American phycho!!

One of my favorite intros in a movie is the beginning of American Psycho. The Cinematographer, Andrzej Sekula, managed to create a collection of cohesive scenes that beautifully convey the emotion of the movie. This scene sets the tone of the entire move incredibly.In this first shot a camera tracks down perfectly organized and clean apartment which will late push the separation between the main character and his environment.The scene then moves to a disheveled bed again with lighting that is very bright and revealing showing an almost spotless quality to the apartment. In this shot the camera pulls in to an ECU through the reflection of the picture behind the toilet. It emphasizes the characters obsession with himself. Always looking at himself.I also like the lighting in this scene. They use a really strong key to show what I would assume to be the "two faced" quality of his character. There is the side that he shows to everyone and then there is the dark side.The next couple of shots show the main character in high key lighting shots. They montage his morning as he prepares the image of himself that he shows everyone.This one of the first masks we see in the film showing his hidden "true" self.Low key lighting on this shot. Presumably to define the body that he has created for the world.Once again this scene shows the double sides of him through a double reflection in the mirror. It's a really well angled shot that once again has a strong key.An insert of his hand grabbing a face mask. I also like the back lighting on this through the clear plastic behind the colognes.This is another great shot with a strong key on his right side but also another fill that reflects off of the mask that he has on his face. The mask obviously showing the the side that he shows to the world that isn't really him.

American beauty!!

 

 

As we fly over suburban America, Lester Burnham begins to speak, introducing himself to the audience and informing them, "in less than a year, I'll be dead." The shot then transitions into Lester Burnham's bedroom, where he is sleeping alone. An irritating alarm rings, and Lester, still in voice-over, ruminates on his sense that "in a way, I'm dead already." The voice-over continues as the camera follows Lester Burnham into the shower, where he masturbates - the "high point" of his day.

The next shot is a close-up of a beautiful red rose. The camera pans out to show Carolyn Burnham snipping roses from her garden with pruning shears that match her gardening clogs. Lester Burnham continues to narrate as the camera switches views. He describes the gay couple who live next door: Jim Olmeyer and Jim Berkley. Lester is watching from the window as his wife talks to one of the Jims about her roses. The view then switches to Jane, who is researching breast augmentation surgery on the Internet. Jane looks at herself in the mirror before leaving to join her mother, who is outside honking the car horn. As Jane walks out, her mother sarcastically congratulates her on having succeeded at making herself look terrible. As Carolyn nags Lester for making her late, he accidentally drops his briefcase, spilling the contents everywhere. In the car, Lester sleeps in the back seat while his wife drives and Jane sits in the passenger seat. The voice-over continues as Lester muses about how his life used to be different, how it used to be better. Lester then comments, "it's never too late to get it back." 

Preliminary Task!!

 

 

For our preliminary task we decided to do a more finished piece trying to see how it would end up. included in it is 180 degree rule, match on action and dialogue. The task went extremely well in the fact that we produced a nice end piece. There is of course quite a few improvements which will happen as we get more practice this year. Hopefully this piece shows you the high quality we are aiming for with our final piece. The main thing whihc needs improving is using a tripod as some of the shots are shaky. Also if we use a manual white balance we should be able to reduce the white edges around a light source. Even with the mistakes i am quite proud of the piece we produced.

Codes and conventions of a crime film!

Codes and conventions of a crime film!!

Codes of gangster movies!!

1. The hero is an immigrant who dislikes his low status in life and wants more.
2. This story takes place in the big city. alleyways and wharves of the urban jungle.
3. The gangster can only gain power by taking it. It is survival of the fittest, and the only law is the law of the jungle.
4. The only loyalty the gangster feels is for his own immigrant roots.
5. Success is measured in material goods - flashy cars, expensive clothes, and mansions. Women are measures of success as well.
6. The hero's antagonist is society, and the enforcers of the law. The police, the FBI, the CIA represent the enforcers of societal status quo.
7. The end justifies the means.

conventions of romantic films!!

• Aimed at a female audience
• main characters are introduced
• often a voiceover to introduce the love theme
• 'boy meets girl' this is very typical in a romance film and most people watch it to see a happy ending.
• contains sexuality, status, gender and relationships.
• things like hearts that symbolise love
• normally contains emotional feelings .e.g. herione, someone died

Conventions of Action films!!

