Batman: Analysis

·         Mise en scene

·         Camerawork  FAM frame, angle, movement

·         Editing TOP transitions, order of narrative, pace

·         Soundtrack

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Notes on Batman clip

Night time

Fire

Explosion

Dramatic music

Speaker phone from police car

Cars crashing

Close ups of faces

Dim lights

Suspension – transition from face close up to fast moving car

Helicopter

Quick changes – seeing different teams – batman and police

Car flying

Flashing lights – police siren

High/long angle to fit in setting – create the scene

View from car – displaying danger and speed

Talk about the editing and camerawork of this short clip

The movement and the transitions of this short clip are extremely fast – this means a lot can happen in such a big scene. It also allows everything that happens to be seen. This builds up excitement and suspense for the audience. The different camera views allow the viewer to either see everything such as the start of the clip where there is a bird eye view so the audience are able to see the setting and vaguely guess what’s going on and also to allow the audience unaware of what’s happening – where the cameras view is from the car window. This also displays danger and speed from the car, also adding suspense. The pace is very fast adding to the build up of excitement created for the audience purpose, this is helped by lots of movement. Fast cars driving build up tension and anxiety for the characters from the audience and allow the order of the narrative to flow whilst still being quick and choppy for the thrill factor.