Analysis of the thriller 'The Dark Knight'

The clip shows the location of a large crime scene, a bank robbery. It, for the audience, makes it feel that although the rest of the film is quite unbelievable, there are still aspects that can happen in everyday life of major cities in the USA. Gotham city, the broad location of 'The Dark Knight', is based on New York city for example. After the robbery, the scene changes to a police office, where the characters are speculating on the appearance of Batman. This just gives a quick insight for the audience of where quite a lot of the film will take place. Soon after the clip changes to another crime location, an empty car park, which helps emphasize to the audience that a lot of action taking place will be of criminal intentions.

The characters, at the robbery, are depicted to the audience in a way that they will not be picked out as main characters and therefore when they are killed off one by one, it does not create conflict in the audience's opinion. The aggressive attitudes of the robbers and their tendency to kill each other is reflective of the thriller genre in how ruthless they are. The fight scene that introduces the protagonist, Batman, again emphasizes the ruthless violence that will continue in the film and how it is a thriller.

The non diegetic music of the film has been chosen to good effect to go with the style of the film, a thriller. It for the audience keeps the tension and the pace of the film going. It also works with the bank robbery; the criminals have to act fast and it keeps the audience guessing which "clown" is going to be killed next. The diegetic sounds of the clip are all rather violent sounding and very short lasting. This all goes with the violent aspect of the film and the genre.

The camera shots are of great variety. Before the action starts, they are establishing shots and slowly zoom in on where some action is about to take place. When the action is in the very thick of it, the camera shots are very quick to jump cut and there is more close up shots and reaction shots to keep the pace and style of the film as a thriller.

The film also gives off a thriller mise en scene, in the view that it isn't as colourful as maybe a children's film or a comedy, and the addition of weapons and prolonged fight scenes keeps the tension and speed of a thriller going.