The Dark Knight - Thriller Analysis

I analysed the film The Dark Knight , as it came up as one of the several succesfull thriller films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usIyEL7ut5A

The lighting in this movie is quite dark, this makes it quite creepy and the suspence on the audience quite high.The only place in the moive that is brightly lit is batmans place, this signifies that he is the good character therefore thr bright lighting represents his personality. This makes the audience feel more comfortable when watching this part of the movie as it shows them the different characters and their roles.

The cinematography in this film is effective as it includes a lot of establishing shots of high buldings to create the atmosphere, it also includes a lot of close ups so we can visiualise the facial expressions of the characters. In this clip there is a use of tracking shots so the audience can feel the tension build up. The shots duration are very short this builds up more suspense as it shows everything happening very quickly and rapidly. Their is a lot of high angle shots which shows the view from above this makes the audience feel like they are present and can feel the same emotions as the characters.

The majority of colours used in this clip are black or white or very dull colours, this connotes that the film includes a lot of suspense and not very positive moments.

In some shorts it shows the bad character placed in the middle of the mise en scene this shows his isolation and that many people do not support him as he is the bad character.

The characters are represented very clearly through their costumes and props. The bad characters face is painted in white with a bright red smile across, he looks like a clown and his makeup is all smudged and his eyes look daunting.This clearly shows his evil personality and that his role is to be bad.