at the airport and the end scene with Bond trying to get his money back in the middle of a town which shows there is no stereotyping of any people.

The sound track plays quiet a big rol ein the text because it lets the audience know when the really intense and violent scene arrive because the pace of the soundtrack would normally change to a fast paced track or slow to show intensity. In the poker game however they have chosen not to use a soundtrack but only the noises of the people in the room at the time to make it more authentic. The soundtrack thorughout the whole movie is quite fast paced as there is only fast paced action in te movie apart from the tragic scenes where the soundtrack is alot more slower.

There is an interesting mix of the soundtrack and the movement of the camera, being when there high paced action the camera moves the pace a the soundtrack making the sudden movement to blend in with the track. There is one scene however when the movement of the camera is limited and that is at the start with the jumping in the scene, because the camera very much stays still to give the audience an observent angle to the action.