Film: Dark Knight Rises - Genre (Action)
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- Film: The Dark Knight Rises - Genre (Action)
- Themes
- Survival of the fittest
- Justice and fight against crime
- Personal desire v Public duty
- Quest for truth
- Climbing/ rising v falling
- Iconography
- Guns
- Fast cars / gadgets
- Helicopter with searchlight
- Balaclava and black clothing
- Motorbikes
- Fire/ explosions
- Typical Situations
- Explosions
- Vehicle chases
- Fight sequences
- Countdown to destruction - nuclear treat
- Rescue and escape from the impossible prision
- Struggling against incredible odds
- Government sells out to villians
- Villian reveals masterplan
- Hero almost dies but saved on the blink by an unlikely helper
- Bad girl comes good
- Offer of police protection
- Heist and Seige - attack on the stock exchange
- Hostages and chase
- Stock Characters
- Renegade hero - male protagonsit
- Muscular tough guy with past/dark side/ soft centre
- False hero who betrays hero - Miranda tate
- Temptress/ siren - Selina
- Classic Villan with iconice feature - Bane
- Beefy Henchmen
- Children - innocent
- Love interest - object of male gaze - Miranda and Selina
- Rookie cop - idealist - Blake
- Wise old man / mentor - Alfred
- Corrupt congress man
- Loyal helpers
- Accomplice
- Setting
- Urban, contemporary
- Enclosed spaces/ buildings
- Place of incarnation from which hero escapes
- appears 'barbaric' - middle east
- Gotham city
- Style
- Fast paced editing
- lavish stunts and set pieces eg. plane stunt
- high concept
- high budget
- Film as a spectacle
- Escapism
- High energy
- Themes
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