M E D I A S T U D I E S Crime Movies’ Opening Sequences 002 T H E D A R K K N I G H T
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Crime Movies’ Opening Sequences 002
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1) ES + tracking closer
2+3) Tracking closer to the building
Scene 1- 3, the trackingOf the camera leading The audience to focus onThat building.
4) Long Shot + Tracking closer
5+6) Cut in + Mid Long Shot
Scene 4 denotes a glassBroke. Scenes 5&6 Denotes a man with a Clown mask broke the Glass. He is ready to Fire another shoot as heIs aiming at the roof ofThe building oppositeThe street.
Wearing mask may Connote he is doing Something bad and Need to hide his face.
7+8) Long Shot + Tracking closer
9) Long shot + Tracking closer
10) Cut in Mid long shot
11) Cut in Long shot
12) High angle shot + panning down
Scenes 7&8, long shot ofAnother man holding a Clown mask, tracking andZooming into the mask.Draw the audiences’Attention. This man mayBe an important character.Scene 9, he got on a car, Heading somewhere else.Anchors the previous clownAs a team(?)
Scene 10&11, there are 2Clowns jumping out theWindow, sliding to the Opposite building anchorsThe previous action of Breaking the glass. Scene 12, it denotes theirLocation is high . Nobody Usually pay attention to This height, avoiding ppl’sAttention.
13+14) Long shot + High angle shot
15) Long shot + slightly low angle
Scene 13 – 15: Cut in
The two clowns are sliding from a building to another,They are not getting to the roof in a proper way and theyMust be doing something bad. They may be a team with The clown in the previous scene.
They are wearing masks and wearing thick clothes, to Avoid injury and avoid people can recognize their faces.They look like robber.
Why do they need to get to the roof? What will happen afterwards?
Scene 16 :“Three of a kind, let’s do this.”“That’s it, three guys?”“Two guys on the roof, every guy gets a share.”
Scene 17 :“Five shares is plenty.”“Six shares, don’t forget the guy who planned theJob.”“He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice .”“I Know why they call him the Joker.”
16) Cut in + Mid close up
17) Cut in + Mid close up
Scene 16 & 17.Three of them are robbers, They are doing a robbery.The one sitting behind is not getting involve in the conversation. Through the conversation, audience canknow that they do not know each other, they are assigned to do the job. Besides, they are not happy with the split, and why might the Joker be able to get away with it? ( an enigma code)
18)Cut in + Long shotThey are breaking the lock of some kind of power box. Maybe breaking the security system, or maybe cutting off the electricity.
19) Cut in + Low angle + long shot
20) Cut in + Eye level shot
21) Cut in + Long shot
22) Tracking closer + Long shot
Scenes 19 – 22:Three of them got out of theCar and went into a bank. The first who broke in is theOne who came across withThe security guard. Then theFollowings are getting into The bank.
23) Cut in + long shot
24) Long shot + Tracking
Scene 23 & 24:Two of them holding guns inHands and getting closer to The cashier. One of them Pointed the gun towards a Banker.
These scenes denote a Robbery is taking place in a Bank.
“here comes the silent alarm.” (Scene 25)
“Huh, there it goes.. That’s funny, it didn’t line up with 911, it is trying to reach a private number.”“is it a problem?”“No. I’m done here.” (Scene 26)Then the clown behind shot the other clown.
25) Cut in + Long shot
26) Cut in + Mid shot
27) Cut in +High angle shot
As the murderer clown knows that if the other clownDies, he will get more of the splits. Therefore, he killedThe other clown. It connotes the dark personality of Humanity, people are greedy and could do anything toGet more money. E.g. Murdering
The high angle shot denotes the death of the clownAnd connotes that the murderer clown is morePowerful.
28) Cut in + Long shot + Tracking closer
29) Cut in +Mid long shot + eye level
30) Mid shot
Scene 28:The murderer clown grabs the tool bags and ran to aStaircase, going down to the bank after killing the Other clown and switching off the security alarm.
Scene 29:Then a cut in of the manager(owning a room) of the Bank. He is taking off his glasses while he is looking At the happenings outside his room.
Scene 30:A clown in purple suit put a grenade into a banker’s hand. He is frightening the people and made them notTo reach out for help as they cannot move their hands.
31) Cut in + Mid shot
32) Cut in + Mid close up
33) Cut in + Long shot
Scene 31:The murderer clown went to open the door of theTreasury.
Scene 32:The manager is turning his body towards where theRobbery has taken place. He looks determined andAimed at something. He is not frighthened.
Scene 33: The clown who beat up the security guard had beenShot by the manager using a shot-gun. The bullets Went through the glass and killed the clown.
34) Cut in + Long shot
35) Cut in + Mid shot
36) Cut in + Long shot
Scene 34: After a clown being killed by the manager, the clownIn purple suit is scared and slide behind the table to Hide himself from the manager.
