Action Genre: The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark knight The opening scene to the dark knight immediately builds up suspense and introduces us to several characters. We do not get to know any of the characters at first as they are all wearing masks. The fact that they are all wearing makes but also wearing suits shows us that they are trying to hide their identities. The first part of the opening scene of several of the characters zip lining still in their masks and suits with duffle bags gives us a very clear idea that they are attempting to rob a bank. The very little dialogue between all of the masked robbers starts to add suspense as we are unsure on what will happen. We are left unsure on what will follow from this opening scene as its dark and shows betrayal from some of the bank robbers killing other bank robbers we might assume that the movie will follow the story of the bank robbery however this is not the case. As this first scene contains very little dialogue we assume that the movie will follow with more dialogue and the little dialogue is explained by the very suspenseful robbery. In the end of the opening sequence we are introduced to two characters who we assume are going to be the focus of the movie. The first character we are introduced to is portrayed as the hero who is unmasked fighting against the robbers trying to fight them off. The second is portrayed as the main antagonist as he killed all off the members of what was seen as his team, we can expect that’s the joker will betray anyone throughout the movie. He has a very evil and psychopathic personality, we can tell this from him placing the grenade in someone’s mouth. The movie is targeted for a specific audience which is not shown as clearly as it could be in the first scene as its based around a superhero which isn't clear. The movie is aimed towards teenagers and above who have a interest in action movies as this is very clear from the opening scene but also those interested in superhero movies. The dolly shot to a close up of the clown mask represents the masked theme of robbery. All of the robbers remain masked until the very end when the joker removes his mask showing his true identity. This is him showing his power that he wasn’t hiding from the police but he was hiding his face from the other robbers. 

Many over the shoulder shots are used of the bank robbers which is showing how vulnerable they are as they all end up dead except the joker, but it also shows the power that they feel they have which is soon taken away from them.