The Dark Knight Rises Opening

     The Dark Knight Rises is as an action film with all the characteristics being used; the camera follows over a 4x4 as it ploughs over a field towards an airbase. These settings and vehicles with men holding guns pointing at three men with bags over their heads are classily seen in action genres, the next shot is off a slick black plane with more armed guards around it. It is also shot from a low angle which makes it seem bigger and shows that he has the power over the prisoners.

     Throughout the scene there is low non-diegetic music that is there to keep tension and fast. This builds up excitement getting ready for the questioning of the prisoners, the way the music jumps to me implies that a plot twist is about to arise.

The next few shots establish what kind of people we are dealing with on this plane. Firstly, we have the CIA agent played by Aidan Gillen, he his superior with an obnoxious attitude, the way he talks and interacts with the other soldiers it shows that he is probably ex-military at this point he seems like a possible main character and as he is played by a well-known actor that would lead us to believe that he will probably survive the oncoming problem, however the way he speaks is too arrogant thinking that he is on top everything that is happening it is possible that he will be killed off to show how America think that they know everything when in fact they have the wrong end of the proverbial stick. We also see that the soldiers are slightly stupid as they threaten the captives with being thrown out of a plane and with being shot in the head; it’s fair to say that at this point we don’t like the CIA. After a bit more shouting and threats, we are introduced to our antagonist, Bane, played by Tom Hardy. As soon as we hear his voice; it isn’t natural in the pauses he takes for frequent breaths and it is altered by his mask, we can tell he is the villain as even with the mask on he still has an English accent, as this is an American film; English people only get casted as villains or butlers. Unusually bane admits a way for the CIA agent to kill him effectively and with a lot of pain, but the way Bane doesn’t even flinch when he could be killed easily means that the power has moved to him and that he has the upper hand. The low camera shots on his face give him authority but when we look at the agent we are at his eye level meaning that he is either gaining or loosening power, as he did have hit we conclude that he must be losing it leading up to his inevitable demise.