Bond is partially synonymous to video, which was a challenge for this content. Most searches on sites like YouTube produce scenes from the films—but these compilations are not always relevant to the concepts behind this course. Other typical YouTube videos include James Bond video game walkthroughs (also out of scope).
My strategy was to find other audio and video content that I could use for course development, and possibly assigning to students, but that did more than summarize or show scenes. I did this by searching specific sources where I expected to find results, such as searching poster in the episode listing of James Bonding podcast (I would have gone to other Bond podcasts if this one had not produced results). I also searched for specific formats of video content, such as James Bond music video in YouTube (excluding most irrelevant film and game play content but leaving Bond song music videos to browse beyond) and James Bond documentary on Google (having to remember that everything visual isn’t necessarily relevant to the course).
Another challenge is that audio-video content is often embedded in blog posts, newspaper articles, and other websites, which makes the content hard to identify from the name of the source. For example, the video in 15, below, is part of an online newspaper article and the online magazine article in 18, below, embeds many videos. Both of these were identified during theme-based searches, rather than category searches.
14. Mira, M. & Gourley, M. (Hosts). (2017, December 26). Episode 056: The movie posters of James Bond. James bonding [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from https://www.earwolf.com/show/james-bonding
Info on the design, details, context of posters through pop culture commentary. For course development only—would not assign to students.
Search: podcast website > poster [I knew the podcast already but didn’t know if there would be relevant content] | Themes: Poster
15. Sweney, M. (2015, June 5). Global ad campaign to promote the UK brings in £1.2bn. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/05/global-ad-campaign-to-promote-the-uk-brings-in-12bn
Although a media source, the focus of the source is an embedded video drawing a relationship between Bond, England, and the idea of an icon.
Search: UBC Summon > James Bond tourism | Theme: Marketing and lifestyle
16. MiikeSnow. (2016, January 12). Miike Snow – Genghis Khan (official video) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/P_SlAzsXa7E
Music video that parodies Bond films.
Search: Youtube > James Bond music video | Theme: Re-representation
17. Planet Grande Pictures. (2012, October 19). Bond girls are forever (2012) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/51783943
A possible source for how bond girls are conceptualized, portrayed in relation to the franchise (50 minutes, so would need to watch before considering assigning to students).
Search: Google > James Bond documentary | Theme: Film and franchise
18. Radatz, B. (2012, December 18). James Bond: 50 years of main title design. Retrieved from http://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/james-bond-50-years-of-main-title-design/
Thoughtful, visual–images, videos–look at film title sequences, including tropes, graphic design, and conceptual designers.
Search: Google > James Bond opening titles | Theme: Film and franchise