Opening Scene Analysis.

to watch the movie opening i am analysing click the link.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0

The opening sequence starts with the logos of the production companies (Warner bros. and legendary pictures) and the creators of the batman comics/franchise (DC Comics) all of which are blue to follow the colour scheme of the film. It then follows into a small scene which feature the screen completely covered in blue flame(again to follow the films colour scheme), the flames rise towards the audience a black figure appears which looks like a batman which introduces the film in a minimalist but affective way. The film then starts with the camera panning towards a building that holds 2 of the jokers henchmen that blow one of the windows so that they can zip wire to the top of the building across from them. Both of these henchmen feature "joker" masks this is yet another simple yet affective way to introduce something within this film but in this case its used to show that whatever these henchmen are doing its something to do with the joker this also leaves them unidentifiable so when they all kill each other during the bank robbery you cant link a face to the man being killed so its as if the masks dehumanises them and you then dont mind that they're being killed.

Tom Turpie.