The GunBarrel's

Subject: The GunBarrel's Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:19 pm

Who Done Them?

Bob Simmons, From Russia With Love - Goldfinger

Sean Connery, Thunderball - You Only Live Twice and Diamond's are forever

George Lazenby, On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Roger Moore, Live And Let Die - A View To A Kill

Timothy Dalton, The Living Daylights - Licence to kill

Pierce Brosnan, Goldeneye - Die Another Day

Daniel Craig, Casino Royale - Present

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Costumes

From Russia With Love to Diamonds Are Forever, the gun barrel sequences by Bob Simmons, Sean Connery, and George Lazenby feature James Bond in a business suit and trilby. For his first two films, Roger Moore's Bond continues this tradition but without the hat. The following films, beginning with The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), feature Bond in a black tie, wearing a tuxedo. In Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's James Bond is the first shown wearing a more casual ensemble and an open-necked shirt; his attire reverts to a business suit in Quantum of Solace.

Dr.No

For Dr.no There was no Bond Gunbarrel , It didn't first hit the screen until From Russia With Love (1963).

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Dr. No

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The Gunbarrels

1962–1964

Because Binder had designed the gun barrel sequence to feature Bond only in silhouette, he used stunt man Bob Simmons, rather than Sean Connery to film the scene.[8] Simmons is therefore the first actor to have played James Bond in an official EON Productions film.

Simmons hops slightly as he pivots to assume the firing position and, following the blood wash, the dot becomes smaller and jumps to the lower right-hand corner of the frame before simply vanishing.

In Dr. No, the white dot stops mid-screen and the credit line "Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli Present" appears across the dot. The text is wiped and the dot continues the sequence. The sequence is accompanied by a soundtrack of electronic noises, which are interrupted by the gunshot. The "James Bond Theme" then plays very loudly, albeit with the first notes truncated. The gun barrel sequence in Dr. No segues directly into the credits, a grid matrix of large-scale, bright and rapidly changing coloured circular dots against a black background. This version, without the electronic noises or the Saltzman-Broccoli credit line, was also used in From Russia with Love and Goldfinger.

1965–1967

For Thunderball, the aspect ratio of the films was changed to a CinemaScope anamorphic format and so the gun barrel sequence had to be reshot, this time with Sean Connery in the role.[9]

Bond wobbles slightly while firing his gun as he adjusts his balance from an unstable position and he bends over to fire. Although the sequence was shot in colour for Thunderball, it is rendered in black and white for You Only Live Twice.
George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

With a new actor, George Lazenby, in the role of James Bond for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), a third sequence had to be filmed. As with Thunderball, the sequence was once again shot in colour.

In this rendering, the white dot stops mid-screen and the credit line "Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli present" appears, much as it did in Dr. No. When the barrel stops centre-screen, Bond is still walking to position for a half-second before turning and shooting as the camera tracks with him, resulting in a 'treadmill' effect. Uniquely, Lazenby is the only Bond who kneels down to fire; this is also the only version where the descending blood completely erases Bond's image, leaving only the red circle. In this version, the gun barrel is awash with prismatic splashes of light.

1971

When Sean Connery returned to the role of Bond for Diamonds Are Forever (1971), the gun barrel sequence filmed for Thunderball was used. As with You Only Live Twice, the sequence was rendered in black and white, but was given a bluish tint. As in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the barrel is awash with prismatic splashes of light, which this time ripple through it. This was the last time the sequence was rendered in black and white until Casino Royale (2006).

1973–1974

With the introduction of Roger Moore, and the reversion back to a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, a fourth sequence was shot. It was used for just two films: Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun. Moore uses both hands to fire his gun, his left hand bracing his gun arm.

1977–1985

The anamorphic format was reinstated for The Spy Who Loved Me, necessitating a fifth version of the sequence. Moore's Bond again uses both hands to fire his gun.[10] This rendering would feature in all Moore's subsequent films in the series.

1987–1989

In The Living Daylights (1987), Timothy Dalton fires with only one hand, and leans towards the right of the screen. This sequence was reused in Licence to Kill (1989). These were the last to be presented in non-computer-generated format.