• fights
• weapons - guns, knives ect.
• big city modern
• protaganist
• antagonist
• cars, motorcycles
• explosions and crashes
• chase
• killings: death of a loved one
• destruction
• sinister up beat music
• hi-tech equipment
• always a motive
• missions waiting to be completed

PULP FICTION

 

The clip starts with the sound of a motor bike starting up as the definition of 'pulp' appears on a blank black screen with shite writing the contrasting simple colours immediately indicate the genre of the film, they have edited it so that the writing shakes slightly which is also very effective as it creates the mood of a thriller that the film is going to be somewhat dark.

The opening scene is of a couple discussing their plans of robbery, they appear to be a normal couple in a cafe fooling around, the sound is all diagetic in this with only the sound of speaking, background noise and cheerful music in the background being played in the cafe this works well as it contrasts with what you were expecting to happen. It follows the typical conventions of a thriller starting with a normal setting. The same Mid-shot of the couple is used for about a minute and then shot-reverse-shot, panning shots and over-shoulder shots are introduced as their conversation progresses which introduces the characters more and makes the audience aware of them being the antagonists. Suddenly the characters roles become apparent when the use of guns as props are used to threaten people in the cafe. Almost immediately as they have shouted the fast paced quirky music starts and the screen goes back to black with bright orange font appearing with the credits to the film, the title of which is animated. The music and colours used create a strong contrast to the dark and eerie effect you would normally find with a thriller but I feel it works very well to make it a little more light hearted and humorous for the audience in contrast to the previous scence of a shooting threat.

The characters in this first scene are dressed in casual wear and have normal make-up which works well in the film as they do not want attention drawn to them and wish to be under cover and discreet before they make their threat.

After the credits having finished a new scene is introduced of two new characters which are dressed smartly as gangsters in a posh car cruising down a road, background music can be heard as well as the dialogue between the two characters. A side on close-up shot is used of the two men throughout the car journey, this makes the audience focus on the conversation between the two. Shot-reverse-shot is used between the two men in their conversation but the shots are still very close-up, the genre of the film is apparent because of the dialogue between the first two characters and of course the following two men in the sceond scene, the sub-genre of crime is also very clear because of the two gansters and the immediate gun shooting threat in the first scene, which prepares the audience for what the rest of the film is going to entail.

When the two men have left the car a shot from below is used as they get their weapons from the boot of the car which indicates power on their behalf. Natural light and bright colours are used throughout the film clip which I viewed which again contrasts with your typical thriller as they normally use the opposite of this. However it works very well in this film due to the humorous side of it which is reflected in their casual conversation before going to attack people. Tracking shot is used as you watch the two men walk to the building and then a birds eye view which is a good establishing shot of the building they have entered.

The locations are all rather ironic in the opening to this film because they are not isolated and are all in a everyday situation which all viewers can relate to. The film is a twist on your typical thriller but certainly works very well doing it this way.

Trainspotting

 

 

The opening scene from ‘Trainspotting’ introduces the main characters in the film. As it is filming them doing various things it freezes on them and in white text says their name. All the main characters are male heroin addicts. The Scottish accent in the narration informs us that it is set in Scotland and we assume it belongs to the main character shot in the extract, ‘Renton’. The scene opens with Renton running on a road stealing from CD shops to pay for his addiction; symbolically he is running on the ‘road to nowhere’. The scene is energetic and rowdy due to the fast drum beat (which represents the pumping adrenaline in the men’s bodies) in the music and the fast pace of speech as well as the action taking place such as running and football. This creates an impression that the film is very male as it is mainly men in the film playing football etc. There are also someone women in the scene, however they are only there for a short shot and they are cheering on the men suggesting that the women have a very secondary type of role in the film. The smoking and reference to drugs as well as the running away in the opening scene suggests that the men ‘live fast’ and therefore do not live the conventional everyday life which represents the type of film the audience are about to watch. The film is of the drama genre however its sub genres are also comedy, crime and drug culture. ‘Trainspotting’ is classified as drama since it is a serious story due to the drug habit and several scenes that showed the real lives of junkies, and graphic images of injecting heroin. On the other hand it can be classified as comedy as there are moments of ‘black humour’ that are there to lighten up the seriousness of the film. ‘Trainspotting’ can also be under the crime and drug culture genre due to the story in itself and the characters This film gives us a very vivid and real picture of a heroin addict's every day routine and living life synchronized around getting what they need.

