Film beginning analysis the dark knight rises

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Matt Wood Similar Products - Film Beginning Analysis The Dark Knight Rises (2012): Studio: Warner Brothers Written by: Christopher Nolan When the film starts, we see a car taking three prisoners to a plane. Then the plane takes off and the CIA questions them. One of the prisoners turns out to be Bane. Bane tells the leader of the questioning about a plan. The CIA questioner asks what the next step of the plan is before Bane answers “Crashing this plane”. Then Bane launches an attack and escapes the CIA killing all of them in the process. When Bane first speaks, we are at the same height as him with the CIA at a higher level which show who is in control.

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012):

Studio: Warner Brothers

Written by: Christopher Nolan

When the film starts, we see a car taking three prisoners to a plane. Then the plane takes off and the CIA questions them. One of the prisoners turns out to be Bane. Bane tells the leader of the questioning about a plan. The CIA questioner asks what the next step of the plan is before Bane answers “Crashing this plane”. Then Bane launches an attack and escapes the CIA killing all of them in the process.

When Bane first speaks, we are at the same height as him with the CIA at a higher level which show who is in control.

After Bane’s attack, the CIA were below the camera whereas Bane is above it showing how the power has changed.

There is a clear difference between Bane and his sidekicks and the CIA due to their costumes. All of the CIA are wearing camouflaged clothing whereas Bane and his men are wearing black or dark colours.

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Editing has been used to create tension when the action starts and Bane begins to seize control, a sequence of short clips is used which creates a feeling of rushing and excitement. Then when we are looking at Bane, we have some longer clips. This connotes that Bane is calm even when he is in such a precarious position. The effect of this is that he comes across as intimidating to the audience.

The use of sound also creates tension during the action scene. There is lots of different sounds to be heard during the fighting. These can be split into diegetic and non-diegetic. There are diegetic sounds which are the plane, the punches and the shouts or screams. There is also the non-diegetic music which is loud throughout the conflict. All of these loud sounds help to create a tense action scene by adding lots for the audience to keep track of. Also when Bane is talking to the henchman that is going to lay down his life for Bane and die in the plane, the music stops. This emphasises the characters’ interaction and makes the audience realise the power that Bane has.