"her character is a cut-above your average Bond girl". Film 4, I agree with this quotation as it confirms to my opinion of her character, which is she is a top class bondgirl.
"Lynd is the most interesting woman Bond has encountered since he got hitched to Diana Rigg's Tracy Di Vicenzo". Film 4, I agree with this quotation as it also confirms to my theory that women in bond movies are becoming more interesting and challenging James Bond more and more often.
"But it's Eva Green as Vesper Lynd, a British treasury operative sent to stake Bond at the poker tables, who lifts her role to class-act status". rolling stone, I do agree with this quotation as this seems to be the opinion of many members of the audience, including mine because she behaves in a more classy manner than the rest of the bondgirls.
"But Vesper intends to maintain a professional distance from her temporary colleague". variety.com, She does accomplish this in the movie even when bond tries the 'bond charm' on her she resists and carries on as usual, however she gives in at the end.
"she will become the only woman ever to make him distrust his alliances with his government and his job". blu-ray review, I agree with this segment from this review as shown in the movie she does make him distrust his job and his allies like mathiues.
Tuesday 30 September 2008
Monday 29 September 2008
Migrain on a scene from Casino Royale
The media language in this scene creates a serious impact on the audience because of the props used in this scene and also because of the setting of the scene. The opening of this particular scene shows the height of the scene possibly connoting the mountain that James Bond has to climb to be a worthy 007. The use of using the industrial buildings and the work site works well with the context and the narrative because it creates a more realistic and authentic feel to the scene.
The values and the ideologies of the scene are particularly interesting as certain members of the audience would take an oppositional reading and say that the makers of 007 are still goin along with the stereotype that only black people can commit a crime, however the prefered reading would be that 007 is in a country where there are mostly black people. This is also a chase down on terrorism with 007 chasing a terrorist who has a bomb in his bag.
This movie is a hybrid genre movie as it combindes two genres such as action which is well represented in this short extract and spy which is well represented by the rest of the movie, especially in the scene with the poker game. This scene very much swings to the action side as it is all about Bond chasing the terrorist through walls and buildings and shooting goin on. The actor playing the terrorist is a specialist in parkour which is all about action and jumping on building so it fits in well with one of the genres.
The kind of audience that will be attracted to this particular scene would be an audience that are attracted to the action genre of movie as this scene is specifically for that reason, to seduce different sectors of the audience in. Even though action scenes have always been in bond movies none have been like this one, jumping from building, most of them envolve shooting at each other. In this scene bond is represented as the hero as he is trying to catch the villian who is represented by the black guy, which is controversial in itself.
The values and the ideologies of the scene are particularly interesting as certain members of the audience would take an oppositional reading and say that the makers of 007 are still goin along with the stereotype that only black people can commit a crime, however the prefered reading would be that 007 is in a country where there are mostly black people. This is also a chase down on terrorism with 007 chasing a terrorist who has a bomb in his bag.
This movie is a hybrid genre movie as it combindes two genres such as action which is well represented in this short extract and spy which is well represented by the rest of the movie, especially in the scene with the poker game. This scene very much swings to the action side as it is all about Bond chasing the terrorist through walls and buildings and shooting goin on. The actor playing the terrorist is a specialist in parkour which is all about action and jumping on building so it fits in well with one of the genres.
The kind of audience that will be attracted to this particular scene would be an audience that are attracted to the action genre of movie as this scene is specifically for that reason, to seduce different sectors of the audience in. Even though action scenes have always been in bond movies none have been like this one, jumping from building, most of them envolve shooting at each other. In this scene bond is represented as the hero as he is trying to catch the villian who is represented by the black guy, which is controversial in itself.
Self evaluation of presentation
On friday we had our presentatons, which in my opinion were unfair because even with myself doing all the hard work of the blog i still had to present. Anyway i think the presentation went decent as i to be honest couldn't be bothered to present so i couldn't be bothered to look at everyone (even though i still looked at everyone in the class).
My actual powerpoint presentation was alright since i had a sufficiant amount of work on it but the main critisizm i recieved was that there was a lack of visual aids like pictures and videos and so on. Everyone gave their opinions on what i done good and what i could improve on (don't really know why we have to do this on the blog when we've done it already), and i made a note of the things i could improve on.
