The Dark Knight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuaUcGr32SM

• At the beginning of this film there is a long shot of loads of buildings, which suggests to the audience that the setting is going to be in a city compared to the countryside or a quiet town. It then turns into a zooming in shot, which leads to a loud smash of a window, as something is shot out. This is effective as it leads the audience to question what has just happened, and who has caused it. It then leads to two creepy men in masks, which force the audience to be tense as they cannot see the characters face. This can also lead the audience to believe that the characters in masks are the bad guys, because if they weren't why would they want to hide their faces? There is then a high angle shot from above the character to see what they are doing, and where their eyes are looking.

• The scene then cuts to a zooming in shot of a man holding a mask. This is effective as since he is holding a mask you can see he is a partner to the two previous characters so is going to be bad as well. Showing their masks is also helpful at establishing to the audience what genre of film it is, which appears to be a thriller as there is no talking, and just action. Since there is no talking, it engages the audience more because they have to just watch to find everything out, not just hear. 

• He is then seen running to a car that has just stopped for him, and music comes on which is fast and dramatic. This is effective as watching the film, you know that they are going to do something that requires the fast, tense music.The scene then cuts back to the two in the building, who are standing up and getting ready to glide down the rope which they have attached to a building. 

• As they are gliding across the road to the other building high in the air, suspense builds up as you don't know if someone is going to see them, if they are going to fall or if they are going to do something very bad if they succeed at getting across. They then land on a building, but the sound of them skidding on the roof is emphasised to make the audience believe that someone may have heard them. 

• Three people in masks are then shown in a car, which shows the audience that there is a group of them, who all look like they are going to the same place to do the same task. This is effective as since there is a lot of them, confusion may be created as you may think you know who is doing what, when you don't because they all look similar. You also see one of them loading a gun, which shows that they are definitely the bad guys, because they are willing to possibly shoot people to get what they want. 

• There is then a close up of their masks, which shows just how creepy they look. It makes the audience feel tense as if you saw them out, you would run in the opposite direction. The scene then cuts back to the other two, who are using a hammer to break into something. This leads the audience to question what they are trying to do overall with their different tactics of getting to the destination.  

Overall this film even throughout the first two minutes creates a tense atmosphere for the audience, which is effective as it makes them involved in the film, and want to carry on watching it. This film could help us with our film production as the idea of masks is interesting, as they are mysterious and destroy a sense of security an audience may have. If we were to use the idea of masks in our film, we could create a film that keeps our audience on the edge of their seats, and also a film that could land in many genre's, so could appeal to many audiences.