The Bourne

The scene opens with an establishing shot, which shows the surroundings and sets the scene. The camera is at a high angle and it is an extreme long shot, this enables them to be able to fit more of the surroundings in the frame. It was filmed on a cold winters day, therefore it creates a tense and gloomy mood. The lighting is naturally quite low key, however the white snow causes it to be slightly high key.

After this opening shot the camera pans from left to right, towards the building where the man descends from. After panning the camera lowers, which is known as a crane shot. The camera lowers to eye line level as the man is walking down the steps.  It then cuts straight to a medium shot of him on the phone, and follows by zooming in to a close up shot using a hand held camera. This could be to show that the phone call is significant. After this scene there is a straight cut to a close up on a woman and then back to the man. This shows that he is suspicious of everyone around him because he knows he is wanted.  After a sequence of tracking shots, we see two pans one after the other of an ambulance which foreshadows that there is dangerous to come. 

When he gets Into the bank there is a sequence of close up shots Switching between the man and the woman at the desk, this built tension because she was delaying him from completing what he wanted to do.