My actual powerpoint presentation was alright since i had a sufficiant amount of work on it but the main critisizm i recieved was that there was a lack of visual aids like pictures and videos and so on. Everyone gave their opinions on what i done good and what i could improve on (don't really know why we have to do this on the blog when we've done it already), and i made a note of the things i could improve on.
Monday 22 September 2008
Objective targets
A01- Not much improvements needed by myself as the only aspects of the key concepts i have to focus on are audience, media language, institutions and representations and i have done all of those very well indeed.
A05- With this target objective a little more work is needed as i am a little short of research however the only research that is nessecary at this point is a bit of research on Laura Mulvey and her theory. The research that i have done on the text it self has been very good as i know most of the techniques and the background of the text.
A02- For this target objective again a little more work is needed as i haven't gone that much into detail about the shep of the text however it's all in my head and in the internet.
A05- With this target objective a little more work is needed as i am a little short of research however the only research that is nessecary at this point is a bit of research on Laura Mulvey and her theory. The research that i have done on the text it self has been very good as i know most of the techniques and the background of the text.
A02- For this target objective again a little more work is needed as i haven't gone that much into detail about the shep of the text however it's all in my head and in the internet.
Saturday 6 September 2008
Is this the true intentions of the makers of Bond
Much has been made about the true intentions of the makers of Bond, whether they just want to cast the bondgirl just as a sex object or is there really a reason behind it that will enhance the effect and like-ability of the movie. Well, this is a section of a news article which is written by Stella Papamichael and it reads:
After smooching Brad Pitt in Troy, Rose Byrne looks "fairly certain" (according to her spokesperson) to play kissy-face with Daniel Craig in 007 flick Casino Royale. She's just auditioned for the role of spy seductress Vesper Lynd who breaks Bond's heart. An insider says, "All the actresses had to perform a bedroom scene with Daniel where Bond says he's leaving the service to be with Vesper Lynd. Barbara Broccoli was particularly impressed by Rose."
This section of a news article serves itself as proof of what the single intentions are of the directors and producers of Bond as it states here in this article that all the bondgirl is supposed to do is to perform a bedroom scene to make it in the movie. The fact that this is happening even before the movie has begun shows that these women are turned passive right from the start and it carries on in the movie with numerous scenes of women being passive and displayed as sex objects.
After smooching Brad Pitt in Troy, Rose Byrne looks "fairly certain" (according to her spokesperson) to play kissy-face with Daniel Craig in 007 flick Casino Royale. She's just auditioned for the role of spy seductress Vesper Lynd who breaks Bond's heart. An insider says, "All the actresses had to perform a bedroom scene with Daniel where Bond says he's leaving the service to be with Vesper Lynd. Barbara Broccoli was particularly impressed by Rose."
This section of a news article serves itself as proof of what the single intentions are of the directors and producers of Bond as it states here in this article that all the bondgirl is supposed to do is to perform a bedroom scene to make it in the movie. The fact that this is happening even before the movie has begun shows that these women are turned passive right from the start and it carries on in the movie with numerous scenes of women being passive and displayed as sex objects.
Review of Casino Royale
James Bond gets a hefty whack in the testes in Casino Royale, both literally and figuratively. The 21st installment of the world's longest-running movie series strips away the gadgetry to focus on action and character, introducing a younger, tougher James Bond (Daniel Craig) struggling to complete his first major mission. The target is terrorist banker Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), whom our hero must defeat in a high stakes poker game at the swanky Casino Royale in Montenegro.
First things first: Daniel Craig is not a good Bond. He's a great Bond. Specifically, he is 007 as conceived by Ian Fleming - a professional killing machine, a charming, cold-hearted patriot with a taste for luxury. Craig is the first actor to really nail 007's defining characteristic: he's an absolute swine. Following his example, Martin Campbell's film hits the ground running with a breathless chase through a building site, a sequence so impressive that the rest of the action struggles to trump it. Bond takes a tremendous battering throughout the movie. He's beaten senseless, thrown off ledges, poisoned and tortured. Even his withered heart takes a whupping when he falls for slinky treasury agent Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). It's all thrilling stuff, closer in tone to The Bourne Identity than the camp quippery of old-school Bond.
