...or how horrific and tragic a film is perceived by the audience. This paper will provide an analysis of Hans Zimmer’s composition of the soundtrack to the movie The Dark Knight Rises. This dark, intense and emotionally pounding soundtrack pairs perfectly with the tension between the mysterious Batman character and his latest evil nemesis Bane. We will examine the musical characteristics of two selections from this soundtrack, “Gotham’s Reckoning” which has become Bane’s primary theme music that will forever connect the audience with feeling of impending doom and “Rise” the epic closing number in the movie that connects us to the previous films in the trilogy. There is a reoccurring rhythmic pattern used throughout this soundtrack that seemingly connects each piece in the work. The chant heard throughout the score gives a primitive depth since the words are unrecognizable. Hans Zimmer uses synthesizers and samplers to create this modern score which is closely tied to the music previously written for the two prior films from this trilogy. There are even some parts of the new musical pieces that contain excerpts or samples from the prior films soundtracks. Zimmer uses this technique in order to recreate the emotions from the prior films to establish an immediate connection with the familiar characters. “Rise” is actually the last piece of music in the movie; however, since it is also used in both of the previous films this connection effectively marks the significant triumph...
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...The batman legend Aspects of mythology in batman legend: example of the dark knight trilogy There are a lot of differences and similarities between the heroes and gods of the Greek and romans myths and traditions compared to the superheroes and legends of the comic’s books and Hollywood movies. Scholars often conduct researches to define and analyze pieces of art to check its methodological features in terms of form and content. In this humble research we will try to shed the light on the aspects of mythology in batman as a superhero and a legend taking the dark knight trilogy as an example to examine how mythology is represented in this masterpiece by the brilliant director Christopher Nolan. The dark knight trilogy consists of 3 movies: batman begins (2005), the dark knight (2008) and the dark knight rises (2012). The three of them was directed by the filmmaker Christopher Nolan and were inspired from the batman character created by Bob Kane. ``Batman Begins`` movie was basically about the origin of the batman legend as a force of good in Gotham city. In the light of his parents tragic robbery murder (Bruce Wayne) took a journey around the globe looking for meaningful values and tools to fight injustice and criminals. He was taken in by a strange instructor called Ducard and taught him how to become a ninja in what is named the League of Shadows after that he came back to Gotham and uncover his masked crusader (Batman) in order to start fighting gangsters to end their...
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...REVIEW ON THE DARK KNIGHT RISES The Dark Knight Rises(New York , July 16, 2012) is a superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan. It is the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008).The film introduces two main characters to Nolan's series: Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and Bane (Tom Hardy). It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane. Making of The Dark Night Rises seems very excellent, because it is focused on nice editing style, camera focusing, attractive environment & technology. I enjoy every scene and it attracts me a lot. In this movie director hasn’t give any extra power to the hero. He uses his technological power to attain his mission. Christian Bale can perform his shooting excellently. He played the role of Batman perfectly. It mainly entertains me by its main theme & script writing. I find many...
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...The Batman Behind the Mask Greetings! Are you here for your meeting with Master Wayne? Unfortunately he is occupied at the moment, so please take a seat and relax. Oh goodness, where are my manners. Would you care for anything to eat or drink? No? Then welcome to the gorgeous Wayne Manor, home of the one and only Bruce Wayne. I am Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth, the valet of Wayne Manor, but you may just call me Alfred (“Alfred Pennyworth”). After a valiant career as an intelligence agent, I was employed at Wayne Manor after poor Thomas and Martha Wayne were brutally murdered, which was seen by young Bruce. “ Thomas and Martha were walking home from the Monarch Theater one night with their son, when they were held at gunpoint by a mugger who demanded the pearl necklace that Martha was wearing. When Dr. Wayne refused to surrender it, both he and Martha were shot dead in the streets” (“Batman – Bruce Wayne”). From here, young Bruce made an oath to protect the city of Gotham, traveling the world to train himself physically and mentally. Now, let me tell you about the “real” Batman; the one behind the mask. After his parents’ death, Bruce began to travel the world at the age of fourteen, not to see the beauty in the world, but to train himself into physical and mental perfection. During this time, Bruce “[learned] and variety of crime-fighting skills, including chemistry, criminology, forensics, martial arts, gymnastics, disguise and escape artistry” (“Batman – Bruce Wayne”)...
