Opening 2 minutes of The Bourne Supremacy film

1. The Bourne Supremacy
Solo Shariff-Hickey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PhSzNLUhBc

2. The way that the film’s titles fall in with bright colours onto an otherwise
black background creates a sense of interest and brings out a larger
dramatic effect from when these words align themselves, the fact that the
letters were in a scrambled order creates a sense of mystery; and that the
plot is going to be a scrambled one. The music at this point also sets the
idea of a mystery, the orchestra uses violins and brass to create a
smooth but unsettling tone so that it lets you know that all is not right with
this film.
There is a series of flashbacks following the titles that are very dark, and
changes very quickly between all of them. This creates the impression
that whomever’s flashbacks they are, this person doesn’t truly
remember them in a clear and vivid way.
Universal pictures is one of the six biggest film industries in the US
and is well established in all genres of film, this all adds credibility and
anticipation towards the film before it even starts.

3. In these rapid flashbacks a gun is shown to insinuate the idea of
murder and also the use of the camera just showing the hand shows
ho you’re meant to be seeing it through the eyes of the person who’s
flashbacks they are.
The same face and picture comes up several times in the flashback,
this shows that whoever this person is has a direct relation to the
meaning behind the flashbacks.
This same black figure is seen continuously throughout the
flashes, meaning that he’s also connected to these memories.
The dialogue of this character is also important because of the
other impressions already created. He says things such as
“Could you kill a man?”, “Trainings over, this is a live
project”and “This is not a drill soldier”. All of these emphasise
the impression of the film having a mystery, but also creates
an impression of a cloak and dagger style spy movie
especially after the use of ‘soldier’ to the passenger.

4. The flashes have a broken narrative leading to this room, as the
flashes close on this room you can hear a frantic women
speaking in either another language or the words cannot be
understood because of the nature of these memories.
The character awakens from his dreams at the sound of a
gunshot, in his memories, this creates the impression that it was
him who fired the gun and memories further than that could be
traumatic for him. His face being primarily in the dark reflects the
idea of him not knowing much about the flashes he just had and
he doesn’t completely understand what they mean. The long
pause between his waking up and moving also shows how he
doesn’t contemplate fully what he sees in his flashes and is
trying to make sense of them. The sweat on his face is a
common trait of when people have traumatic nightmares, the
use of a BCU adds to this feeling of trauma because of how it
makes the viewer feel closer to him.
Now fully in the dark it creates the impression that he is alone
and can’t talk to anyone about what he sees in his flashes. The
sound of wind blowing in the background also crates the sense
of loneliness that he has. It also creates ideas of isolation, that
he’s running from something; most likely his past and that could
tie in to the flashbacks causing him so much trouble.
The letters coming up on the creen
have a similar font to the opening titles, they also make the
sound of digital text loading

5. After slowly wandering to the bathroom he turns on a puny light, this ties
in with his flashes because of how it is a very similar lighting used in
them. The lack of light in the dark could also be seen to represent how
he has little knowledge of his flashes (the light) and there is so much he
has yet to comprehend about them (the darkness that engulfs him).
There was a girl with him which shows that, while he isn’t physically
alone, she couldn’t understand what he’s going through with his
nightmares. This idea is added to because of the fact that they are in
the same bed, and yet he was in the dark and she’s is well lit by the
moonlight. The use of moonlight is also important as it symbolises love,
meaning that this isn’t some girl he’s just met, that there’s a relationship
between the two.
This effect of him being in the dark to his past and her not being is
added to because of how, when she moves around the house, she’s
always in light, unlike the man who is always in darkness except for
when it represents his isolation.

6. At this point the man tells her “It’s ok, I’m fine”. The idea of him having to
reassure her means that this has happened a few times before jun the not so
distant past and she must show increased concern, perhaps implying that it’s
happening more frequently. He also takes a long pause in reassuring her
that “It’s just a head ache” which implys that this is a lie and he’s just trying
to reassure her. This shot still keeps most of his face in the dark, showing
how he isn’t feeling better at the sight of her and that he’s still troubled by his
nightmare.
As she walks over to him you can hear the sound of the ocean, the
sound of which has connotations of relaxation and peacefulness. This
shows ho she’s going to help him relax rather than ho he was trying to
calm her before.
The use of a two shot and touch between the two characters reflects the
idea of a closeness between the two of them. The man’s face can also be
seen to be visibly brighter now that the two are closer together, showing
how he already feel s calmer by her being there with him.

7. This shot uses the rule of thirds to show the nature of their relationship, the
two people are on opposite sides of the screen and then there’s a large
gap between them. This shows that while they are close, there will always
be something between them; such as his flashes. The lighting also adds to
this effect because she is once again framed in light and he is in primarily
in darkness.
The use of having the taps squeak and floor creak, as well as other sounds of the house’s
damage, shows that the house is in a bad condition, adding to the effect of them hiding
from something because of how the house is in bad shape. That they sacrificed luxuries
to hide.