The scene fades in from black and then opens with a long shot of a shopping street using a low angle. Two men run into the shot and it cuts to a medium two shot of the two men. It then cuts between the shot of the two men running and their feet various times. It is a tracking shot as it moves with the men as they run. The camera pans through other parts of the shooting location as well as shooting the men running; there are also various long shots of both men running away from the camera, shot at eye level. Crane shots are also used to catch all the action of the scene. It then cuts to a medium shot of the previously running man in an apartment smoking a cigarette; he is clearly high as the camera then cuts to a long shot of the man standing in the apartment about to perhaps collapse. The camera then quickly cuts to an oblique, long shot of a group of men on a football pitch standing in pose as if they were waiting for a photo to be taken, the camera then cuts to an identical shot of another ‘team’ doing the same thing. There is a football in the central foreground of both these shots and a net in the background which creates the idea that they are about to play football. It then cuts to handheld, long and medium shots of the men playing football following them round the pitch. The audience witnesses a man being kicked in the head with a football, as he falls backwards the scene cuts back to the man in the apartment who also falls. The camera then shows a close up of the side view of the man’s face and then pans his body.

Before the camera fades in from black there is 6 seconds of blackness where the audience can only hear the sound of men running, as soon as the scene fades in we hear the drum beat of Iggy Pop’s song ‘Lust for Life’ which links to the sarcastic narration throughout the whole scene of the main character. The narration is the most famous monologue from the film and talks about the different choices society tells us to choose and how in his opinion you end life bored and unsatisfied if you take these paths. It also includes the famous film quote ‘choose life’, he cynically finishes this narration with ‘I chose not to choose life, and the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?’ suggesting that heroin is his life and creates dramatic potential for the rest of the film and encourages the audience to watch the rest. He is basically saying he is rejecting ‘normal’ life for the ‘joys of heroin.’ The voice over narration informs the reader the main message and story behind the film about the choices we have to make in life juxtaposition with the life of a heroin addict and the choices they have to make. Throughout the extract there are also sound effects that link to the different paradigms being shown in the scene, for example an accelerating car, the laughter and shouting of the men, cheering when the ‘football team’ is in shot. 

The lighting in the extract starts of bright as it is daylight in the parts where the men are running away which suggests that they do not care what time of day they commit crime, they will do it whenever the opportunity arises so that they can fund their habit. The lighting in the flat is dark and there is only one small source of light coming from outside which represents the poor living conditions a serious heroin addict has as all the can afford to pay for is there next ‘hit’. The lighting when they are playing football is outside at night time and is very dark; whilst ‘ordinary’ people sleep at night so that they are energised for work the next day, these addicts stay up playing football, this is another representation of the life they lead.

In my analysis I have shown how the opening sequence of the film ‘Trainspotting’ is an introduction to the characters, location and main plot and message of the film, in some ways the audience knows the basics of what is to come in the film. The lighting, sound, editing and camera techniques help to create an adrenaline rush for the audience so that they can relate to the characters in the film. It also helps to create an energetic atmosphere in the extract. The opening scene basically represents the life of a heroin addict.

Jaws

The opening of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) follows a somewhat familiar narrative trend in regards to its opening. It is linear and chronological in nature, meaning the events seem to happen in logical order for the audience. Furthermore the opening of Jawsappears to set the direction and tone that the film is going to take. Indeed, the aim of any filmmaker is to draw an audience into their work and Spielberg achieves such a feat by providing a ‘hook’ during the film’s opening scene. Specifically, this is achieved in two ways – through the sense of menace present in the opening titles as well as through the initial shark attack by the means of an unfortunate young student swimming at night. 

 

The opening titles begin with an underwater camera lurking underneath the water, indeed trying to take on the persona of a shark itself. This is complemented by John Williams eerie and now well-known Jaws theme, suggesting to the audience the deceptiveness and danger of what is beneath the surface. The titles end just before the music approaches it peak, creating suspense and anticipation for the audience as to what will appear later in the film. 

The Departed

 

The scene starts with the narrator which also is one of the main characters talking about "business" such as owning parts of the city probably an extortionist, he describes himself as an Irish man who owns part of the business. In the sequence he walks into the shop to collect his money. THere he sees a young boy who is sitting there and buys him some milk, bread comics etc and pays for it. Then he asks the boy if he does good in school to which he replies yes. In the end he tells the boy to come work for him when he grows up.