First things first: Daniel Craig is not a good Bond. He's a great Bond. Specifically, he is 007 as conceived by Ian Fleming - a professional killing machine, a charming, cold-hearted patriot with a taste for luxury. Craig is the first actor to really nail 007's defining characteristic: he's an absolute swine. Following his example, Martin Campbell's film hits the ground running with a breathless chase through a building site, a sequence so impressive that the rest of the action struggles to trump it. Bond takes a tremendous battering throughout the movie. He's beaten senseless, thrown off ledges, poisoned and tortured. Even his withered heart takes a whupping when he falls for slinky treasury agent Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). It's all thrilling stuff, closer in tone to The Bourne Identity than the camp quippery of old-school Bond.
Monday 1 September 2008
Media audiences
James bond has a vast following which includes all types of people from ethic groups to gender and race and that is the main reason why it's hard to pick out the specific target audience. Nowadays, there would be an expected following from the older generation as james bond goes back 40-50 years, however many members of the younger generation are getting more interested in james bond.
The scheduling and the positioning of the text is often a good indicator to what target audience the text is being aimed at, however for Casino Royale it came out in 2006 in the cinema, and it remained in the cinema for quiet a while showing that there was no specific target audience and that it was aimed at every member of the audience. After being in cinema Casino Royale was being shown on sky on the sky movie channels. Again that is a open invitation to newer members of the public as most of the public have sky. There is one issue and that is, members of the audience who don't have sky have not been able to see the film as it has not aired on any of the main channels ie. channel 4, itv, or bbc, so there is a segment of the audience missing.
As spoken about before the size or the constituency of the audience would be difficult to determine because of the fact that the movie is being shown in every cinema all over the country and other countries and because James bond has a large following that would go back some years it would be hard to determine the estimate number of audience members who follow the film.
The opinion of the audience will be different no matter what however there will be a number of oppositional or preferred readings that will come out and they are most likely to be based on the issue of women and wealth. On the women front, most arguements will be that women are still getting portrayed as sex objects and that they always have and on the wealth front the arguement will be that this movie is only aimed at wealthy people because of the settings and the mise en scene used in the movie.
I have followed james bond for some time having seen all of the bond movies and me as a audience member believe that the role of women played in the bond movies has gone back to the helpless and passive female that we saw 20 or 30 years ago. My age does have a big part to play in my opinion because i've grown up in a society where in the media sex is mentioned as one of the main things so one of the things that i've picked up on is the fact that women in Casino Royale hav gone back to being passive.
The scheduling and the positioning of the text is often a good indicator to what target audience the text is being aimed at, however for Casino Royale it came out in 2006 in the cinema, and it remained in the cinema for quiet a while showing that there was no specific target audience and that it was aimed at every member of the audience. After being in cinema Casino Royale was being shown on sky on the sky movie channels. Again that is a open invitation to newer members of the public as most of the public have sky. There is one issue and that is, members of the audience who don't have sky have not been able to see the film as it has not aired on any of the main channels ie. channel 4, itv, or bbc, so there is a segment of the audience missing.
As spoken about before the size or the constituency of the audience would be difficult to determine because of the fact that the movie is being shown in every cinema all over the country and other countries and because James bond has a large following that would go back some years it would be hard to determine the estimate number of audience members who follow the film.
The opinion of the audience will be different no matter what however there will be a number of oppositional or preferred readings that will come out and they are most likely to be based on the issue of women and wealth. On the women front, most arguements will be that women are still getting portrayed as sex objects and that they always have and on the wealth front the arguement will be that this movie is only aimed at wealthy people because of the settings and the mise en scene used in the movie.
I have followed james bond for some time having seen all of the bond movies and me as a audience member believe that the role of women played in the bond movies has gone back to the helpless and passive female that we saw 20 or 30 years ago. My age does have a big part to play in my opinion because i've grown up in a society where in the media sex is mentioned as one of the main things so one of the things that i've picked up on is the fact that women in Casino Royale hav gone back to being passive.
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