Bourne Supremacy Opening

I really like the use of this messed up montage as the opening to a thriller. The first minute or so of this clip has a really high pace and mix of fast forwarded and still images which create the sense of confusion presented. I like how it gives small parts of the narrative away, but not enough so that the viewer really understands anything.

The contrast between the vibrant flashes of street lights and the splashes of the rain give a harshness that is quite menacing, and adds to the confusion that both Bourne must be feeling and now the viewer! This is defo a technique I would like to try and use in my own opening; the amount of enigma codes that are produced here within seconds of footage in my opion makes a really clever and interesting thriller.

As for the rest of this clip the camera work and use of silence is very tension building, also the lightenig (although being at night-time), is very filmnoir, and echos the shadows that are the gaps in Bournes memory.