The document analyzes and summarizes techniques used in the movie trailer for "The Dark Knight". It discusses the use of close-up shots to show characters' emotions, long shots that provide perspective on action scenes, and editing techniques like fades and fast cuts that build suspense and anticipation. The analysis concludes that the trailer effectively uses these techniques along with music to engage viewers and promote the film.

1. Textual analysis – The Dark
Knight
By Will Craven

2. The Dark knight
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E
XeTwQWrcwY)
• Genre – Super hero action
• The dark knight, released in 2008, is an action
movie featuring the likes of Christian Bale,
Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman and Cillian
Murphy.
• Directed by Christopher Nolan, The Dark
Knight is critically acclaimed and scores a
rating of 9 on IMDB.

3. Close ups
There a number of close ups used
throughout the Dark Knight’s film trailer,
the close ups I have decided to pick out
are the ones focused on the face of a
character. The reasons for this camera
choice on a characters face is because it
shows how they are feeling at that
particular moment, which is very
important in a movie as it could tell you a
lot about what is going to happen next.
For example, the Joker looks menacing
and intimidating in the close up shot, you
could argue that perhaps this
foreshadows the destruction he is about
to cause in later scenes.

4. Long shots
This long shot I picked out from the
Dark Knight trailer is a prefect
example of how effective a long shot
can be. From this shot we can see
everything that is taking place in this
particular scene. This shot really puts
the viewer in a position where they
can engage in the scene from having
a good perspective, it make us, the
viewer feel as if we are standing
there watching the action unfold as
the truck is tipped over. I have
included another picture where a
long shot has been used, from this
shot we can see the scramble of
people which again gives the viewer
a good perspective on what’s
happening in the scene.

5. Editing
One of the editing techniques I have focused
on is at the start of the trailer when the
scenes of batman slowly fade to black. I feel
as if the fade builds anticipation as we wait
to see what happens next, I have included a
screenshot of the editing mid – fade. This an
effect I would consider using on my final
piece as it is easy to do and works effectively
in creating suspense and leaving the view in
anticipation of what’s going to happen next.
Towards the end of the trailer, we see quick
transitions which are in synchronization with
the fast paced music, this again creates
suspense and leaves us on the edge of our
seat in anticipation, I would be looking to
create a similar affect on my movie trailer.

6. Overview
Personally, I think the Dark Knight trailer worked
really effectively in building up anticipation for the
film. They did this well through methods such as
camera shots, editing and the music. The music
worked incredibly well with the editing of the trailer
which is something I want to try and replicate for
my final product, I think my ambitions to do this are
fairly realistic as none of these methods should be
too difficult to do. My experience at GCSE in IMovie
learnt me vital skills in editing and therefore puts
me in a good position prior to the creation of my
final product.