The opening sequence starts with an establishing shot, zooming in across a city skyline. One of the windows in the high rise office building smashes. This already tells the audience, something out of the ordinary is happening. The scene then introduces a masked man holding a gun. As we can't see his face, the audience want to know who he is and what importance he plays to the film. He fires a rope through the smashed window and onto the next rooftop, this suggests he may be important to whatever is happening as he seems to know clearly what he's doing.The opening sequence then progresses onto a low angle shot of a dark clothed figure. This low angle shows an intimidating side to this character. This character is also holding a mask and a rather large bag. This tells the audience that there may be something dodgy going on and everyone has a part to play. This second masked character then jumps into the back seat of a car that pulls up in front of him. This backs up the idea that a type of operation is going on. It could also back up the point about how the characters are organised and seem to know what they are doing. The opening sequence then changes back to the small office room. We can now see two men inside the room. They slide down a rope hanging over a busy street full of cars and people. This tells us that these men are prepared to do whatever they are doing in broad daylight, showing a sense of intelligence or maybe stupidity. We then see the two men who have slid from the broken window in a rush to jump down and progress. One of them falls off the rope too early. All the masked characters up to this bit have looked certain in what they are doing but this suggests that whatever these people are doing won't go smoothly. The opening sequence then switches back to the car. Three men are sat in the car, all masked. This is the first bit of dialogue in the film. The two men sitting at the front discuss shares and money. They seem to be in a rush to wherever their destination is. The conversation could evident the fact that there is an operation going on and the audience begin to try and understand fully what is going on. The masked character in the back seat, cocks a gun. This could suggest an armed robbery is about to take place. Yet again, the sequence flashes back to the two men on the roof. One of them breaks into a box full of confusing looking wires, this can show that they are ruthless and are prepared to do whatever it takes to make some money. After a short conversation between the two men on the roof. The sequence then continues back to the car. The three masked men jump out of the car holding guns and big bags (possibly to carry the money.) They proceed to lightly run into a bank and one of them shoots the ceiling. This makes them look intimidating, but yet again it could show stupidity as he is already alerting attention to them. The scene then progresses into the masked men doing their individual jobs. For example, we are reintroduced to the two men on the roof. One of them shoots the other one as he's done his job. This shows the characters are ruthless and are prepared to do whatever it takes to obtain more money.The remaining characters in the bank now somehow have to get the money. They begin to work together to control the bank and make sure no one can escape. This is the only time that they work together. As the audience already know, they are prepared to do whatever it takes, even kill each other. So we know this isn't going to last long. We then see a scene of what looks like the bank manager. He looks very professional and has a clear aim in his eyes. He loads a shotgun and shoots one of the men. This shows he too is ruthless and wants to get his bank back. He proceeds to shoot carelessly at the armed robbers and wants to scare them off, however the audience know he is outnumbered and that he doesn't stand a chance. The men then proceed to take each other out. The scene of the vault then occurs. It is a progressing shot, zooming into to get a close-up of the money. One of the characters walks in and carelessly spills all the money into one of his large bags. Then we see a shot of one of the characters dragging the last bag of money and putting it on top of the pile. This is the shot in which the audience realise how much money they have stolen and they may act quite surprised as they probably assumed it wasn't going to go smoothly.
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Adam's Frame by Frame Analysis - The Dark Knight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0
The opening sequence starts with an establishing shot, zooming in across a city skyline. One of the windows in the high rise office building smashes. This already tells the audience, something out of the ordinary is happening. The scene then introduces a masked man holding a gun. As we can't see his face, the audience want to know who he is and what importance he plays to the film. He fires a rope through the smashed window and onto the next rooftop, this suggests he may be important to whatever is happening as he seems to know clearly what he's doing.The opening sequence then progresses onto a low angle shot of a dark clothed figure. This low angle shows an intimidating side to this character. This character is also holding a mask and a rather large bag. This tells the audience that there may be something dodgy going on and everyone has a part to play. This second masked character then jumps into the back seat of a car that pulls up in front of him. This backs up the idea that a type of operation is going on. It could also back up the point about how the characters are organised and seem to know what they are doing. The opening sequence then changes back to the small office room. We can now see two men inside the room. They slide down a rope hanging over a busy street full of cars and people. This tells us that these men are prepared to do whatever they are doing in broad daylight, showing a sense of intelligence or maybe stupidity. We then see the two men who have slid from the broken window in a rush to jump down and progress. One of them falls off the rope too early. All the masked characters up to this bit have looked certain in what they are doing but this suggests that whatever these people are doing won't go smoothly. The opening sequence then switches back to the car. Three men are sat in the car, all masked. This is the first bit of dialogue in the film. The two men sitting at the front discuss shares and money. They seem to be in a rush to wherever their destination is. The conversation could evident the fact that there is an operation going on and the audience begin to try and understand fully what is going on. The masked character in the back