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...Zack Snyder Wanted Christian Bale In Batman V Superman, But Not As The Dark Knight Gregory Wakeman 15 hours ago image The biggest hurdle for Ben Affleck as Batman in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ is going to be not just matching but eclipsing Christian Bale’s turn as the Dark Knight in Christopher Nolan’s beloved trilogy. But before the rather divisive decision was made to cast the former ‘Daredevil’ actor as Bruce Wayne it was widely speculated that Zack Snyder was hounding Christian Bale to reprise his role for ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’. It’s now been revealed that rumour was only half true, because Snyder has confessed that he wanted Bale in the ‘Man Of Steel’ sequel, but in a completely different role to Batman. Snyder admitted to Film Ink that this would have been the ultimate proof that ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ was in a completely different universe and reality to ‘Batman Begins’, ‘The Dark Knight’, and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. “This is a total and opposite reality from the Chris Nolan movies,” Zack Snyder remarked. “It’s another universe, so we couldn’t hire Christian Bale if we wanted to, because he doesn’t exist in our world. Maybe we could hire him to play another part. We did talk about that briefly. I just wanted to hire Christian to play another part to make that obvious.” Zack Snyder then joked that Bale could have been plastered with make-up and then portrayed Alfred Pennyworth, a role that Jeremy Irons has in ‘Batman...
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...Leadership Point Paper “The Dark Knight” Overall Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Introduction Batman, the main character in the “Dark Knight” trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan has long been a good and moral center for those who know of him, even before he became a Hollywood blockbuster. However, Batman isn’t just a superhero, he is also an everyday individual, Bruce Wayne, who faces the same dilemmas and uncertainties as any other person might encounter. The two personas, when analyzed together provide us with, be it good or bad, a holistic picture of how difficult it can be to make a decision, even if it is clearly the right decision. This essay seeks to analyze two key points from one movie in the trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises.” The first key leadership point from the film is, lead from the front as well as the back and trust your team. While Batman made an excellent solo superhero, he gradually had to learn to trust others around him to help him accomplish his mission. In this film in particular, Bruce Wayne had to trust Mr. Fox with the handling of Wayne enterprises, something they may not seem important to his role as Batman. However, the company was the major way of getting Batman the tools and gadgets he needed. Alternatively, Batman trusted Cat Woman to blow the pile of cars blocking the exits from Gotham City, a task that he could not accomplish while performing the other critical tasks required of him. And lastly, both personas entrusted...
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...Steven Spielberg. Although these directors and screenwriters are at the top of the film industry, Christopher Nolan takes the leading role when it comes to producing the finest films. In this essay, I will be critiquing Nolan’s choice of actors, if he has consistently chosen the right actor for the part, Nolan’s attention to details in the plot, if the time and storylines are accurate throughout his films, and character development. I will then proceed to compare his films to the films of another movie producer, seeing if Nolan’s films can stand up to the competition. To do this, I will be focused on his Batman trilogy, for which he is most well known for. Nolan’s Batman trilogy consists of Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises...
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...The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Director: Christopher Nolan Synopsis: Christian Bale stars as both the classic caped crusader and his billionaire alter-ego, Bruce Wayne. In this third installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, Bruce Wayne no longer feels that the City of Gotham needs a hero and goes on a secluded hiatus. However, when a new villain, Bane (Tom Hardy), threatens Gotham City, Wayne dons his cape and mask once more. Review: Christopher Nolan brings yet another adrenaline-filled, comic-inspired movie to the big screen. We see all sorts of familiar faces this time around, but the audience is introduced to a few new characters as well. When crisis threatens Gotham City, Bruce Wayne jumps back into the Batmobile to fight crime. Batman is joined on his quest by an eager orphaned cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a seductive cat burglar (Anne Hathaway), and a violent masked villain (Tom Hardy). This film served as great entertainment with its colorful cast and numerous plot twists. Nolan used actors that had either appeared in previous Batman films or in his blockbuster hit Inception, and all of them shone in their respective roles: Tom Hardy was almost unrecognizable in his Bane costume, while Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard were both excellent—and obviously comfortable with Nolan’s directing style and the film’s dramatic tone. The one actor that gave this reviewer pause was Anne Hathaway...
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...Time of the Dark Ages *************** Devry University Time of the Dark Ages The Dark Ages as a term has endured many evolutions. This time was referred to the Dark Ages because among all citizens, Europe went from having absolute leaders into adopting the Roman law system. The expression of the “Dark Ages” came into play during the 17th century when many enlightenment writers convinced that they were much greater to their ancestors and began using this term to scorn an era that they found to be very difficult to survive in. The Dark Ages can be referred to the entire time of the Middle Ages from 500-1500 A.D. or mostly for the early Middle Ages from 500-1000 A.D (Curtis, 1992) (O'Sullivan, 2012). It is also commonly referred to the period of time that accompanied the fall of the Western Roman Empire. When the Western Roman Empire was destroyed, unknowingly many people were going to begin to engage in a practice and experience devastating changes in their lives. Fewer career opportunities, literacy, and education were just the beginning of the fall. Cities then became smaller in size because the Roman Empire wasn’t able to provide the Roman tax revenues to maintain the services. Society inadvertently prepared to emerge in modernity through the preservation of classical literature and scripture. Over time education and literacy was mostly offered to the ministry. Christianity itself remained to spread East throughout the lands. During this time, most of the old...
