The Dark Knight opening sequence uses silence in the first shot to create intensity as the viewer waits for something to happen. In the second shot, a ticking clock sound is heard, indicating the characters are in a rush. From the shots of a car pulling up and a man jumping in, it is clear the genre is action/crime, showing either a getaway or robbery. Titles are not shown at first to avoid distracting from the intense opening scenes.

1. The Dark Knight

2. Sound
This is there is complete silence first
This is the second shot, at this
shot of the film after all the opening
point sound has come in. There is
titles, this a location shot zooming into
a ticking clock sound in the
this building. At this point there is
background, this is showing they
complete silence, this makes in very
are in a rush to get something
intense as everyone is waiting for
done.
something to happen.
Diegetic Sound throughout the opening sequence in extremely
intense keeping the viewer at the edge of there seat thinking what
is going to happen next.

3. Genre
From this shot it is clear that this is going to be an
action/crime film, a car pulls and a man in a Mack jumps in,
this is a very stereo typical action film scene. It is either a
getaway or the beginning of an robbery.
This second shot adds to the action/crime scene
genre, they are running into the bank with guns, by
this point the genre of this film is now clear to the

4. Titles
There are now titles in the opening sequence of
the dark knight, This is because they have tried to
make the opening so intense to catch the viewers
eye and they do not want anything to distract
them from these first few scenes.