continuity sequence- james bond, casino royale - poker scene

This scene is about a single poker round, there is a vast variety of shots used, you have the big close-up, the long shot of the whole table, and the over the shoulder shot between James Bond and his enemy which means we are able to see exactly wo each player is looking at. the way that in the sequnce we see the shots going from close-ups to mid-shot back to close-ups, results in the sequence flowing well as there is a sudden jump from close-up to long shot, which would look unnatural. Aldo throughout the sequence we see different master shots, there is one when a waiter walks past the table and we see all the players sitting around the poker table, the dealer, the announcer and an audience watching the game. The use of this mastershot means that we are able to see exactly whats going on, we can see what people are looking at, and we are able to see everybody's positions to eachother. There are also a couple of cut aways, the first is the cut aay of the commmunity cards on the poker tanle, this shot is used to break up the action and also to give us fital information about the characters reaction in the scene. The second cut away used is off James Bond's two aquaitences, in this shot the man is telling the woman what is happening at the table, but the home audience is also able to pick up this information from him. The last technique used to make the sequence flow, is the the over the shoulder shot of both main characters in this seen, Bond and his enemy, it is a 180 degree shot and it keeps alternating between them, because of this shot we are able to see the looks they give eachother and the position they always are to eachother. these shots all the action to be broken up so the sequence flows well.