- The scene is analysed through editing.
- Follows interactions of characters with each other and their environment.
- It follows the continuity of character movement or characters sense of experience from one shot to the next. (Seeing or hearing something then moving to the corresponding thing)
- Adapts an invisible style.
David Bordwell (2006) - Classical filmmaking constitutes not just of one stylistic school.
- Symmetry in shots 1-3. Wide to tight to wide again.
- Shot 4-5 shows protagonist looking at a newspaper interacting with his environment.
- 6-16 shows A-B cutting. The pattern is broken when the ticket man looks at the picture however he is looking at a picture of the protagonist which supports the pattern..
- Symmetry and repetition appear to forward the sequence.
- Shot 16 is the same as shots 1-3. It cuts to the phone and then goes back again.
- Repetition and variation.
- Rise and release.
The Bourne Ultimatum (Intensified Continuity) (Scene Analysis)
- Bourne uses less than half the amount of screen time for the same amount of shots as in North by Northwest.
- Shots 1-3 are all in the same direction.
- Shot 2 blocking is added as an extra stimulus.
- Shot 3 follows Bournes movement and attention.
- Shot 4 (Cameras view) Movement follows Bourne although there is no indication that Bourne has been spotted.
- Shot 6 shows the transaction of buying a phone. There is an emphasis on hands and faces.
- Shot 7 and 8 cut to a parallel space.
- Shots are linked by acts of looking
- There is a message sent from shot 11 to shot 12.
- Hands to head from shot 14 which matches shot 7.
- Shot 19 articulates the relationship between two spaces.
Similarities
Editing directs
Characters relationship with space
Characters lead the film
Follows patterns
Differences
Bourne intensifies classical film
Bourne has much more action
Bourne has an always reframing and moving camera
The pace is different
Bourne has physical urgency compared to the clean comprehension of North by Northwest.
