The Dark Knight Opening Scene

The opening scene emphasises conventional ideas of a thriller, the darkness and deadlyness of the opening seems to suggest to the audience that whats to come is not going to be good. The use of non-diagetic sound helps to engage the audience as it makes them want to make sense of what's going on, it also helps to add to the dark element implied at the beginning of the scene. The soundtrack used for the non-diagetic sound, starts of softly which can connotate goodness but as it gets into the scene the sound slowly becomes fast paced and more violent as the scene becomes more action based. There are a varitey of mid-shots and establishing shots of the characters at the beginning when the characters share their first piece of dialogue. From this the audience get a insight on what's going on and what's to come "Three of a kind, let's do this". The next scene where the clowns reach the bank, the non-diagetic soundtrack becomes more fast tempo this then is removed from the scene and diegetic sound is used including the dialogue and the gunshots used in the scene. Tracking is used during the robbery scene, to keep the audience drawn into the film allowing them to understand every action. A shot-reverse- shot is used when the bank owner comes out with a gun and the clowns are hiding. The bank owner is then shot by the clown who is hiding. The last scene involves a lot of dialogue between the two clowns.