Batman Genre Analysis

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Conventional features of The Dark Knight

  • Batman still wears a ‘Uniform’-esc costume.
  • Batman is an Orphan.
  • The Joker presents Batman difficult decisions.

Ways how The Dark Knight is unconventional from the Superhero movie genre.

  • Unconventional Villain (joker).
  • The stereotypical themes for colours of the villain and hero are flipped, Batman being in dark blacks and Joker being in bright purples and greens.
  • Batman uses more brutal methods to ‘save’ Gotham.

 

Pan’s Labyrinth Context Research.

The different types of contexts we researched for Pan’s Labyrinth are important in helping us understand the cultural and artistic choices made in this film. From understanding the Spanish Civil War we can understand the choices made to create the Captain and the rebels.

Studying context helps when studying any film as the writer and director have to base their ideas on knowledge of the contexts that they are setting their films in. For example, when Mel Gibson directed Hacksaw ridge he needed to understand the different contexts of the war between the USA and Japan during World War Two.