Batman - The Dark Knight Rises - ISL 4

Location: The location to the opening of the dark knight stars off in a very remote place; it seems to be a mountainous place that has large rock formed hills or boulders, the audience can see a small personal jet flying very low to the hill side. The shots used to show it are mainly ariel shots or crane shots; they show the scale and the speed at which the aeroplane is moving. It also gives the impression that they are all alone and that if something goes wrong they will have not help. It is also a high angled shot so it gives the audience the impression that they are powerless and also we find out later that they are being chased by a second plane that they don’t know about.

Costume of key characters: The first main character of the scene is bane, he is wearing: a long sleeved black t-shirt and some grey trousers with extra pockets on the sides. These clothes are very colourless and plain, the long sleeve t-shirt covers the majority of his arms and the trousers cover the whole of his legs. This suggest that bane is an unknown character and hints to the audience that there is something mysterious about him and that will get them to find out what it is about him that makes him seem that way. And for the second Character in the scene, he is wearing some light brown coloured trousers with a brown belt, a blue t-shirt and a black zip-up top/jacket over it. Apart from the blue t-shirt it is again a very colourless and bland set of clothes but the blue top is very bright and light, so the audience may associate the light colour with the good guy but in the actual scene it seems like he’s the bad guy because he has a couple people held hostage. This again makes the audience think who the real bad guy is.

Props: The mostly seen prop is the hand gun or the assault rifle, the guns help the audience to recognise that it is a dangerous place and also that death and violence is apparent in the movie, also the weapons suggest that there is a dominate power and a powerless side. Also the most weird prop is banes mask, it adds a sense of surrealism and the fact that he looks completely different with it on to when he has if off. It makes the audience wonder why he has it on and what has happened to him in the past to make him need the mask in the first place. It makes the audience want to find out why he needs it.