Genre: Thriller

Inception and The Dark Knight

DirectorThe director is the same for both these films meaning that he understands the genre and the requirements that the genre entails.It will also be noticeable from the ideas, shots and angles that are used to portray the genre and the range of these will be important for the audience’s understanding of the film.

From people that have seen either of the films and not the other. From this the audience can built expectations and anticipation as they can understand what the previous film was like and if they enjoyed that they can expect to enjoy this one as well. As they were both very successful films this suggests that the director was also a success.

Associated actors

Michael Caine stars in both of these films, not as the main character but plays an important role in the development of the characters and the plots. His presence also allows the audience an incite into the genre of thriller as this is his most associated genre that he participates in giving the audience the knowledge of the genre.

Within the films he is both their adviser and their friend. His role is an important one however does not overshadow the performance of the main characters and their roles in the film.

Location

City based. They are both shot with large buildings and landscapes showing the scale of the different places and how many people are there an the amount of lives in jeopardy.

Although both set in fictional locations such as ‘Gotham city’ mainly set in New York however including locations from all round the world.Similarly inception uses made up places as they are all within the mind and the targets are imagining the places meaning well recognized land marks are not used.

PropsGuns play an important part in both of these films and within the thriller genre itself. Between these two films they are used in different ways however.Inception both sides have the gun sharing the power between the two sides however the dark knight the bad side has the guns and the batman does not appear with a gun at any point reflecting the power is with the joker.

Also between the two when the guns appear in inception they are not yet fired they simply have a presence and show they have power in the film but not yet cause destruction.In the dark knight the gun is fired simply in the air showing a disregard for the power reflecting the greediness of the joker with power.

Music

Shadows

Shadows are used in the daylight at the beginning of the trailer to foreshadow the coming of darkness later on. Inception shows the movement to create the shadow showing that things will be changing to bring the darkness and has a cause.

However The Dark Knight simply uses the sunlight and the height of his building to show that how high up and powerful he is will be the reason for darkness.

Editing

They both use fast editing to reflect the quick pace of the film and the excitement and thrill of it. The different between the two is that the dark knight has screens of simply fading out to black to create suspense and tension between shots however Inception always has action on the screen and something happening.

Reflection

• From this research I can see that the thriller genre requires fast paced editing.

• Shadows also pay an important part reflecting character types and importance and authority in the movie.

• The music also has to be chosen specifically fit to reflect the genre of the film.

• Props are also needed to show what it includes, as I can’t use guns I will use other props relating to the genre instead.