The film The Dark Knight Rises is very phallocentric and masculine. It also focuses on and uses gothic themes to present and challenge the fears a current age person has in today’s society. Its use of gothic themes creates a setting that helps amplify and enhance these fears. The setting has a gloomy atmosphere‚ urban decay. A sense of an underworld is created through dark tunnels and hidden secrets‚ this also gives Gotham City a labyrinthine quality. The film also uses aerial shots of the city‚
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Directors often use framing to portray a scene or character in a way that provides information to the viewer. Throughout The Dark Knight Rises‚ (2012)‚ Christopher Nolan uses framing to convey the balance of power between characters of a given scene. This element of cinematography is most evident in shots that feature the villain‚ Bane. Even though the actor that plays Bane is 5’9”‚ he appears taller and powerful due Nolan’s use of low angle framing. During the scene in the airplane before Bane
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Frankenstein Essay One of the reasons the movie‚ The Dark Knight‚ has done so well is because it toyed with the viewer’s sense of morality. In one of the scenes the hero‚ Bruce Wayne‚ had to choose between saving Harvey Dent‚ a district attorney‚ or Rachel‚ who was Harvey’s girlfriend. Ultimately‚ Bruce had chosen Harvey and left Rachel to die‚ causing the downfall of Harvey Dent to become a vicious murderer. This brought the question in the viewer’s mind whether Harvey was responsible for letting
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Ryan Small 3/2/17 English 101-16 Assignment #4 In this closing scene of The Dark Knight‚ Gordon and Batman use cause and effect to justify lying to the general public about the events that took place that resulted in the deaths of five citizens of Gotham. Batman believes that if the word gets out that the Joker corrupted the once heroic police captain Harvey Dent‚ then all of the inspirational work Dent accomplished would stand for nothing. Batman further explains that the people deserve to have
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The Knight’s Tale‚ the story of two knights that fight for the love of a woman they do not know‚ and The Miller’s Tales‚ the story of three men trying to win the heart of one woman‚ are two tales that share similar story lines and themes that include courtly love and chivalry. The themes in the two tales at times seem to be very satirical throughout the stories‚ especially The Miller’s Tale; however‚ the presentations of the satirical themes in each story have a different approach from one another
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Bailey Price Professor Edward Maietta English 1101 April 17‚ 2014 Richard Miller’s essay "The Dark Night of the Soul"‚ contains a variety of authors and writing styles. He includes five stories all relating to the subjects of violence‚ racism‚ crime‚ ect‚ of the modern day world. In these five essays Miller gives several shocking examples of how these subjects of violence can have such a large infuence on today’s behavior in society. In an enviroment filled with
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FILM ANALYSIS The Dark Knight Rises Director: Christopher Nolan Genre: Action‚ Crime‚ And Thriller Introduction: The movie started with a short clip from the movie The Dark Knight‚ where Commissioner Jim Gordon had a short speech in Harvey Dent’s funeral saying: “I knew Harvey Dent‚ I was his friend and it will be a very long time before someone... Inspires us the way he did‚ I believed in Harvey Dent.” Then a scene comes in where a black van carrying Dr. Pavel and a few mercenaries approach
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The Dark Knight is the standard for which comic book movies should be compared to. Many people come to the conclusion that it is a great movie‚ but what makes it a great movie? The Dark Knight excels at the three criterion that all comic book movies should have. Well rounded characters‚ underlying themes‚ and exhilarating action are what separate the decent comic book movies from the great ones. From the beginning of the movie‚ it is evident that The Dark Knight has as intriguing
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Sophomore Thesis Proposal 1. I would like to explore and analyze the Dark Knight‚ directed by Christopher Nolan‚ starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. 2. Historical and cultural aspects did not affect the film directly; however‚ it directly affected the original comics‚ which the film is based from. The comics were conceived in the 1930’s by Bob Kane. Bob Kane drew inspiration for the character of Bruce Wayne/ Batman. Films such as the Mark of Zorro and the Bat Whispers inspired Kane
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JP In Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight gothic elements such as suspenseful violence‚ mysterious heroic outsiders‚ and freakish villains are used in order to catch the attention of society. The use of suspenseful violence in Nolan’s production is a significant contribution for the overall mood of the movie. For example‚ the Joker sets up a social experiment in which two ferries‚ one full of passengers and the other full of prisoners‚ each have a bomb rigged. The detonator for each bomb however
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