Textual Analysis of The Joker

Textual Analysis Question:

The Joker represents, ‘…the spirit of terrorism. The embodiment of anarchy and chaos of a particularly destructive and nihilistic nature’

Douglas Kellner – Cinema Wars

Analyse Christopher Nolan’s use of cinematography & mise-en-scene in one of the six sequences below in order to answer the following question…

How does Christopher Nolan use mise-en-scene and cinematography to represent The Joker as a ‘new’ kind of villain that Batman is unable to defeat?

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL POST

Embed the sequence and your typed up notes into your reflective journal.

Write a 200-250 word summary of your key findings from the analysis.

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