In the sequence the main character uses quite strong language to represent his dominance and ownership of the business. Whnen he walks in the shop the owner of the shop is qutie polite to him showing respect. However the shop owner's daughter doesnt look happy with the Irish man but she doesnt tell him anything. During the sequence there are quite a few jump cuts, and moving following camera shots. Also there is dark lighting on one part when he walks throug hthe alley way dropping the shadow on the character. THe theme background music during the scene is quite calm and relaxed, also the main cahracter is dressed qutie casualy.  

Goodfellas

 

The first shot of the film is of a black background with the credits. Minimal wording appears on the screen, and the words quickly slide across the screen from the right in a large white font. The word that has just slid across the screen then reappears in a smaller white font, and stays still until it is replaced by the next larger word sliding across. The sound, that goes with the word transitions is presumably diegetic traffic noise, and gives the viewer an idea of the setting. The final sentence that the audience see on this background is “This film is based on a true story” this is used to get the viewer instantly believing of the story and the characters portrayed within it.

The first opening shot containing real images is the tracking shot of the car driving down the road in the darkness. The shot instantly promotes a foreboding atmosphere that is consistent with the gangster image. This shot pans left and comes alongside the car, giving the viewers the impression that we are following the car, and that the characters inside the car are perhaps key to the story.

When the audience eventually sees inside the car there is a medium close up of the driver, although we can see two other men in the car. The focus on the driver gives the audience a subtle hint that he could be the main character. The next shot of note in the scene is when the men get out of the car to investigate the noise in the boot. The shot is a low angle of the characters in side profile, for the viewers looking up at them, it shows the characters have an authoritative and controlling air about them, which makes them more believable as gangsters.

There is then the gradual close up to the boot of the car; the camera zooms in to the source of the noise like a person reluctantly going to open it. This cuts to a medium shot of all three of the men that gradually zooms in on the two holding weapons, who obviously getting ready for a confrontation. The man holding the shovel nods to the character who is out of shot, then the camera pans round to focus in on the un-armed man to reveal the contents of the car. The camera moves slowly again here to convey the trepidation that all of the men are feeling towards having to deal with whatever is making the noise in the back of the car. Also from an audiences point of view this creates anticipation through the build of tension. The scene ends with a still of who we can assume to be the main character, slamming the boot shut in time with a song from a typical 50s Italian American singer Tony Bennett. This is appropriate as the 50’s is a time in history, often thought of as the peak of the American Mafia’s powers. The song is also contemporary to the setting of the next scene.

The editing throughout this scene maintains a slow pace, to ensure the build up of tension. However, the level of tension that the audience may feel as the scene develops is not matched by the characters involved, as they remain stony faced and uncaring throughout. The type of shots used also effect the time between cuts, as the panning shots, tracking shots and shots that slowly zoom in from medium to a close up, prolong the time that the audience has to wait to find out what is making noise in the boot. The editing during the kill follows the same slow pattern to expose the audience to the brutal realism of the world that the characters inhabit.

The Godfather

 

The opening begins with a very slow jazz soundtrack, which is typical of thrillers. A plain black background, which connotes wealth, death, mystery, and evil, is contrasted with white writing, which has connotations of coldness, fear, reverence, and again, death. The writing simply says 'The Godfather' with puppet strings attached to the word 'father'. This symbolises the control that the godfather in the film has, and, as the audience will discover, how he controls people below him like a puppeteer controls his puppets.

The title disapears and the audience is left with a black screen, emphasising the connotations of the colour black, and also adding mystery and suspense - we don't know what will follow. A male voice-over begins in an italian accent with the line "I believe in America", suggesting where the film is set, and we fade in to see the man (Pacino) who is speaking. The camera begins with a close up as he talks to the camera and the camera zooms out very slowly whilst he tells us about his daughter's rape. This is a thriller signifier as we instantly know a web of crime and corruption will be involved in the narrative. The mise en scene at this point is all dark, with only the man's collar being the only colour of white, reflecting the title screen with white contrasting with black. As we zoom out, however, we discover with the technique of an over the shoulder shot, that the man is infact talking to someone else. The shot now reveals brown mise en scene - a wooden table, with a couple of papers on, making it seem to the audience like some kind of office. The camera stops zooming out, and Pacino begins to cry, and is given a drink by another man (presumably alcoholic) which shows the audience the flaws of the protagonist - his emotion for his daughter, and his drinking habit. This sequence also reveals that our first thought that there was only one person present was incorrect - there are at least three men present, but it is still unknown where this is set and who the men are. The camera then tracks to focus on a close up of the two men whispering to each other, but we are unable to hear what they say.

