Opening Sequence:The Dark Knight

Camera Shots:There are a number of Camera shots used in the opening of The dark knight many of them are used to give the idea of not knowing the identity of the bank robbers until the end when the joker takes the mask off. To start with there is a establishing shot of the tall buildings which then zoomed into where there are to of the robbers in masks firing a grapple towards the roof of a building. Then there is a mid shot of a character with his back to the camera with a mask in his hand and the camera zooms in on the mask for the robbery. When the robbers get in the bank there is a wide shot as they run into the bank. and then there are a number of the shot when they are in the bank of the people which work in the bank. One of the people in the bank in particular gets up and then brings out a gun and starts to fire it to make sure that the robber don't get away with any of the money.


Editing:There are a number of different things they use within the editing of the opening of the film. There are a number quick cuts from the way the robberies are taking place so that the speed of the editing shows that they want the robbery to be fast paced and to have a alot of speed to it. the use of enhanced sounds when the robbers are about to strike and when they are in the bank shows that the sound is needed to give the idea of how the sound becomes more enhanced when there is something bad happening. 


Sound: The film starts with a slow ticking sound which then goes into a louder sound, the ticking  is like a clock for the as if the time is ticking for the robbery to happen and as the louder sounds kicks in the robbery then commences and this is like the start if the robbery. The sound is enhanced for the start of the film.  

Characters:We don't find out about the main character in the start of the film as the film is a sequel and the main characters which are recurring are know by the audience. The people in the clowns masks are not know by the face but by the way they speak and the man who is a vigilante  
in the bank is only seen in his face we don't know his name but he is there to deter the robbers of robbing the bank. The only character we know in the  end is the Joker as he is one of the main character but we don't know that he is involved in the robbery until the end of the opening.
  

Leading into the Plot:The opening of the film gives the audience a large incite into the way the plot will happen because the robbery is of the largest Mob bank and the joker is there to take all of the money to get to them. The film has this as a sub plot on which the money is the main key to the jokers plan