Casino Royale - Light and Sound

The opening scene to Martin Campbell's 'Casino Royale' is almost all shot in black and white, with lighting reminiscent of film noir. An establishing shot of a classically dark, deserted street, lit only by the lampposts; the characters faces are half illuminated, showing their emotions clearly to the audience, while still shrouding their bodies and parts of their faces in mystery.
The elevator is then scene rising up through the glass walls of the building, in dark with the street lamps, this provides a number of different reflections, layered over each other in the shot. Many of the shots are lit so that the objects in them cast unnaturally large and distorted shadows, giving a sinister feel. 
There's more light directed onto Dryden, while Bond is almost completely in shadow, with only his face illuminated. This puts more emphasis on the mystery around Bond and because of this, we view him as more powerful.

The majority of the scene is set in Dryden's office and these parts are very quiet, with no music, only some ominous, trance-like sounds to create the atmosphere. Noises such as the car door slamming and footsteps are amplified and resonate still more in the near silence of the scene, drawing notice to their importance.
Shot of the office are cut with Bond's flashbacks of murdering a man. This takes place in a public bathroom. Strong lights are used, obliterating almost all texture and with affects added to darken the outline of the actors, drawing the audience's focus to them and showing the separation between reality and memory. Dramatic music is played over action shots of the fight, heightening the tension, along with exaggerated thuds and crashes on walls and toilet doors and grunts of pain from the characters as they are thrown around the room. The music builds as the man is being drowned before near silence falls again once he is "dead" and the scene cuts back to the office. The contrast in volume of the two parts of the scene, makes each stand out against the other. 

Once we are returned to the office, there are a few more seconds of silence, which creates shock for the audience when Dryden is suddenly shot, the rising arm of bond and the bullet accompanied by unnaturally loud whooshes and there is a final exaggerated thump as Dryden is thrown backwards off his chair by the force of impact.

The final shot shows the solid black silhouette of Bond against a practically blank white wall, stooping to pick up the dropped gun in the bathroom, while the sound of lightly running water is heard. All of a sudden, the victim rises from the floor in a brief burst of shouting, only to be shot by Bond (we assume) - the gun is aimed directly at the audience and fired with a climactic bang. Blood begins to drip down the screen, showing the first signs of colour in the film and the well-known theme tune starts to play as a still of Bond, framed in the shot and pointing the gun, turns into the opening credits.