Scene 35:The manager walked closerTo the other 2 clowns, handsHolding a shot-gun, being ready to shot them.
The manager is not Afraid from the gestureAnd the calm look on His face.
Scene 36:The clown in purple suit kept on escaping from the manager, while the manager kept firing his shot-gun.
37) Cut in +Long shot 38) Cut in + Mid Close up 39) Cut in + Long Shot
40) Cut In + Long shot 41) Cut in + Mid shot
Scene 37 & 38:The clown escape next to another clown. They accompany each other. Then the clown on theRight hand side cover up the clown in purple suit, he stands up and fire his gun and the ran. ThenThe clown in purple suit stands up and shoot the manager.
Scene 40:The manager is being shot by the clown.He fell down immediately
Scene 41:The clown has beaten up the manager and he looksDown to the manger connotes he is not afraid of him now.
Scene 42:“the wire inside is like 5000 volts.”
Scene 43:“I think the Joker is as crazy asThey say, where is the alarm Guy?”“Boss told me when the guy Was done, I should take him outOne less share right?”“But he told me somethingSimilar”
42) Cut in + Long shot
43) Cut in + Mid long shot
44) Cut in + Mid close up
Scene 44:“no! no!”
They are opening the treasury.
The clown unlocked the treasury
The clown then killed the otherClown to reduce one less share.
45) Cut in + Long shot
46) Cut in + Long shot + Tracking closer
Scenes 45 & 46:
After unlocking the door of The treasury, the remained Clown went into it and started To get as much cash as he can.
47) Cut in + mid long shot
Scene 47 :“ That’s a lot of money. If this Joker guy so smartHe’d have had us bring a bigger car.”
They are gathering the bags of cash together.
48) Cut in + Mid close up
49) Cut in + Mid close up
Scene 48 & 49:“I’m betting the Joker told you to kill me soon As we loaded the cash”
50) Cut in + Mid Long shot
Scene 50:“No, no, no. I kill the busDriver.”
51) Cut in + Mid close up
Scene 51:“Bus Driver? WHAT busDriver?”
Scenes 47 – 51:The clown is trying to kill the clown in purple suit, but then the clown in purple suit made theOther clown wonder because of the bus driver. The clown wants to reduce the shares again, to Gain more cash for himself and he is being cruel.
52) Cut in + Long shot
Scene 52:A school bus broke into the bank where the clown was standing. The clown then being killedBy the school bus.The clown in purple suit has planned to leading the clown to stand there., connotes he is Smart.
53) Cut in + Long shot
54) Long shot
55) Long shot
Scenes 53 -55:
“ Schools out. Time to go. He’s not getting up, is He?”“That’s a lot of money”“What happened to the rest of the guys?”Said by the bus driver clown.
After the clown is being killed by the bus, the busDriver then jumped off from the bus to help the Clown in purple suit to put the bags into the bus.
After he has done his job, putting the bags into theBus, the clown then shot him on his chest and he Died. The clown has done what he told to the otherClown previously.
56) Cut in + Long shot
57) Cut in + Mid shot
58) Cut in + long shot
Scene 56: The manager is trying to get up.
Scene 57:“Think you’re smart, huh?” said by the manager.Scene 58:“ Well the guy that hired you will just do the same to you.” said by the manager.
59) Cut in + Mid shot
Scene 59:“Oh criminals in this town used to believe in things…”
60) Cut in + Long shot + High angle + Tracking closer
61) Cut in + Mid shot + slightly low angle
62) Cut in + Mid Close up + High angle
Scene 60:“Honor, respect. Look at you.” said by the Manager.The clown is walking closer to himScene 61: “What do you believe in, huh? WHAT DO YOUBELIEVE IN?” said by the manager.The clown putting something into his mouth.Scene 62:“ I believe that whatever doesn’t kill you simplyMakes you…” said by the clown.
The manager spoke a lot and this stimulated theClown to come closer to him. Then he put a Grenade into his mouth.
63) Cut in + Low angle + POF + Close up
64) Cut in + high angle + Mid long shot
Scene 63: “ Stranger” said by the Joker.
The clown took off his mask and under hisMask is a make up of a clown. It anchorsThe character of The Joker.Then He left.
Scene 64:The manager has a grenade in his mouth.He is totally shocked when seeing theReal face of the Joker. The camera tracking backwards means The Joker is getting away from him.
65) Cut in + Mid close up
66) Cut in + Long shot + Slightly high angle
67) Cut in + Long shot
Scene 65:The Joker got on the school bus with the wire ofThe grenade. Then he started the engine of the School bus and drove away.
Scene 66: When the Joker started leaving the bank, the wireOf the grenade is pulled out from the grenade. It Started to give out smoke, the manager is scared.
Scene 67:The Joker is able to leave the bank, the robbery isCompleted. The story then continues.
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