After this sequence, the camera's position changes to show, using a close-up, the second man that was introduced (Brando). We see that he too is dressed in a black suit, and also can see typical thriller mise en scene, consisting of slatted blinds. The camera moves location again to show the entire scene - revealing four male characters, all dressed in suits, all brown mise en scene, and the only light coming from the slats in the blinds. Another over -the -shoulder shot is used to focus upon Brando, this time as a mid shot, and a red flower can be noticed clipped to his suit, giving connotations of disguised danger. We also see him playing with a grey cat, making him appear powerful as he doesn't give his full attention. The cat connotes cunningness, independance and suspicion, whilst the grey colour has connotations of respect, strength and wisdom.

Throughout the sequence, a range of shot types are used. These vary from slow zooms outwards, which draw the viewer in, to over the shoulder shots which are an innovative way of depicting a conversation. They add variety for the audience, as well as being very effective

Blade runner

Directly impacted by the events happening around the world at the time, Scotts fears for the future are revealed through the use of mise-en-scene, camera angles and sound.
The film opens with an extreme long shot overlooking the futuristic cityscape of Los Angeles 2019. The city is defined by massive technological towers and near perpetual twilight, interrupted only by violent lightning strikes and violent jets of fire. The camera is slow-moving, gradually leading up to the most impressive tower of all, the Tyrell Corporation’s headquarters.
This slow moving journey is made more disconcerting by Scotts use of sound. Ominous, non-diegetic music accompanies the camera as it looks over the vast, drab landscape below, echoing the audiences apprehension and discomfort.
Throughout this opening shot, there are several cuts to an extreme close up of an eye, a recurring motif throughout the film. It is not made clear whos eye we are observing, however because the eye is never associated with a character, it easily becomes the eye of the audience, in which the only natural light (the fires lighting the industrial complexs seen in the distance) is reflected.
Through the eye, we are made aware of Scotts visions of a futuristic world, in which we are alienated by the extreme lack of anything familiar. The Tyrell Co. Is king, replacing humans with replicants, robots who are supposedly devoid of humanity.
A concern for the environment is also evident, reflected in the use of mise-en-scene and tight framing, depicting a polluted, overcrowded world. Constant acid rain falls from the sky, suggesting past nuclear fallout, and thick smog infiltrates the city. The overcrowded streets are dominated by artificial lights, neon signs and giant electronic advertisements. There is no hint of nature, animals or plants and people of Asian appearance crowd the streets, speaking a dialect of many fused languages which,...

City of Gods

The first scene of the movie makes me explain more detail about the movie. That scene shows how we all killing things for our food. The way cut the vegetables, the way take off the head of the chicken the way we sharp the knife everything shows our power toward the things we use and it also shows the violence inside our mind. It shows the way we kill the chicken and the way they search and followed the chicken. We kill animals for our survival and its shows that for our life we all kill something to eat. The scene touches me because it took in high angle because it shoots down at the subject and shows the powerlessness of the chicken and shows the stongness of the people who are chasing the chicken. The long shot of the scenes are also focus the details of the scene such as the people are following the chicken and chicken is running like a human who are running to save his/her life. The important thing in the scene is music; it is a musical sound track. There is no dialoque to explain the scene or the feeling but the music speaks about the violence and the emptiness of the scene. I will tell music speak at the scene. The way this scene capture is very lively and when one image faded such as the way of cutting and killing the things for food and chasing the chicken and another faded out such as Rocket’s childhood. Ovarally this scene is the scenes which explain the whole movie. The city of god where all the violence is occur and how and why it’s happen We all argue the violece is killing the people and basicall killing and torturing but this shows violence in our blood. Violece is living inside like anger everyday in our life we are releasing our anger through violece the movie examples are cutting and killing.

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight is a fantasy movie that again, is grounded in reality. It's a story about and evil set around the comic book hero Batman. The Dark Knight begins with a bank heist, The Joker takes centre stage in this scene along with 5 other men who wear clown masks and slowly get killed off one by one throughout the clip.

