the dark knight opening scene

In the opening scene to batman the dark knight we can tell that this is an action film instantly because the two men getting from building to building by sliding along the wire on the roof top.

The fact that these men are in clown masks and climbing on the top of buildings tells the audience they don’t want to be seen, the audience can tell that they are the villains. Also the facts these men in clown masks are robbing a bank tells us that there is going to be action and also because they have guns we know that this is going to be an action film

The fact that the joker is able to manipulate these men into killing each other shows the audience of the dark knight that he is a smart cunning villain that has clearly done what he is doing before. The audience also can see that he’s an extremely strange villain because he makes all of the people who are working for him have clown masks. The joker himself also has a mask on even though he has face paint under it. The joker is also a confusing character because instead of leaving the scene in a vehicle like a Ferrari he leaves in a school bus. he does this so the police wont be able to track him easily

When the man on the floor at the museum is talking to the joker, the camera keeps showing shots from his view. This is because the makers of the film are trying to make the audience feel sorry for this man. And the producers of the film want us to feel the fear that this man on the floor is feeling
when the joker is looking down at the man in the end of this clip the lights are quite dark, this is so the audience relate the darkness to the charicter