Editing Techniques - Bourne Supremacy

Bourne Supremacy - Escaping in Naples

Many editing techniques are used in this short three minute clip, with the entire scene shot in high speed. When the scene opens the first editing technique is an eye line match of Bourne’s passport, then there are several shot reverse shots and two shots while he is being interrogated.  These shot reverse shot’s show close-ups on each of their faces. After he takes a phone call the first of many cross-cuts is used, to show that everything is happening at once. As Bourne takes out the other two people in the integration room, the scene changes to a very high speed with a lot of quick changes. These quick changes include a series of close-ups on the phone that Bourne is coping the SD card from.

The next main editing technique used is a continuity editing, as we see Bourne enter the car park, but we didn't see him leave the building where he was being held. Once he gets into the car there is a cross cut between Bourne in the car and a group of people in a large room. An eye line match is then used so the audience can see a woman whom a man is looking at, whom is clearly very important. For the rest of the scene, it is constantly cross cutting between Bourne in the car, the interrogation room and the women. This is done to show that this is all happening at once, as the women is talking to the man in the interrogation room and Bourne is listening in. The three different places are each only shown for a couple of seconds in each shot and then it cuts to different one. In all of them there is a close-up on each of their faces.