For our chosen genre we have selected the action thriller sub-genre as our main focus point on what we would like to create our opening scene on. A good example of an action thriller is the Batman trilogy, But specifically the dark knight opening scene. I can learn a lot from this opening scene by the use of revealing the villain early on rather than later.
The scene open with a crane shot of a skyscraper in the heart of a city. This type of shot is a high angle which gives a landscape shot of the city and the main focus of the bank, this shot can raise questions such as why is this building significant? the use of non-digetict sound which is a sort of eerie noise that is high pitched, this is used to create tension and make the audience feel that something is going to happen, and sure enough it does. The Large sound of glass breaking (digetict) gives the audience a shock as this is unexpected, the use of unexpected events can be useful in my opening scene because it can create a sense of tension and keep the audience interested in the film.
The next scene shows a mysterious figure located on the corner of a path. This particular shot is interesting as it can allow the audience to wonder who this is? The shot that is used is zoom in shot and the use of this is the tease of if it is going to reveal this figure or not. The digetict sounds include the car screeching when it picks up the figure. This character is clear representation of a villain by the use of a large duffel bag and a mask could be stereotypically used to the fact that he is going to perform a bank heist.
The next several scenes include plenty of action and use of firearms, Most of these Scenes include crane-shots which show a better angle at the action to make it look much more realistic. Most of the other sounds in these scenes such as the Gun noises are non-digetict whereas the glass breaking is digetict. Scenes where they follow the character, i.e the Banksman with the shotgun use a tracking shot to follow where the action takes place. The banksman could be a representation of a guardian angel as he is trying to save
The final part of this scene shows the audience the mysterious figure, This scene could be significant as it creates a psychological effect of how clever the joker is at beating the law. The camera shot that is used is a zoom-in and the lighting used is dark one side and light the other side, This could be very significant as it could fore-shadow future events such as Harvey Dent becoming two-face. It could also be significant that the bank they robbed (as said by one of the robbers) is owned by the 'Thugs' of the city, which could create an idealistic view of the Joker as he could be the hero and Batman could be the false hero as said in Vladimir propp's theory of film.
Overall this opening scene creates a very tense and questionable atmosphere for the audience which is something we could develop when it comes to the time of filming. The Idea that the dark knight could be represented that of a villain than a hero because of the context of a dark knight is that of a warrior of the darkness and darkness be the representation of evil. Something we could develop is the importance of representation and that not all villains are the bad guys.
The demographics is for all races and anyone who is above the age of 12-50. The psychographics is that of people who enjoy action and/or a thriller which this film brilliantly portrays. The classic Binary opposition of these kind of films are good vs evil but also could be argued that of light vs dark. This is because batman is considered a 'superhero' and the classic stereotype that all villians and heros fight against each other. However this film looks heavily into the idea that the darkness is sometimes the good side.
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