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    The Joker

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    The narrative of the film centres around crime between the protagonist; Batman/Bruce Wayne and the antagonist; The Joker. The genre of the film is a crime thriller. Christopher Nolan, the director of the batman trilogy make uses of variety of film techniques in the dark knight to create scenes of order and absolute chaos. Christopher uses a variety of camera angles, sounds effect and special effects to depict his scenes between order and chaos. When creating a scene of order the director uses several wide variety of close ups and different camera angles to show the expressions of the actors, to demonstrate that the scene is controlled creating an presence of order and stability, the changes between camera shots are few. Whereas when there is a scene of chaos like fighting scenes, batman trying to get information from the joker in the jail or even the several car chase scenes, to make the scene more orderless Christopher Nolan the director changes the shots to different perspective to build up the suspense, to make the…

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    Evolution Of The Joker

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    The final evolution of the Joker took a sinister twist back to his roots. In the 2008 film The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger played the darkest version of the Joker yet. The entire film was a social commentary on the War on Terror and the Joker was the symbol of the Taliban and the fear that accompanies it (Message Movies?). The Joker still lacked a plan, mirroring the Taliban’s lack of plan in their holy war against the West. The Heath Ledger Joker said “Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You…

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    a fear inducing Glasgow smile. Unlike the many other fictional villains who petrified the world with super powers and super weapons, this man was able to instil gut wrenching fear by virtue of his “strange” personality. It is for this very reason that the “Joker” is such a captivating and interesting character to study. One way to understand the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of the Joker’s personality is through the Psychoanalytic approach. Developed by Sigmund Freud, the psychoanalytic theory of…

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    The Joker Short Story

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    Service uniform. The man stands in front of the President of the United States with a harpoon gun to his head. The smell of blood fills the room. The man has a grotesque and wicked smile on his face, identifying him as the Joker. The Joker puts the gun against the President 's head and pulls the trigger but only a flag with "BANG!" on it comes out. The Joker puts the gun against his head and pulls the trigger again, but nothing comes out. "Russian Roulette is a funny game, isn 't it Mr.…

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    Joker Vs Batman

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    with dark and dark and grim qualities, The Dark Knight is a classic story about a long time hero who encounters a new villain, whom he tries to defeat, all while facing new arising problems along the way. Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker coupled with Christian Bale portraying the Batman and the dimensions they each bring to their character makes this dark, gritty film entertaining and undoubtedly worth the watch. The Joker obviously represents anarchy and a state of disarray and…

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    Joker In The DC Universe

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    And of course, DC Comics have a pretty good way of using this aspect too there advantage. Once again, the Joker has stupendous characterizations; being referred to as the Clown Prince of Crime (or Chaos), the Harlequin of Hate (Havoc), and the Ace of Knaves. Through the evolution of the DC Universe, interpretations and incarnations of the Joker of seem to have two forms. For the original and currently more dominant image is of an extreme psychopath possessing extreme genius intelligence and a…

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    Joker In The Dark Knight

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    character of Batman a literary merit. This movie is not simply present the good and evil tale. It is the truth that Batman presented the good and the Joker presented the evil. However, the Joker is more than a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. His character is presented as, the one whose actions are designed…

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    Alfred explains that the thief, like the Joker is a man who he does not understand fully either, and tells him how some men are not looking for anything logical, that they cannot "be bought, bullied, or negotiated with, as they just want…

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    The Joker Scene Analysis

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    Scene: When the Joker crashes Harvey Dent’s fundraiser and targets Rachael Dawes because no one knows where Harvey is. The 360 degree turn of the camera emphasizes Rachel’s struggle to over power the Joker and his struggle to maintain it. The Joker has his knife at Rachel 's mouth to not only show his dominance to her but to how that while he looks silly dressed like a clown, he is serious. While he knows that the rich guests are not scared of him, a criminal, he does not try to instill the…

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    A. My favorite villain is the Joker. The Joker is a character in "BATMAN" movies and he is also in novels. The Joker is a guy who has white paint on his face, red lips, dark eyes, and green hair. He is also always smiling. The Joker is a guy who has white paint on his face, red lips, dark eyes, and green hair. He is also always smiling. The Joker does not have powers but he is still hard to beat, even criminals cant beat him, he is insane. The Joker does not fear anything, he doesn't follow any…

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