Dark Shadows

to create the dark underworld of Gotham? The Dark Knight rises is a film that depicts the action of the Batman to try and save the city of Gotham as the underworld is dark with many lurking criminals ruining the city. The film techniques used by the director Christopher Nolan are astonishing and significant to the film, the director uses a variety of techniques to create the dark underworld of Gotham. Some significant techniques that the director uses in the film to portray the dark underworld…

Relevant Scene I decided to choose a combination of scenes from the movie to show the progression of the character and to fully make my point across. The first scene, was when Alfred started to tell Bruce about his time in Burma. He spoke about a thief who was stealing jewels and how they were looking for him, when one day, he [Alfred] saw a kid playing with a jewel, and learned that the thief was just throwing away the jewels he stole. Bruce asks why would the thief steal them in the…

questioned religion, morality, sin, and guilt. His portrayal of the dark side of the human soul terrified many of the people of his time. He wrote “There is no good on earth… come, Devil; for to thee is this world given.” (Laurie Sterling p104-121) Hawthorne also wrote, “what other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart.” (Ticknor and Fields, Chapter 11). Another of his famous quotes is, “Time flies over us, but leaves it’s shadow behind.” (Laurie Sterling p 315-335). He is considered as one of…

Art in the Middle Ages differed from art in the Renaissance in many ways. One way, is that artists in the Middle Ages were very strict and plain. There wasn’t much detail in the paintings, no shadows, everything was one dimensional, there wasn’t any sculptures, and lastly the colors schemes were very dark and gloomy. Doc 1 In contrast, art in the Renaissance consisted of vibrant color palettes, sculptures, unique shapes, etc. In the first document, it talks about the origin of the Renaissance.…

Cop, Bad Cop” from The Dark Knight there is a prominent fight for control between the Batman and the Joker. Throughout the scene the cinematography creates tension through lighting, framing, effects, camera movement and performance. The scene takes place in an interrogation room, to signify the authority figure and the criminal fighting for power. In the beginning the Jokers dimly lit from the lamp on the desk. The light is coming from a low angle to make his figure dark. This represents the…

and The Dark Knight (2008) are incredibly interesting films of the batman series set of Gotham city. Gotham city creates a look of an ordinary city and at the same time a crime hotspot for evil undertakings. Tim Burton is the director of Batman while Christopher Nolan directed The Dark Knight. Both choreographers of the movies exhibit high levels of skilled work in film industry as evident in the use of brilliant visual style and good quality sound track for the audience. Batman and The Dark…

style of fiction in the mid 1700s with the novel, The Castle of Otranto. His story concerns all the elements that constitute Gothic literature. The term originated as an expression criticizing the art and architecture of the time, which was decaying, dark, and dismal. At the end of the Victorian period, when Oscar Wilde wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, the golden times of Gothic Fiction had already passed. It was rather a curious revival of the Gothic genre; the novel stirred the…

Henry Fuseli could express secretivity and immorality because of the symbolism within the painting with the incubus and mare inside the painting, the color used, and the lifestyle that may have influenced Fuseli. Upon first glance of the painting, its dark. There is a young lady sprawled out, almost falling, and she is…

profound discussion. In his “allegory of the cave,” Plato suggested a thought experiment: what if several prisoners were held in a cave from the start of their lives, and coaches and people go through the cave behind them, so that all they can see is the shadow of the world? Naturally, they would assume that what they see is the real world. Eventually, one prisoner is released from the cave. Can he believe that the real world is colorful, three dimensional with communication and relation? If he…

The Dark Knight is my favorite movie in this series, but is also my personal favorite Batman story, surpassing all the other Batman films. By putting all the right elements in play and given the character literary merit, the Dark Knight has achieved a great impact to its audience. Those elements are moral ambiguity, paralleling Batman with his villains, a large cast of equally compelling characters, and realistic depiction of crime and detective work. The story of The Dark Knight is entirely…