Thursday, 1 December 2011

The Bourne Identity NICCS Grid.

Element
Film: The Bourne Identity.
Genre: Action thriller (spy)
Narrative
Typical storylines
and structure used
The protagonist in this film, suffers from retrograde amnesia and he also happens to be the government’s top agent; and is about to become the government’s number one target, this is an immediate change in the atmosphere. He spends a lot of the film running away and hiding from people, and attempts to find out who himself is before ‘they’ do.
Iconography
Things we except
to see
Things we would expect to see in this film are, fast-moving scenes, police cars, spies, agents, cars, sirens, guns, fighting, action,romance, police officers, (authority).
Characters
Typical characters
who drive the
story forward
The protagonist of the film is, Matt Damon who takes on the role of the character Jason Bourne; there is also a female who gives him a lift to Paris, and of course the antagonists who he is running away from, the authorities.
Camerawork
Typical
Cinematographic
style
Slow motion has been used to slow down the action and show Jason Bourne’s entrance in the trailer. Various different shots such as, short reverse shot, medium shot, close up and long distance has been used effectively. Short reverse shot has been used to establish many different views of an event. The shot has been zoomed in on too at very various point ot make it more effective.
Settings
Typical locations
used
Locations used in this film is the streets, Jason bourne’s home, secret agent’s office, and the hotel in paris.

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