Bourne Identity Thriller Analysis

Bourne Identity Thriller Analysis

The extract constructs meaning through the four technical elements
* Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
* Editing
* Sound
* Mise-en-scene


Here are all of the four technical elements that will have been covered:
Camera shots usually show meaning though how the scene is being played out and what type of things is actually happening during that scene. Low angles have been portrayed thought this extract showing us as the audience that Jason (a middle aged male)  is not in control when the police find him sleeping on the bench at the park in the middle of winter. The police however though this extract show us no confirmation that they are trying to help Jason Bourne figure out who he is and what had happened to him before Jason lost his memory. Close-ups have also been introduced though this extract, these close-ups have been usurer to show to portray to the audience what and how Jason may be feeling at that given moment (reflecting on everything that may has happened). Mid shots through this extract are portraying to the audience where Jason is and shows the audience his whereabouts (getting us on the same page as Jason) while he tries to figure it out himself. The extract also consists of wide shots - the wide shot is used at the beginning of this extract to portray a broader picture on where Jason had started to 'find himself' once he got off the boat, after spending months trying to figure it all out in such an isolated place surrounded by other middle aged makes. The use of zoomed in angles have been used through this extract this portrays Jason's face while he may be thinking about what he may find out about himself - this shot comes in from the left and shows us a clear picture of Jason's reflection reflecting off of the window. There is a pan coming through as the train moves towards the tunnel showing us as the audience a panoramic view. Shot reverse shot is also being portrayed in this extract - when we see Jason's face looking down and then we get a shot of what he may be holding/ what he may be looking at.

Mise-en-scene usually makes up the plot and portrays to the audience what the plot is trying to get us to think of, we see this by getting introduced to the props, lighting, costumes, expressions and the setting. The director of the Bourne Identity clearly uses all of the above to add more curiosity to the story line, the props that the director has chosen to use are: guns - indicating that the police are involved but we don't know if they are tying to help Jason figure out who he is or if they just want to get their job over and done, by finding Jason and turning him in these guns could also be an indication of protection or self defense weapons.
The code stick - indicating a prop from Jason's past and future, we know and see this because at the beginning of the movie this prop gets cut out of his neck portraying that it got implanted while he was still working for the government or police.
Park bench - this prop here indicates that Jason clearly had no where to go and had no bed to sleep in (he is portrayed at a homeless middle aged American male).
Torches have also been used as prop to show that the park bench setting is at night when it's all dark and mysterious looking.

The lighting that has been portrayed throughout this extract are quite cold colors such a blue and grey. This indicates that the scenes have been set during winter to give off more of a mystery kind of tone towards the film and creates more suspense. There is artificial light showing on Jason's face throughout this scene - this here shows us that the director is portraying the fact the the scenes been set in the dark with no natural lighting available for usage, also gives off a good effect of shadows. Themes that have been portrayed throughout this extract are the red and blue colors just about shown at every change of scenery - this portrays to the audience that Jason is escaping from his past (blue lighting) and heading forward on his adventure to find out more about his future (red lighting). Jason wears a red jacket indicating that he is taking his future on the same adventure he is (trying to find out who he is and where he comes from - basically finding out more about his background) this gives us as the audience some sort of questioning as to if he knows he is carrying around his future around with him. One of the scenes we see Jason looking back at the blue light from where he had just come back from - this is clearly showing the audience that he is looking back on his past and he isn't going to go back.

Sounds during an extract like this if very importing especially while trying to create suspense throughout the movie, during this extract we get introduced to a lot of diagetic sounds coming from the birds, cars, the ocean and the rain; we also get introduced to a lot of non-diagetic sounds such as the trains engine, people's foot steps and the music that gets played in the back ground - all leading up to continue the suspense of the scene.
The way that the editor had edited this extract was very good, they had included a lot of quick cuts towards the end of the scene when Jason finds out that he can speak German/ he can fight, other edits that they had used were the colors on the lamp posts symbolizing Jason's past with the blue lighting. They had used edits during basically every scene throughout that extract; these edits clearly tried to portray more suspense and a mysterious tone towards what may happen next; also gets the audience more interested in the movie - keeps them on the edge of their seat.