The Bourne Ultimatum

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Key Character Types:

• The key protagonist is carrying advanced equipment and knows a lot about what to do in situations when someone is following you. He knows to be careful of security cameras and all of the skills needed to avoid the antagonists. This signifies that he has experience in situations like this which represents that he may have a job involving undercover work or something similar. This means that he would have a trained background of some sort which is conventional of the thriller genre as the protagonists in thriller films usually have some sort of trained background.
• The key antagonist is likely to be the man giving orders to the rest of the antagonist group and controlling them. He is made to look dominant and strong which are both stereotypical of antagonists in thriller films.
• Male character that is being chased is paranoid which makes the audience feel paranoid like they are waiting for something to happen. This makes them feel tension which is conventional of the thriller genre.
• The fight scene makes the protagonist look strong and intimidating. He manages to successfully fight off the group of antagonists even though he is outnumbered. The antagonists are surprised and worried by the protagonists ability which makes the protagonist seem dominant to the audience. 

Stock Characters:

• The stock characters will be others belonging to the opposing groups. For example other agents in the force the protagonist belongs to or other antagonists in the antagonist group. These stock character types are conventional of the thriller genre as they add more to the narrative.
• The stock character may also be a love interest of the protagonist. 

Narratives and stock situations:

• Antagonists have access to public security cameras and advanced monitoring equipment indicating that they have professions are involved in something where they would require advances software. This gives us insight into their background and the idea that they may be trained. They are fighting the protagonist who is likely to be an agent in a larger organisation. These two organisations are fighting each other, the idea of two large opposing organisations fighting each other is conventional of common narratives in the thriller genre.
• The protagonist is fighting to protect the male character being chased as the antagonist wants to catch him. The idea that the antagonist has caused a problem and the protagonist has to solve it is stereotypical of the thriller genre.

Genre Iconography:

• The antagonists are carrying guns. Guns are an icon of danger and tension which are both conventional of thriller films. 
• The hi-tech equipment used by the antagonists e.g. the hacking of the cameras, are iconic of the thriller genre because they hint at the narrative involving some sort of trained force battling another trained force. They give clues to the audience that the film may have a spy story line or set up.

Themes of the genre:

• The protagonist and antagonist are meant to seem fairly matched on their ability and past experience in undercover situations. Both sides have evenly matched equipment and training which shows the audience that it will be difficult for either side to be successful without a fight.
• Tension is conventional of the thriller genre. Tension is created in this clip by the mystery and suspense the audience feels when the male character is found and followed by the antagonists.
• The main protagonist and the main antagonist are both made to look dominant and powerful.