Opening of three films: 1st Film - Dark Knight

Dark Knight – Opening:

The movie starts off with all the typical intros (Warner Bros., DC, etc). They all share the same colour scheme though, as they’ve all been tinted with a dark blue effect. This gives off the feel of the genre, that it is dark and untamed. After the intros have cycled through, it cuts to a scene of what looks like an explosion which has also been tinted with a dark blue effect. But to give it a more dramatic effect, the explosion spreads in slow motion, as if it is slowly clawing its way towards you, then fades to dark. When you can barely see what’s left of the explosion, it instantly cuts to an establishing shot of a city (Gotham City) from the rooftops and gradually pans across to a glass building. The camera tries to focus on a central part of the building, in which one of the central windows is shot. The camera then pans on the criminals, who seem to fire a bolt with rope attached to it, to possibly use as a zip line. Our camera then focuses on a character which seems to be holding a clown mask; this pan on the character suggests that he is in the same operation as the other criminals from the previous shot. Looking back on the previous characters, they use the zip line with haste, to insist they are going to be committing a crime. These three shots edited together, flow fluently to give that tension to the audience. It foreshadows that they will be involved in a crime scene in the first few minutes of the film. The soundtrack also builds tension and suspense, it also works well with other ambient sounds heard in the background.