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...The Dark knight After watching and reviewing American films in this class, it is my turn to submit my favorite movies and justify their importance in the film industry. Out of all the movies I have seen, the only one that had emotional impact with me was the 2008 film, Batman – The Dark Knight. The movie shows the dangerous impact of criminals in Gotham city and how to deal with it. Batman, Bruce Wayne was played by (Christian Bale). Bruce with out the batman suit is a rich and carless guy who has one goal in life “Girls”. However, the real Batman is very controversy to this, he acts as an uncovered honor hero who wants to protect Gotham city from criminals, especially the Joker (Heath Ledger). The joker has nothing important in his life. Everything is worthless he killed for only one purpose, fun. The joker started in the movie by interrupt a group of criminals who are scared by the new Gotham’s hero, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) the district attorney who is aiming to be the next governor, and if he reduces the amount of crimes in Gotham city he may have a better chance to be the next governor. However, after an incident made by the Joker Harvey’s face was burned, also his mind too was burned with criminal thoughts. The Batman and lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) decided to cover Harvey’s last attempts as a criminal and let him die with an honor. In addition, Harvey and Bruce both have some emotion to Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The movie shows great fights between the...
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...comics had declined considerably), Batman and Robin engaged in a number of science fiction adventures that resembled the comic book stories of Superman of the time. They had a number of time travel adventures, traveling into outer space regularly; and Batman even acquired a crime-fighting mascot (Ace, The Bat-Hound) and an annoying extra-dimensional imp named Bat-Mite, who had powers similar to Superman's own Mr. Mxyzptlk. In 1953, the book Seduction of the Innocent by psychologist Frederic Wertham used Batman and Robin, among several examples, to attack the comic book medium. He insinuated that Batman and Robin had a pedophilic relationship, and asserted that the bare legs in Robin's costume encouraged homosexuality. He also criticized the dark and violent portrayals of crime in comic books as promoting juvenile delinquency. He succeeded in raising a public outcry, eventually leading to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority. The outcry particularly affected Batman comics; the characters of Batgirl and Batwoman were introduced to "prove" that Batman and Robin were not gay, and the...
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...The Dark Knight rises The movie is a sequel from the Batman previously, Batman has a bad reputation in this movie at first from the problems that happened previously. In this movie Batman helps and assists the city and their police plans from Bane and the destruction he plans to cause. Batman then solves all these problems, increasing his reputation. The Dark Knight Rises is a film that has won many awards, and all these awards are based on the elements that were used to make up the film. The main character is Christian Bale, who acts as batman and he the whole who keeps the city safe and away from harms. The costumes help the audience to understand the messages the director is trying to bring about, for example Batman’s belt is able to produce smoke, and therefore can easily escape, giving the audience a sense of security knowing Batman can escape when trapped. His mysterious character is portrayed through the items he also uses, such as the voice box that hides his voice. The mask that batman has also allows users to understand the mysteriousness and the fact he needs to hide his identity. The props that are used in the film are all important in displaying the character which are all important to the cinematic effect of mise-en-scene. The car that converts into a motorcycle is an important prop as it gives the movie its uniqueness in terms capturing and making viewers interested in in. The lighting within a film uses both high-key and low-key. The low-key lighting is...
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...cinema, which is the main way of earning the profit. According to 10 respondents, the deciding factor of selecting a film is strong, interesting idea, which in film vocabulary means high concept, as opposed to popular actors or director chosen by only 1 person. However, in the question about most expecting film of 2012 the majority opted for The Dark Knight Rises with stating the reason of its director Christopher Nolan and his genius. The film does not posses outstanding ,,what if" idea, it is only the continuation of batman´s story, and in this case a popular filmmaker and his qualities is what brings audience to the cinema. It possibly means people only think they choose a film because of its concept, and the true reason is the celebrities. However, the question about deciding factor asked about a case of not knowing the film before and The Dark Knight Rises already initialized its promotion campaign, but still, the importance of Christopher Nolan´s personality in the answers is notable. The assumption can be proved by the fact that the second most expected film was Prometheus from famous Ridley Scott and at the survey also appeared Dark Shadows from Tim Burton. As expected, nobody chose the reason of selecting a film based on ,,nice looking poster", but in the question of first knowing about a film, the conventional promotion was chosen by...
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...public mood since they reach the largest audience. Successful movies don’t just happen, but rather they result from having perfect empathy with the prevailing mood of the public en-masse. Highly successful movies, include groundbreaking movies which define a genre and we will look at the historical correlation of these with public mood. We will discuss numerous examples of how social mood has influenced the production of blockbuster movies over the past 70 years and how these movies have captured the public mood and imagination of the times. We will then discuss, in more detail, the manifestation of the ongoing severe “bear” market in equities since 2000 within the film industry. Specifically, we will look at the recent blockbuster ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008) and how This film differed significantly to the previous “Batman” movies, being darker, more fearful and more...
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