It opens with title screens for Warner Brothers, Legendary Pictures and DC Comics, then we see a huge blue coloured fireball which then produces the Bat signal, along the Warner credit is a loud booming tune which acts as a motif. The sound is of Batman's theme from the first film so by using this it allows the audience to know what film they will be watching as they can associate it with this films predecessor. After this we see the Legendary pictures logo and following this is silence which, when following the loud booming motif on the logo before, gives the film a sense of eeriness. We then start to hear sound in the form of a ticking noise during the DC comics logo which seems to give the impression of a bomb timer which gives the film its theme of danger. All of the logos and Bat symbol are presented in a black or dark blue light, this combined with the bomb ticking, silence, loud booming and the Bat symbol rising from the fireball gives the audience the feeling that the film they will be watching will be very dark in tone. 

It cuts to a long shot, which as acts an establishing shot, of a large building and the camera begins to quickly track in towards the windows of the building. As it cuts to this shot we again hear the sound of a boom noise followed by a tone that continues over the sound of the ticking. These combined give the impression that whatever will happen in this scene could be associated with danger as the slowly rising tone creates tension among the spectator. As we get closer to the windows suddenly one explodes creating a slight "jump" moment that confirms our thoughts about this scene beings associated with danger. It cuts to shot to the interior of this building and judging by the desk it is an office building. We then get to see our first character of the film however, he is wearing a clown mask and holding some sort of gun. Clowns are one of the biggest fears in the world so this combined with the fact he is holding a gun tells us that he is both an antagonist and that he has been placed in the film specifically the create fear upon the audience. As the window smashes the ticking noise continues however, it is a modified version of it. One of the clowns shoot a grapple hook over to an opposite rooftop. As we know that the clowns are likely to be the bad guys we think that they are planning to pull off some kind of dangerous act like a bank robbery.

The scene cuts to reveal a man standing with his back to the audience whilst the camera slowly tracks in to his back. He is holding a blue bag and a clown mask to tell the audience that this character is also one of the bad guys. Because we never see his face we automatically assume this person is a bad guy as we have nothing to identify him by, also as it cuts to this character the tense tune begins to start again possibly telling us that this person may be the leader. As it continues tracking in a car suddenly pulls up and allows him to get in. The tense tone stops completely and it cuts back to the people in the office building, allowing us to figure out that they are travelling in 2 groups.

The group in the office building attach a bag to their zip line and then go down themselves. As they go down the camera fallows them out the window and then quickly tilts down to show the way down to the street to create a feeling of uneasy upon the spectator, as it does the soundtrack suddenly makes a large boom noise and as it cuts again it carries on as we see long shot showing the clowns zip lining with the street beneath them. It cuts again to show them landing safely on the other side.

We see the other group of clowns in the car and hear our first line of dialogue. There are a total of 3 people wearing clown masks in the car. At no point during this part do we see any ones face. Although, the light outside is very bright the inside of the car is very dark to again tell the audience that the people in this car are the bad guys of the film. It cuts to a close up of one of the clowns although we do see the other two in the background. They are talking about the heist that they are doing and talk about a specific character known only as "The Joker". The two clowns that were originally inside the car are the only characters talking in this clip, however the character that entered the car is at the back although still slightly in shot so tyhe audience remembers that he is there as it is made obvious this particular chracter is important to this part of the film.

Then there is a parrallell action as the other group of robbers on the roof continue there conversation about "The Joker" and helps us know a little bit more about this character. After this it cuts back to the group in the car, they leave the car and approach a bank. The camera follows the third mysterious member of the group who is the only character we have seen who is yet to talk. There is a match on action as the robbers enter the bank and begins the shoot the air to worry the people inside the bank. The soundtrack still plays although is much quieter than before. It shows the bank manager as well to signal that he is going to be important to this character during this scene. The camera tracks around the bank and rarely stays still to keep up the speed of what is happening.

The music begins to pick back up as it again cross-cuts back to the group on the roof. Who are checking the alarm system. We then go back to the clowns who are now in control of the bank and see that the mysterious charcter is going around securing grenades to the hostages hands, he has still not spoken. We go back to the roof and it after one clown deals with the alarm the other clown shoots him. This is to tell us that these clowns are not to be trusted and are slowly killing each other to get a bigger share of the money. As he kills him the and runs downstairs the music plays what will later be known as The Joker's motif as it plays whenever he is on screen. He runs in to a room and the camera pans round to reveal a large vault, he hear the sound quiets down and begins to tick again suggesting this vault door is important to this scene. It cuts back to the  main hall to show the audience that these robbers are now in charge with the unknown clown securing grenades to the hostages.

