Thriller genreBY DANIEL

Casino Royale themes

Violence – Many deaths in casino Royale, use of explosions and other technology for mass violence in scenes.

Mystery – Much confusion between the villains and heroes in the film, many mysteries that the heroes must solve to be successful in hunting the villains.

Casino Royale - Characters

James bond is the main character in this film, he is a good guy trying to hunt down the villains causing terror and catastrophic damage to society.

The guy who gets shot, we don’t know who he is just by seeing the opening scene.

Casino Royale – Locations

Bathroom. The use of black and white enhances the ‘arena’ or ‘battlefield’ where the 2 meet, James bond just edges a win in the gun fight and shoots his enemy.

Casino Royale – Props and costumes

Guns used in the opening scene as the main weapons. Bathroom and the black and white scenery used to enhance its

effects of the darkness of the characters.

The Dark Knight - Themes

Violence – More close quarter combat, the use of 1v1s and smart decisive actions and the use of fire involved with the scenes.

Mystery – The Joker is the head of a terrorist group, and batman has to track them down.

The Dark Knight – characters

The joker and his crew are the terrorist group. The banker who is the victim in the opening scene by the

‘terrorist’ group.

The Dark Knight - Locations

Inside a bank, the terrorist group robs the money from the victim. They successfully took what they need and escaped.

The Dark Knight – Props and costumes

Guns were used to threaten the victims in the bank to give them the money in the bags

School bus. This was used to escape the scene.

Comparison

The Dark Knight is more doom and gloom, and the terrorist group causes upset in society. This means batman must hunt them down to keep the peace in public.

Casino royale is a spy-thriller utilising mystery and clues, to track down the enemy. Mostly using espionage to begin assaults on potential targets and leads.