1995–2002

Following Maurice Binder's death in 1991, Daniel Kleinman became the designer of the Bond opening graphics. Beginning with GoldenEye (1995), the barrel was computer-generated (but still resembles the original images of the barrel itself) emphasising light and shade variations in the rifling spiral as the reflected light shifts with the gun's movement. As with Dalton, Brosnan shoots one-handed. But unlike the previous Bonds, he remains bolt upright as he fires, with his gun arm extended straight at the camera. The blood in this sequence is noticeably darker and falls faster than in previous incarnations.

For Die Another Day (2002), Lee Tamahori, the film's director, requested that a CG bullet be added into the sequence. This can be seen zooming from Bond's gun towards the viewer and disappearing, suggesting that Bond has fired straight into his opponent's weapon.

2006

The gun barrel sequence was revised again for Daniel Craig's first portrayal of Agent 007 in Casino Royale (2006). Unlike previous instalments, the gun barrel sequence does not open the film as a standalone segment; it is part of the plot. Having committed his first "kill" as a Double-O agent, Bond stoops to pick up his gun from the floor, but his victim, Fisher, recovers and seizes his own weapon. As the man brings his pistol up to shoot Bond in the back, the frame shifts instantly to the gun barrel perspective; Bond spins around to outshoot his opponent.

This sequence differs considerably from previous versions: it is incorporated into the film's narrative; it begins with Bond stationary; it is not filmed against a blank white void and it includes the person whom Bond shoots. It is also the first to be presented in black and white since Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

Furthermore, the computer-generated rifling has 28 grooves rather than the usual eight, and the blood comes down the screen quickly, in rivulets. This is also the first gun barrel sequence without some variation of the "James Bond Theme".

2008

A more traditional gun barrel sequence is reinstated in Quantum of Solace (2008); it is placed at the end of the film, immediately preceding the closing credits. When the blood runs down the frame after Bond's gunshot, the red circle shrinks to the corner of the screen and forms part of the letter 'Q' in the film's title which appears on screen. Bond, in silhouette, is then seen to turn and walk out of the shot inside the Q. The single dot and its trailing images that typically precede the gunbarrel sequence also appear in flashes during the opening titles of the film.

This version of the sequence was created by design house MK12, who replaced Daniel Kleinman as main title designers. Daniel Craig described filming the sequence as "probably the scariest bit [of working on Quantum of Solace]. We did it twice. We did it once and it didn't work, so we did it again. I just thought, it has to be right and it has to be aggressive and it has to work.

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Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:08 am

Nice find Crazy!

Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:09 am

I done some of the work while other bits were from other sites. And thanks.

Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:07 pm

you forgot to edit in "Quantum of Solace"

Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:09 pm

Quote :: I wrote

2008

A more traditional gun barrel sequence is reinstated in Quantum of Solace (2008); it is placed at the end of the film, immediately preceding the closing credits. When the blood runs down the frame after Bond's gunshot, the red circle shrinks to the corner of the screen and forms part of the letter 'Q' in the film's title which appears on screen. Bond, in silhouette, is then seen to turn and walk out of the shot inside the Q. The single dot and its trailing images that typically precede the gunbarrel sequence also appear in flashes during the opening titles of the film.

This version of the sequence was created by design house MK12, who replaced Daniel Kleinman as main title designers. Daniel Craig described filming the sequence as "probably the scariest bit [of working on Quantum of Solace]. We did it twice. We did it once and it didn't work, so we did it again. I just thought, it has to be right and it has to be aggressive and it has to work.

Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:10 pm

Sorry!
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Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:27 pm

Bond Crazy wrote:

That's a good pic to compre them. Many a time I have tried to replicate the Dalton one. Laughing

Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:30 pm

Major D.Smythe wrote:

Bond Crazy wrote:

That's a good pic to compre them. Many a time I have tried to replicate the Dalton one. Laughing

They are all intresting

Subject: Re: The GunBarrel's Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:31 pm

Added a couple more pics .