The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises Analysis

Mise En Scene: There are multiple soldiers on plane with he hostages, we can tell this from there camouflaged uniform. This tells us that they are of high importance and it creates tension as we do not know who the hostages are but we can infer that they may be dangerous as they have soldiers with bullet proof vests on that need to control everything. Towards the end of the scene, another plane comes into shot, this time it is Banes plane that is controlled by Banes men. His men are also in army gear, with gun and bullet proof vests, this shows that Bane is the more powerful out of the two sides as he has the bigger plane and also the men in army gear with weaponry, ready to take out the other men and their plane, This creates tension and suspense as it makes Bane seem like the more powerful character, especially since he was only just un masked.

Sound: When there in the plane at the beginning the background music is very deep and fast. This creates tension as we would usually relates these kinds of sounds to something bad so it makes it seem as if we are waiting for something to happen. The dialogue in this scene is very threatening so it creates tension because if the hostages we dangerous then the man would not have made the threats towards the hostages, which keeps us watching to see if any of the hostages talks back or get un masked.

Editing: Just before Bane is unmasked there is a sudden cut to where you are face to face with the masked Bane so you don't know who it is yet. This creates tension because we are coming face to face with the person under the mask and because we don't know who it is or what he wants yet, it adds that extra little bit of suspense. There are also quite a few fast paced cuts between people when Banes men drop down from their plane. This creates tension as it quickly building up tension for a big finale where the army men find out what Banes plan is and then makes us realise that they are trouble and are most likely going to die. Leaves us on the edge of our seat.

Camera: There are a lot of over the shoulder shots in this scene. This creates tension especially when the leader of the aircraft is taking the mask off Bane as up until now we do not know who is behind the mask at all and it could be any one. Its clearly going to be someone important though as Bane is singled out and is the only one of the hostages to talk and also the only one to be unamasked.