Monday 22 October 2012

The Opening Of The Bourne Ultimatum


This is not my film I am using it for educational purposes
The Bourne films, are a popular series of  the genre thriller. Straight away we get the sense of tension because of the diegetic soundtrack gives the audience anticipation of whats to come foreshadowing the mystery, the music in the background almost sounds like a ticking clock this could be representative of the film as whole. The black background is very dark and reinforces that sense of mystery, when the title's start rolling they appear white and are placed in bottom right hand corner and are held for around 3 seconds this is long enough for the audience to read and take it in. We then see a document and with bold, red letters are the words 'TOP SECRET' by giving these little clues it gives the audience a little insight on what they are about the watch, keeping them interested. The use of close up shots on the document itself highlights the crime/mystery of the extract and what it will entail, the document symbolizes crime which is representative of police and agents. Then the background suddenly turns black again, the editing here is quite choppy, this could be significant of the film, when the camera is back on the document some of the writing is blurred out this could be so the audience focuses on these key clues in order to follow the film. The use of the map, signifies that they are looking for someone and with the tense music in the background gives it that sense of urgency. The title sequences are giving a series a clues just like if you were a policeman/woman yourself putting together the clues to catch the Villian giving the audience a sense of involvement. The title of the film is placed dead center highlighting the importance of it. When the title has dissapeared we are presented with a close of shot of a person walking in the snow, the noise from his shoes creates that tense atmosphere and it looks as though he trying to get away from someone, keeping the audience at the edge of their seats.
From this I have learnt that within a title sequence you can include clues and insights about what your film will entail, and by doing that you are creating the involvement between your film and the audience. The audience is very important when it comes down to creating a film as they will want those original expectations of the 'thriller genre'.


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