Opening Sequence Genre Analysis

The film clip I am going to analyse is from 'The Dark Knight'

1) Identify the genre.
The genre is Action and Adventure


2) Who are the main characters?


The main characters at the moment are the masked robbers and the man who tries to fight back. Once all the clowns have killed each other there is one remaining, this is probably the second biggest character in the whole film. He is called the Joker. He is the main villain behind everything bad in this film


3) How has narrative been constructed?


Narrative has been constructed by having all the different parts of the plan that happen at the same time being being cross cut or cross edited to show that these various tasks are happening simultaneously. Also as of yet, we have not any hero, we have only seen evil.


4) What is the key iconography and how does it signify the genre?

•  A bank robbery for starters is a key point in a lot of A&A films
• The robbers are wearing masks
• They have a specialised man on the team for each job, like disabling the alarm
• Sliding from one building to the other on a pipeline
• They all have guns

5) Identify the audience pleasures/expectations.

• Get a pleasure from trying to work out why all the robbers are killing each other
• After seeing that the Joker planned for them all to kill each other so he could have all the money the audience expects him to be a twisted and cruel person.
• Also, having seen how the plan all fitted together perfectly, the audience will expect more, bigger and more complex crimes