It cuts back to the vault to reveal one of the robbers breaking in to the vault with a large mechanical device. As it cuts back to the main hall we have a shot of on one of the more psycho clowns beating a hostage, we then get a close up of the bank manager with a rising tone in the background. The shots and music combined tell us that these 2 clips will be somehow connected, the rising tone creates tension among this scene. The bank manager shoots  the clown and the music then kicks in to a kind of action tone as he walks out with the shotgun and the other clown's run in panic. The focus again is put on the mysterious clown as the back manager shoots at him the music slowly begins to tone back down as he shoots more bullets. We get a shot of the 2 clowns who are hiding behind a desk. The leader asks "He's out right?" to which the mysterious clown nods. The leader rises then gets shot by the bank manager. Through all the murders of the various clowns it tells the audience that a theme of the film will be betrayal. The mysterious clown rises up and shoots the bank manager. The camera then slowly tracks in to the mysterious clown to then possibly suggest that he is in fact the leader of the group. The music becomes gradually silent and then kicks in with the tone used previously to suggest that there is no more danger for the robbers.

The clown that was shot rises up to reveal that he was only wounded by the manager, he runs down to meet with the clown in the vault. One of the clowns opens the vault and after he is done gets shot by the other to again show the theme of betrayal. We then cut back to the main hall to reveal the mysterious clown who looks like he is now in charge of the whole operation as it seems he is now in control of the bank and hostages as it cuts the tense tone begins to rise up again. It cuts back to the other clown in the vault who begins taking money, then there is an ellipses that cuts from the clown taking the money to the main hall where the money is now collected. The clown who went to the vault then threatens the mysterious clown with a gun, again suggesting another theme of betrayal. The music here begins to repeat the same 2 notes over and over to build tension. In this part we hear the first line from the mysterious clown "No, no, no. I kill the bus driver" which confuses the audience as this is not what we would expect him to say due to what we have been shown so far. The scene concludes with a huge bus loudly crashing through the wall and killing the the other main clown, leaving the mysterious clown which has now confirmed suspicions that he is leader with him being the only one left and that he has planned this.

After the bus crashes through the wall we cut to reveal the back of the bus with yet another clown in the back who is now loading up the money. The music now resumes normal tone that it had before of The Joker's theme. After they load up the money the currently unknown clown gets shot by this clown we have been following. As he is about to leave we cut to the bank manager who is still alive and begins talking to the clown who then starts walking towards the bank manager. Here the tense shrieking tone again begins to pick up the close the clown gets to the manager. The clown remains silent on his approach and removes some sort of grenade from his pocket. We have a POV shot from the clowns persepctive looking at the bank manager. After the manager shouts "What do you believe in?" the clown shoves the grenade in to the bank managers mouth. The clown begins talking and the music begins to get louder and grows to a higher pitch as he replies "I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you, stranger." When he says "stranger" we get a POV shot from the bank managers perspective to show the clown remove his mask and reveal a male covered in clown make-up. He has dark eyes and white face make-ep with a large red smile on top of some deep cuts on his cheeks, he also has long greasy green hair". To the audience this is easily recognised as The Joker who has all along been this clown and been in charge of this whole operation including slowly making his team kill each other. As he reveals his face the rising tone quickly drops to a much lower and darker town suggesting that this character is dangerous. It is a close up of his face and it is slightly disorientating to the viewer as it is quite unexpected he smiles at the bank manager and turns and leaves which is assisted by a weird sound that is also associated as being a dark sound. As The Joker leaves the tense rising sound slowly picks up as he leaves with the bank managers shotgun, there is a thread attatched to his waist which is connected to the grenade in the mouth of the bank manger. We start at his legs and slowly tilt up as he gets closer to the back of the bus. He climbs on to it slams the door shut and releases the thread from his waist. He climbs towards the front of the bus and we cut to the bank manager as the sound becomes diegetic and we hear the sound of the engine starting, the pin from the grenade detatches and he quiclky zoom in reveal green smoke to show the audience that the grenades used in the hiest were in fact duds and to reveal yet another theme of things not being what they seem.

This scene is relevant to our film as again it is a fantasy film that is grounded in to reality. The characters of Batman and The Joker do not exist in real life but the setting and the way it is film makes us believe that the events of this film could happen