My second opening sequence is The Dark Knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0&feature=related
Mise En Scene - the background at the start of this is in the city, you can see one man holding a mask in one of his hands, the costume he has on is a dark suit and holding a briefcase in one hand and a mask in the other. This might show he is a business man and is looking for a place to rob because of the mask to cover his face. The background is in the city and it is daylight, the city has cars going past, which means it’s a busy city. this adds to the genre because if the city is busy and the man has got a mask in his hand, this might be rather suspicious of what he is going to do, this adds to the genre as the viewers will become tense and want to know what happens next and whether they get caught. Later on in the opening sequence you get to see the characters with masks on actually running into the bank with people outside on their phones, this will be suspicious as they are going to do a robbery. The mise en scene inside the bank was very light and plain because it was a bank, there were rather a lot of people in the bank and there were workers and customers. The Mise En Scene can add to the genre by making things become tenser especially if its day light and people are watching in a busy city, this might then make the viewer wonder whether they are going to get caught because of the people in the city phoning the police.
Camera - The camera in this opening scene is used well to add suspense and getting the audience to wonder what is going to happen next. Some of the camera shots like the one where you can see the man in the suit standing there waiting for the car to arrive with a mask in his hand, is a low angle shot and might make him dominant as the camera is lower than his head, this means that he might be taller and stronger than others. this adds to the genre as the audience will be wondering what will happen as he has a mask in his hand and looks like he is going to cause trouble. The fast running shot when they are entering the bank allows the viewer to see what it’s like being one of them and following them into the bank, this adds to the genre as it is scary and you want to know what is going to happen in the bank. This shot also allows you to view all of the bank. The long shot of the guy in the mask pulling the male bank worker over the desk allows the audience to view the whole bank and who else is in the bank. This adds to the genre as you are wondering what is going to happen to all the other people that are in the bank. the two shot where one of the characters in the mask are stopping the alarm, allows you to see what is happening behind him and what the other character in the mask is going to do to him, this adds to the genre as you are left wondering why he had killed him.
Editing - The fast straight cuts between each of the characters and what they are doing either inside the bank, on top of the bank or trying to open the safe. The fast cuts are used so it seems faster and there is much more tension going on and you left want to watch what is happening in each of the other parts of the bank. This adds to the genre as you are tense as your are watching these characters steal a bank while killing each other so they can gain more of the money and not share it.
Sound - the sound in the background builds suspense while they are taking over the bank, this adds to the genre as they are committing a crime. The dialogue between each of the characters is usually aimed around the money and the joker, this is because the joker is the leader and all of the characters want a share of the money so they decide to kill each other so they can gain a larger amount of the money. This adds to the genre as you know it will be a thriller because of the murders and the amount of tension there is in each scene/shot.
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