Octopussy Essays

  • The Visual Language of Cinema

    1288 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the 1950s, the movie and broadcast design industries incorporated traditional graphic design with the dynamic visual language of cinema. Today, the creation of film titles and television graphics are mainly created by motion graphic designers. The first pictures that the viewer experiences is a film’s opening titles. Opening titles have grown as a style of experimental filmmaking in motion pictures, since the 1950’s. In films, the opening credits make the context of a film and establish assumptions

  • Ian Fleming: A Biography

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    Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on 28th of May 1908 in Mayfair, London. He was the son of Valentine Fleming and Evelyn St Croix Rose. Valentine was a barrister and Member of Parliament and the son of Robert Fleming who was an extremely wealthy Scottish merchant banker. Evelyn was the daughter of a wealthy London solicitor. At the start of the First World War, Valentine joined the army and quickly rose to the rank of Major. He was killed by German shelling in France on the Western Front on 20th May

  • Gadgets Of JAmes Bond

    1695 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Weapons and Gadgets of James Bond Introduction - Throughout the years, the weapons and gadgets that have come from the hands of the Q Branch, has never turned James Bond down, they are the coolest and are the best in spy paraphernalia. I.     Bond’s choice of equipment A.     Walther PPK B.     Aston Martin DB5 C.     Watches II.     Comparison to some spy gadgets of the army A.     Bond’s popular equipment B.     Military’s popular equipment III.     As technology continues to grow A.     Weapons

  • Bond Movies: Tracing the Cinematic Changes from Doctor No to Quantum of Solace

    2383 Words  | 5 Pages

    Bond Movies: Tracing the cinematic changes from Doctor No to Quantum of Solace "Bond, James Bond." was voted as the #22 movie quote by the American Film Institute and as #51 of “The 100 Greatest Movie Lines” by Premiere. And he is the only literary character who is known to everyone, shallow or not, his popularity is known to each one. Before we go any further lets divide the Bond Movies in four significant patterns. First wave of Bond movies shall belong to time period of Sean Connery. The second

  • The Bond Girls

    3621 Words  | 8 Pages

    The Bond Girls Whenever there is a Bond film, there is always a Bond girl. She is as indispensable as the gadgets, the car, the chase and the villain set on overtaking the earth. They have always been in the centre of controversy; they have always been branded as beautiful women (often with sexually overt names) who need Bond and ironically, Bond cannot complete his mission without them. They always seem to have perfection in everything they do. However, this portrayal of women can be somewhat unrealistic