James Bond - No time to die - Website + Poster Flashcards
Poster = Media language + representation Website = Industries
Colour palette
- Masculine colour palette (Blue, black etc) relates to Bond;s predominantly male audience
Who wrote the original James Bond Stories?
Ian Flemming
Why wasn’t Ian Flemming featured on the poster, like he normally was?
NTTD was not based off of one of his stories
Who directed James Bond NTTD?
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Which two production companies produce NTTD and are listed on the 007 website?
-EON
-MGM
Where does the 007 logo appear?
In the background at the top - it is an intertextual reference to the rest of the franchise as it is iconic
what is the significance of the logo being placed slightly out of frame?
Emphasises the franchise’s popularity that its main logo can only be partially visible and audiences will still be able to identify it
Which characters are giving direct adress (Eye contact)
Lyutsyfer Safin, Dr Madeline Swann, Q,
Suit
- Common convention of James Bond and spy genre in general
- Connoted wealth, class + power
Where is bond’s face facing and what is its significance?
- Turned away from camera
- unconventional
-Subverts mascuilinity
-Emphasises Craig’s popularity as we can still tell who it is
how many times is Dr Madeline Swann featurefd?
twice
What are some features of the poster?
-Aston Martin on Fire
- Location of Bar
- Location of a coastal mediterranian town
- Characters (Nomi, Bond, Dr Swann, Safin, Paloma, Q, Masked man)
what does bond;s appearence in different types of transport connote?
Suggests he is a heroic character on a quest (PROPP)
What are bond’s facial expressions?
Calm + Serious
Common convention + promotes traditional values of toxic masculinity
Who is sexualised + how are they?
Paloma
- Low cut dress
- Makeup
- Hair
interests straight traditional male audiences who like seeing women
FEMME FATALE CHARACTERTYPE
What does Nomi’s outfit connote
It is all black and she is holding a gun
- Utilitarian/militarian
- Powerful character
- Could be adhering to racial stereotypes of black violence, expecially with guns
What are the two stereotypes Safin’s character adheres to in the vIllain charactertype?
- Facial disfigurements - Safin’s character has a facial difigurement which is a negativ esterotype of villains in the spy genre
- Eastern european/ Middle eastern - Rami Malek is of Egyptian + Middle eastern descent and Safin has an eastern-european accent
What is the name of Nomi’s actress?
Lashana Lynch
Why did Lashana Lynch have to delete social media?
She was being racially harassed online by racist bond fans on how black women didnt “fit” into the bond franchise as female strong protagonists
What style is the Mask in?
Japanese - another racial stereotype
Who is the Gay character?
Q - The hacker/ “Geek”
- Could argue that still adheres to homophobic stereotypes that gay men struggle to be masculine/ fight
What does the two words from the title “No time” connote?
-Urgency
-Tension
What does the two words from the title “ To die” connote?
Foreshadowns characters’ deaths later on in the film itself
What is the significance of exotic locations (Cuba, Italy)
-Convention
-Provides ESCAPISM (Uses +Gratifications)
