Shot Analysis of The Bourne Ultimatum




The first thing that caught my eye with this video was the establishing shot right at the start. This is typical of most films of this genre, which open showing a shot of the person seeking revenge but keeping some element of mystery- here they have done this by keeping the shot very plain with little detail and only showing us the back of the person.
The shots start of slow, and are intermittent with text (explaining that the persons loved ones have been murdered etc.) Then the editor has sped the shots up, building tension leading up to the text that shows he is really out for revenge (his past destroyed etc.)
The slow shots have very little sound, with only sounds at the highlights between shots as the shots change from one to the next. The sound then picks up as the shots get quicker. For example the gun shots, the car going over the barrier into the water. Then getting quieter again when the car has entered the water and they are under the water (woman drowning). Then the there is a moment of silence before the person we assume is the protagonist starts to speak. All of this sound is used to build the tension and fully displays perhaps the main genre of the film - by using lots of action shots in a short space of time, the target audience can see this film will have a lot of action, due to the fact that film trailers and especially teaser trailers would take the best shots from throughout the film.