Wednesday 19 January 2011

Analysing Protagonist and Antagonist in 'The Bourne Identity'

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The protagonist and antagonist is made very clear to the audience from the start of the scene. The protagonist, Matt Damon, has most of the screen time on his face even when both characters are in shot and he does all the talking with the antagonist just sneering and making threatening comments, this puts the antagonist in a bad light. The protagonist hits the antagonist and he starts bleeding quite badly, however when the antagonist hits the protagonist no blood or wounds are shown to make the protagonist look unbeatable. The protagonist also does all the killing in the sequence and has the best weapons and most stylish costume out of all the other characters, for instance at one point he has a modern handgun whereas the bad guy has an old revolver. The protagonist was always framed higher than the antagonist to show dominance and you see the protagonist looking down over the bannister.

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