1. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
*Comment on the following aspects in relation to your film opening title sequence choice
The dark knight.
Name: Jessica
Grundy
My Analysis
Supporting Images
2. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
*Comment on the following aspects in relation to your film opening title sequence choice
Cinematography &
Camera
Techniques
Some cinematography features that I have found throughout the
opening sequence are aerial shot, this was use to show the view
of the building. Another shot used was a close up to show the
robber even though you could not see his face you could see they
was wearing a mask. Other shots include medium shot to show
the banker with the gun, Two shot showing that there is more
than one robber in the scene. Also, a reaction shot was used to
show the staff and customers reaction inside the bank. Some
camera techniques used was a low angle to make one of the
robbers look taller and more powerful when he was getting out
of the car. A pan angle was used to follow the robbers running
towards the bank and throughout the bank. When following the
two men going down a zip wire from one building to the other
this was a crane shot. Finally, another camera technique that was
used was zoom to show the where the abouts of the character.
Also, another example of where it was used was when one of the
robbers was waiting for the car and holding a mask the camera
zoomed towards the mask to reveal what it looked like so
throughout the opening scene we could identify the character.
We also see a zoom shot at the beginning of the film as the
camera gets closer to the building to reveal what’s going on
inside.
3. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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Visual Effects &
Colour Scheme
The lighting was high key because the characters were outside for
most of the title credits but even inside the bank was high key.
This shows the audience that this is an action genre because you
can easily see what is going on throughout the scene.
Genre Conventions
I can evidently identify that this falls into the genre of an action
because the scenes are fast paced and we can clearly see
weapons and violence involved in numerous scenes.
Narrative
This action film is about 5 masked unidentified men who are
planning to steal from a bank for a man named the Joker. All 5
men have different skills that will benefit them when stealing
from the bank, but they are unaware that they have all been
given orders to kill each other once their skill has been required.
4. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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Editing Techniques
Throughout the opening title credits I did not identify many
editing techniques however; I did find two these include; Non-diagetic
sound including Dramatic music in the background, glass
smashing, the cross bow firing and the gun fire multiple times.
Also, some sound effects I found include; the gunfire and the bus
smashing through the glass window.
Title Credit Design
