Research Boards

To identify which James Bond film will be animated, two in-depth boards have been created to outline the main features of two films, including the villains, vehicles and the generic conventions of James Bond incorporated into the film.

"Dr. No" was the film debut for James Bond, as it is the first in the series. The level of violence in this film is a very strong contrast to some of the later films, as the level in Dr. No is much more modest and leaves more to the audience's imagination. Whereas, some of the later films are much more graphic after Quentin Tarantino (Dargis, 2006) displaying what an action film can really like. Perhaps, a trailer for this film showing much more violence would give this film a new audience.

Again, "You Only Live Twice", was one of the early films of the series. This film had many more explosions, fast cars and Bond gadgets than "Dr. No". After watching this film, there is a gripping storyline, which would make an interesting trailer given that the storyboard complements the film. The results found for this film were that, there are many villains to animate with plenty of explosions to highlight in the trailer. This is apparent in the contrast in the findings from "Dr. No's" research board. "You Only Live Twice" will be the film that will be used for the trailer, as there is a lot of room for imagination for this film.

After the findings from the research, the trailer should incorporate many of the James Bond generic conventions to ensure it appeals to it's same target audience. These would include there been many fast vehicles that James Bond will utilise, along with casual meetings with women battles with the villains to save the world. This would then all be complemented by using the James Bond theme, which is the classic riff that immediately tells the audience that this is a Bond film.