Opening sequence textual analysis: Casino Royale SHOT 1

The first scene of the opening is a grey-scale wide of an office building from a long low 45° angle with a car pulling up outside of it. This gives a sense of height to the building which suggests that this building has sinister connotations of mystery and darkness. There is no music playing during this shot which, with the colourless theme, creates a sense of tension. The mise en scene suggests that it is cold because there is snow on the floor and hot steam that is clearly visible. The street light in the middle of the shot and the centre of the building draws attention to the centre of the screen which makes the building look more menacing because the rest of the shot is low key lighting suggesting that there are secrets at play which further expands upon the sense of darkness and mystery.