THRILLER FILM WATCHED AND REVIEWED (thriller conventions)

The Dark Knight Rises – review http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jul/22/dark-knight-rises-french-review

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises completes not only his personal trilogy focusing on socialite Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Gotham City's caped crusader, but also a cycle of popular culture that began in May 1939 when Batman was added to Detective Comics' pantheon of superheroes. 

• Philip French
• The Observer, Sunday 22 July 2012

I read and agree with this article above^ 

In the opening of the movie i noticed a long-shot of the city and zooms into the buildings to maybe create a sense of being trapped in this world of high Buildings surrounding the dark parts of the city. This might also be a foreshadow of what kind of things will happen later on in the movie.

It also intrigues the audience and it sets the scene for the audience. Slowly the focus turns to the dark building and it gives the audience a sense of curiosity and mystery in why this building is significant. This is a part of the Thriller conventions to engage the audience with clever scenes.

We are then introduced to another thriller convention of identity.

the two characters that appear are wearing scary clown masks and suggest to us that we don't know who they are and makes the audience think more about what they could be: part of a criminal organisation? due to the masks they all have.

IN GENERAL: The conventions in the thriller of 'the dark knight' it included good sound and editing to create that effect of a thriller: use of quick cuts in fight scenes and action scenes (the jokers bank robbery). Good camera angles and music that was used when batman is fighting and doing his saving of civilians; being the hero.

The lighting was important in this movie because it reflected the title: The 'DARK' knight. There was some use of reflection in mirrors to see the unseen however the audience was not always shown the full image which added to the thriller.