seat, cocks a gun. This could suggest an armed robbery is about to take place. Yet again, the sequence flashes back to the two men on the roof. One of them breaks into a box full of confusing looking wires, this can show that they are ruthless and are prepared to do whatever it takes to make some money. After a short conversation between the two men on the roof. The sequence then continues back to the car. The three masked men jump out of the car holding guns and big bags (possibly to carry the money.) They proceed to lightly run into a bank and one of them shoots the ceiling. This makes them look intimidating, but yet again it could show stupidity as he is already alerting attention to them. The scene then progresses into the masked men doing their individual jobs. For example, we are reintroduced to the two men on the roof. One of them shoots the other one as he's done his job. This shows the characters are ruthless and are prepared to do whatever it takes to obtain more money.The remaining characters in the bank now somehow have to get the money. They begin to work together to control the bank and make sure no one can escape. This is the only time that they work together. As the audience already know, they are prepared to do whatever it takes, even kill each other. So we know this isn't going to last long. We then see a scene of what looks like the bank manager. He looks very professional and has a clear aim in his eyes. He loads a shotgun and shoots one of the men. This shows he too is ruthless and wants to get his bank back. He proceeds to shoot carelessly at the armed robbers and wants to scare them off, however the audience know he is outnumbered and that he doesn't stand a chance. The men then proceed to take each other out. The scene of the vault then occurs. It is a progressing shot, zooming into to get a close-up of the money. One of the characters walks in and carelessly spills all the money into one of his large bags. Then we see a shot of one of the characters dragging the last bag of money and putting it on top of the pile. This is the shot in which the audience realise how much money they have stolen and they may act quite surprised as they probably assumed it wasn't going to go smoothly.
The opening sequence starts with an establishing shot, zooming in across a city skyline. One of the windows in the high rise office building smashes. This already tells the audience, something out of the ordinary is happening. The scene then introduces a masked man holding a gun. As we can't see his face, the audience want to know who he is and what importance he plays to the film. He fires a rope through the smashed window and onto the next rooftop, this suggests he may be important to whatever is happening as he seems to know clearly what he's doing.The opening sequence then progresses onto a low angle shot of a dark clothed figure. This low angle shows an intimidating side to this character. This character is also holding a mask and a rather large bag. This tells the audience that there may be something dodgy going on and everyone has a part to play. This second masked character then jumps into the back seat of a car that pulls up in front of him. This backs up the idea that a type of operation is going on. It could also back up the point about how the characters are organised and seem to know what they are doing. The opening sequence then changes back to the small office room. We can now see two men inside the room. They slide down a rope hanging over a busy street full of cars and people. This tells us that these men are prepared to do whatever they are doing in broad daylight, showing a sense of intelligence or maybe stupidity. We then see the two men who have slid from the broken window in a rush to jump down and progress. One of them falls off the rope too early. All the masked characters up to this bit have looked certain in what they are doing but this suggests that whatever these people are doing won't go smoothly. The opening sequence then switches back to the car. Three men are sat in the car, all masked. This is the first bit of dialogue in the film. The two men sitting at the front discuss shares and money. They seem to be in a rush to wherever their destination is. The conversation could evident the fact that there is an operation going on and the audience begin to try and understand fully what is going on. The masked character in the back seat, cocks a gun. This could suggest an armed robbery is about to take place. Yet again, the sequence flashes back to the two men on the roof. One of them breaks into a box full of confusing looking wires, this can show that they are ruthless and are prepared to do whatever it takes to make some money. After a short conversation between the two men on the roof. The sequence then continues back to the car. The three masked men jump out of the car holding guns and big bags (possibly to carry the money.) They proceed to lightly run into a bank and one of them shoots the ceiling. This makes them look intimidating, but yet again it could show stupidity as he is already alerting attention to them. The scene then progresses into the masked men doing their individual jobs. For example, we are reintroduced to the two men on the roof. One of them shoots the other one as he's done his job. This shows the characters are ruthless and are prepared to do whatever it takes to obtain more money.The remaining characters in the bank now somehow have to get the money. They begin to work together to control the bank and make sure no one can escape. This is the only time that they work together. As the audience already know, they are prepared to do whatever it takes, even kill each other. So we know this isn't going to last long. We then see a scene of what looks like the bank manager. He looks very professional and has a clear aim in his eyes. He loads a shotgun and shoots one of the men. This shows he too is ruthless and wants to get his bank back. He proceeds to shoot carelessly at the armed robbers and wants to scare them off, however the audience know he is outnumbered and that he doesn't stand a chance. The men then proceed to take each other out. The scene of the vault then occurs. It is a progressing shot, zooming into to get a close-up of the money. One of the characters walks in and carelessly spills all the money into one of his large bags. Then we see a shot of one of the characters dragging the last bag of money and putting it on top of the pile. This is the shot in which the audience realise how much money they have stolen and they may act quite surprised as they probably assumed it wasn't going to go smoothly.
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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