The Dark Knight is a 2008 American superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. The opening sequence starts off with an establishing shot. It zooms in across rooftops to focus on a gunshot and a window smashing from a tall office building, this leaves the audience in suspense and makes them want to view on. The sequence then progresses to a low-angle shot of a superior looking male carrying a holdall and holding a mask. He jumps into the back seat of a expensive looking 4 wheel drive. The sequence cross cuts between two similar looking masked man on a rooftop talking about the Joker, making us want to know who the Joker is. The mise-en-scene includes various props you would associate with a action/thriller genre. This includes guns, masks and suits. We are introduced to a bank, and the masked characters walking in with various weaponry. We can already tell they are planning to steal money for this setting, so the audience are intrigued to see if they can carry it out. Even though the main action is on the masked bank robbers, the camera keeps on cutting to a suited man, who the audience assume is the bank manager as the setting tells them. He then shoots one of the robbers and charges out of his office with his objective clear in the audiences minds. This gives the audience a reasonable thought that equilibrium will be restored. However he is taken out and shot by one of the masked bank robbers. With the bank manager taken out, this gives the audience the impression that the bank robbery will be completed smoothly. But, there is no justice within the robbers mindsets. They continue to take each other out, due to this mysterious character, the Joker.
Tuesday 27 September 2011
"The Dark Knight" Thriller Conventions
The Dark Knight Opening Sequence.
The Dark Knight is a 2008 American superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. The opening sequence starts off with an establishing shot. It zooms in across rooftops to focus on a gunshot and a window smashing from a tall office building, this leaves the audience in suspense and makes them want to view on. The sequence then progresses to a low-angle shot of a superior looking male carrying a holdall and holding a mask. He jumps into the back seat of a expensive looking 4 wheel drive. The sequence cross cuts between two similar looking masked man on a rooftop talking about the Joker, making us want to know who the Joker is. The mise-en-scene includes various props you would associate with a action/thriller genre. This includes guns, masks and suits. We are introduced to a bank, and the masked characters walking in with various weaponry. We can already tell they are planning to steal money for this setting, so the audience are intrigued to see if they can carry it out. Even though the main action is on the masked bank robbers, the camera keeps on cutting to a suited man, who the audience assume is the bank manager as the setting tells them. He then shoots one of the robbers and charges out of his office with his objective clear in the audiences minds. This gives the audience a reasonable thought that equilibrium will be restored. However he is taken out and shot by one of the masked bank robbers. With the bank manager taken out, this gives the audience the impression that the bank robbery will be completed smoothly. But, there is no justice within the robbers mindsets. They continue to take each other out, due to this mysterious character, the Joker.
The Dark Knight is a 2008 American superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. The opening sequence starts off with an establishing shot. It zooms in across rooftops to focus on a gunshot and a window smashing from a tall office building, this leaves the audience in suspense and makes them want to view on. The sequence then progresses to a low-angle shot of a superior looking male carrying a holdall and holding a mask. He jumps into the back seat of a expensive looking 4 wheel drive. The sequence cross cuts between two similar looking masked man on a rooftop talking about the Joker, making us want to know who the Joker is. The mise-en-scene includes various props you would associate with a action/thriller genre. This includes guns, masks and suits. We are introduced to a bank, and the masked characters walking in with various weaponry. We can already tell they are planning to steal money for this setting, so the audience are intrigued to see if they can carry it out. Even though the main action is on the masked bank robbers, the camera keeps on cutting to a suited man, who the audience assume is the bank manager as the setting tells them. He then shoots one of the robbers and charges out of his office with his objective clear in the audiences minds. This gives the audience a reasonable thought that equilibrium will be restored. However he is taken out and shot by one of the masked bank robbers. With the bank manager taken out, this gives the audience the impression that the bank robbery will be completed smoothly. But, there is no justice within the robbers mindsets. They continue to take each other out, due to this mysterious character, the Joker.
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