Thursday, 20 February 2014

Context of Practice: Studio Brief 2 (Initial Research)

The James Bond Film Franchise

5 Quotes:

.'Bond is a projection of the male audiences' aspirational and fantasy of stylish and successful living'
(Spicer, 2003)
.(After feeding the bad guy a shark gun pellet and watching him explode) 'He always did have an inflated opinion of himself.'
(Bond, Live and Let Die, 1973)
.'Bond, James Bond' & 'Vodka Martini, shaken, not stirred' (synonymous phrases associated with the character)
.I might as well ask you if all those vodka martinis ever silence the screams of all the men you've killed... or if you find forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women for all the dead ones you failed to protect. (Alec Trevelyan, Goldeneye, 1995)
.Good, because I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War... (M, Goldeneye, 1995)

5 Statistics:

.The entire Bond franchise has earned $7,979,000,000 (including merchandise, home video sales etc) It is the most profitable film series in history.
.According to one estimation, Bond consumed 92 units of alcohol per week, which is four times the recommendation
.In Casino Royale Bond consumed 39 units of alcohol before entering a high-speed chase, which resulted in a crash of course.
.Bond has visited about 47 countries
.As a joke, the UK government posted a job position for an SIS 00 agent in November 2012, the annual salary was £50,000 - £60,000.

5 Significant Moments of History:

.Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima on the 5th of August 1945
.Sputnik launched into orbit on the 4th of October 1957
.The Watergate Scandal, June 17th 1972.   
.Star Wars 1977
.Fall of the Soviet Union on the 26th of December 1991


5 People:

.Ian Flemming
.Albert R. Broccoli
.Shirley Bassey
.Sean Connery/George Lazenby/Roger Moore/Timothy Dalton/Pierce Brosnan/Daniel Craig
.Pieter Tazelaar (One of the many supposed individuals Bond was based on)


5 Images:



































5 Inventions/Objects/Garments

Walther PPK (Small, for easy concealment)









Lotus Esprit  S1 (Fitted for submarine navigation)







Aston Martin DB5 (With additional machines guns, oil dispenser and passenger ejector seat) 







Tuxedo (Combat armour for the confident)












Jet-pack (For those dramatic roof-top escapes)








5 Locations

SPECTRE Secret Rocket Base (Hidden under a false volcano lake)






Secret Cuban Satellite Dish (Hidden under a false jungle lake)










Graves' Iceland Ice Palace





Drax Industries Space Station








Re-appropriated Abandoned Island (Skyfall)









Stealth Ship










5 Photos/Images/Diagrams (Intriguing Info graphics)

Kill Count












Martinis consumed








Bond Girls