Institution Information:
- The Bourne Identity (2002)
- Director: Doug Liman
- Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The Hypnotic.
- Distributed by Universal Pictures.
- Rated PG - 13
- Opening weekend: $932,960 (Japan) (24 January)
Title and Credits
The opening title within this sequence does not appear until a good minute and a half into the film. Instead the dark screen of the idents is broken with a sudden flash of lighting and the low long shot of the body floating in the water. This same shot, or a similar one considering this is taking place in something of a dual narrative, is what cuts away from the title and therefore focusing the author on the impressing bleak connotations of this body floating at see on the laughing sailors in the boat. Furthermore the animation on the title fits the genre well, with subtle flashes rather than an outright bang that might be better fitting a more prominent action based film as well as the curious flickering animation that also fits well into the codes and conventions of a Thriller film in this respect.
Camera and Editing.
As previously mentioned the initial low angle long shot is a dramatic way of opening the film, as with the connotations of drama and the diagetic crack of lightning. This shot and the close ups of the bodies as the narrative switches between these and the sailors on the boat create tension over the way the two plot points will intertwine thus quickly establishing part of the appeal fans of thriller might find one of the most enjoyable features within a film of "being on the edge of their seat". More specifically on the shots of these sailors the close ups and high angles of shaky footage do well in making the shots more intimate as well as stressing the locations cramped quarters and the shaking part of the boat onto the audience; the preferred reading and effect of this on the audience being intended to sum the characters position at this point and including the audience into this - leading the dread of the body to be even more prominent and almost personal.
As previously mentioned the initial low angle long shot is a dramatic way of opening the film, as with the connotations of drama and the diagetic crack of lightning. This shot and the close ups of the bodies as the narrative switches between these and the sailors on the boat create tension over the way the two plot points will intertwine thus quickly establishing part of the appeal fans of thriller might find one of the most enjoyable features within a film of "being on the edge of their seat". More specifically on the shots of these sailors the close ups and high angles of shaky footage do well in making the shots more intimate as well as stressing the locations cramped quarters and the shaking part of the boat onto the audience; the preferred reading and effect of this on the audience being intended to sum the characters position at this point and including the audience into this - leading the dread of the body to be even more prominent and almost personal.
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