The Dark Knight

media languages which are used to portray a particular type of filmic world to an audience (slide). This essay shall outline different treatments of filmmaking used to establish certain societal groups from the critically acclaim superhero film The Dark Knight (2008) directed by Christopher Nolan. This sequel film follows Batman, with help from Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent eradicating crime from Gotham city until a crazy mastermind criminal, the Joker appears in Gotham

In Nolan's The Dark Knight, the Joker disrupts order in Gotham City when he has district attorney, Harvey Dent, and his girlfriend Rachel set up to explosives. While being saved by Batman, and after realizing Rachel will die, half of Dent's body is ignited by the explosion, leaving him with horrific scars. This mutilation, combined with Rachel's murder, leads Dent to start causing chaos in Gotham. Another story of loss occurs in Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs when FBI initiate Clarice Starling

Batman Begins, the movie achieved wide critical acclaim, and, subsequently generated, talk of a sequel. In the summer of 2008, after a vast amount of advertising and viral marketing, the highly anticipated sequel was finally released. The film 'The Dark Knight' grossed almost $67,165,092 in its first day and went on to break countless box office records. Later the next year the film won 2 Oscars and was nominated for a further 6, one award won was the 'Best Supporting Actor' award which the late Heath

I am going to write a film analysis essay for the film The Dark Knight. My chosen essay topic is: Analyse how visual or sound effects were used to emphasise a theme in the visual or oral text(s). I need to show how the main themes of showing morality when making decisions and the power held by the villain are presented in the film through the use of dialogue, camerawork, sound, and editing. I will refer to the scene when The Joker announces his social experiment and he and Batman have their final

The Archetypal view on the movie The Dark Knight Rises Every one of us is different from each other in numerous ways, but because most of us have similar life experience and behaviours we are all perceived to be of one society. In the film Gotham city is seen as an individual city from society after the falling of the government. The film is able to achieve individuation through the process of being different from society, because Gotham was faced with the challenge of overcoming the evil that seek

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a trauma stress disorder that occurs frequently in combat veterans, natural disaster survivors, and even motor vehicle accidents (Nevid, Rathus, and Greene 149). The Dark Knight is the second movie of a trilogy about the caped crusader himself, Batman. The Dark Knight begins with Bruce Wayne, a rich heir to Wayne Enterprises and now head man for the business, portraying a busy life while secretly fighting crime in Gotham city as Batman. Bruce Wayne has a love interest

The Dark Knight is a superhero movie and is part of a sequel. It comes second after Batman Begins. It is a fantastic movie directed by Christopher Nolan. The main Theme of this movie is Faith. The plot and Characters develop this theme in a few ways. When the film opens up we have a bank robbery scene in the city of gotham and we encounter the joker, our antagonist. Because of this we see a chain of crimes happening around the city and the people of Gotham turn their faith toward the Batman. This

In the film The Dark Knight, the director Christopher Nolan uses many language features to effectively highlight the contrast between good and evil, and that people have both good and evil within them. One of the most significant scenes that highlights these ideas is the scene where Bane has been knocked to the ground by Batman which crosscuts with the flashback scene of Miranda and Bane’s past. The language features character actions, camera work and characterisation, helped me see the contrast

The Dark Knight, a fictional film, portrays the havoc that takes place on the citizens of Gotham City as Batman, also known as Bruce Wayne, tries to fight injustice while moral dilemmas are being thrown at him. The struggles that he face ties into hegemonic norms, which are the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group (Dr. Burke). This includes the Joker’s challenging the hegemony, the heroic face, Batman’s heterosexuality and male power identity, and Rachel

Character Analysis The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, depicts Gotham and its citizens defending their city from a malicious mastermind, the Joker. Crime in Gotham virtually disappeared thanks to the efforts of Lieutenant Gordon, District Attorney Harvey Dent, and Batman. The Joker aspires to corrupt the city by testing its citizens’ integrity and moral principles. A clever criminal mind, the Joker develops and alters schemes quickly to create mayhem throughout the streets of Gotham