Thriller Film Deconstruction of Batman: Dark Night Rises

Time Device Detail Effect on the audience

00:00 Ariel shot Ariel shot of a plane flying past a mountain

Shows the beginning of the films, setting the

scene of the first section of the film.

00:08 Medium close up shot Medium shot showing a passenger on the plane

This shows the audience that plane has

multiple passengers00:09 Pan Camera Pan’s to the left

from the passenger to a couple of guards and

hostages, then

Showing the people on the inside of the plane

00:15 Match on action We now see the front of the plane from the

inside showing the backs of the hostages

and then the main protagonist of the

scene holding them at gun point

Shows who the main protagonist and that

he’s the guy causing all the trouble.

00:18 Match on action Opening of plane door and someone moving

out of the camera

Shows the audience that they are going to

scare the hostages into talking

00:21 Match on action Opening of plane door Shows a door opening

00:22 handheld Shaking of camera Shows movement of the plane side to side to

show that it’s moving00:25 Match on action Shows main protagonist

approaching hostage as he’s hanging out the

door

Shows the audience that they are going to scare the hostages into talking

00:29 Ariel shot Of plane door from outside and guy hanging out of it

Shows that the plane is still in motion still

00:32 Medium close up shot Medium close up of main protagonist

holding gun at hostage

Showing facial expressions of the

characters and setting some atmosphere for

the audience00:33 Tilt Shows more of the

hostage with the gun pointing at him

Shows dominance from the main protagonist to the hostage

00:35 Medium shot Showing guards and the back of a hostage And

passenger

Showing the authority to the audience

00:37 Medium Close up shot Shows hostage with gun this shows the audience

to head who’s in charge still and builds tension as we don’t know what’s

going to happen00:38 Handheld More shaking of the

cameraShows movement of

the plane side to side to show that it’s moving

00:39 Medium shot Shows protagonist moving away from hostage and guards

dragging hostage away

Shows that the hostage was a distraction to

make the other talk by fake shoot them

00:42 Medium Close up Medium Close up shot of the Main Protagonist

Showing facial expressions for the

audience and the body language

00:44 Medium shot Showing next hostage being place at the door

Creating more suspense as we don’t know if he’ll

shoot this one00:48 Close up shot Close up of main

protagonist with gun to the next hostages head

Hostage head out of way, so he might shoot

this one00:54 Medium shot Showing main

protagonist looking behind at the other

hostage

Other hostage left talks and gets the attention

of main protagonist making this one more

important that the others.

00:56 Handheld Shaking of the plane Shows movement of the plane side to side to

show that it’s moving00:58 Dolly shot Camera moves

backwards to show other hostage as main

protagonist approaches him

shows to the audience that the main

protagonist is taking interest in the other

hostage01:01 Medium shot Medium shot of all the

characters with the camera pointing

towards the front of the plane

Showing the guards at the other end of the

plane.

01:06 Low angle shot Low angle shot of 2 guards at back of plane

with body of main protagonist in shot, and

the body and head of the next hostage

Shows that the guards are more dominant

over the hostage

01:13 Medium Close up Showing the face of main protagonist and

guard in shot

All of these show switching from face to

face back and forwards, this is used to build

tension as the camera 01:15 Match on action Pointing towards

hostages head

switches back and forward frequently

between both shots to give the appearance of

suspense

01:17 Match on action Showing main protagonists head

01:18 Match on action Pointing towards hostages head as the

bag is taken off his head01:23 Match on action Showing main

protagonists head after now taking the bag off

01:31 Ariel shot of plane Showing plane still flying off

The plane is still moving