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The Dark Knight (2008) Opening Scene Analysis

The Dark Knight (2008) Opening Scene Analysis

‘The Dark Knight’ is most renowned for its dark vigilance and award winning script, ‘The Dark Knight’ is a successor to the other award winning ‘Batman Begins’, which introduced the entirely new dark theme to the batman series created in Christopher Nolan’s deep minded head. ‘The Dark Knight’ was voted the best movie of 2008 and the opening scene sets out one of the most economic and effective character introductions ever, that will also explain the main genre, characterisation and narrative in the movie. Continue reading

Dirty Harry (1971) – Introduction Analysis

Dirty Harry (1971)

The main purpose of an opening scene in a movie is to engage and entice the viewer into the movie. Introductions are made to tell the story, ideology and to establish the characterization of the movie. It is most knowingly used to hook the viewer into the movie and to set up the narrative that will be set throughout the whole movie. Continue reading