Analysis of film's use of codes and conventions

The Dark Knight Rises:

We notice that this film is an action thriller genre, we can tell this instantly by the dark setting and the violence and prop's during the film. To reinforce the audience's thoughts of the film being action/thriller, the film exaggerated the continuous war between the protagonist and the antagonist, by the chasing scenes and the violent scenes. The Dark Knight presents binary oppositions in strong way. The film has the obivous villain and superhero characteristic which makes it easier to pick out the binary opposition.

Conventions:

.Fast Pace editing

.Low key lighting

.Dark atmosphere

.Tense diegetic/non diegetic sounds

.Variety of angles/shots

.Anchorage

Technical Codes:

hroughout the film the editing is extremely fast paced and energetic suggesting the thriller genre as it builds up the suspence. From the fast pace editing, archorage is presented as we see that power is presented through the editing, this is because in most of the scenes Batman controls the editing reinforcing his power and authority. The low key lighting and dark setting is reapeated through the film this to also suggest that the film is dark and thrill seeking,  becuase of this the audience is then intensly drawn to the film. The dark intense shadows makes the film seem atmospheric and surreal which aslo entices the viewer in. The quick cuts from one characater to another and one scence to another builds up to the outcome of the film which creates a nerve racking atmosphere for the audience. When the camera is focusing on Batman it tends to use long/mid shot, this is so his full body is seen to erinforce his power and characteristics. Also with this shot the camera is usually at a low angle suggesting his authority and high archey is higher than others. Two shots and close ups are also used on the police officers, so we can  see thie mouths moving talking quicking suggesting panic and rush. In a specific part in The Dark Knight we see there is an ariel shot, the ariel shot is looking down on the packed enviroment and the spot ligt on batman. This highlights batman as a main important character, however in contrast to this shows he is troubled and in a tough situation. Throughout the  fast pace editing, in the background their is heavy non diegetic music that builds up the tension within the scene, it is low key fast music containing stringed instruments, however there is some high key notes that infleunce the uncertainty in the scene.

Symbolic Codes:

The location of the film is in a very busy,energitic town,however in the film it's portrayed as to being dark and derelicted which it is not. This helps the audience understand the genre becuase it is very contrasted with reality. The protagonist in this case is Batman, he is presented as to being in a disguised costume which contains a long balck cloak and a mask, also an all in one fitted outfit, this portrays his muscles as to being big symbolises him as heroic and powerful. In addition to this the antagonist is also in disguise however in a different way. The antagonist wears normal day to day clothes as to wearing dark outfit this is so hedoes not stand out from the crowd, this is so he is harder to find during the equilibrium. We do not know Batmans real identity becuase his costume covers him up (face&hair), this brings more suspence when watching the film .