The Dark Knight Rises- Bane Destroys Gotham

Key Character Types:

• The key antagonist is dressed in black mask covering his face to make him look creepy and mysterious. Mystery often gives connotations to the audience of danger and tension as they fear the unknown. Both of these fit with the thriller genre. The antagonist is made to look mysterious so the audience fear him.
• The protagonist is wearing a police uniform and driving a police car which represents to the audience that his job is a policeman. Policemen have trained backgrounds and a particular skill set. The trained background of the protagonist is conventional of the thriller genre.
• Antagonists mask represents that he could have been involved in an accident in the past and this signifies that he may have had a dangerous job or a trained job. This represents the antagonist to be strong and intimidating and that he is evenly matched in ability to the protagonist.
• Aerial shot is used to show the extent of the damage caused by the antagonists attack. This shows that the antagonist has lots of power and that it will be a challenge for the protagonist to stop him.

Stock Characters:

• The stock characters will most likely be other people in the opposing forces. For example other members of the police squad or other antagonists playing a less important role.

Narratives and stock situations:

• The stock situation in this clip is that the antagonist is blowing up the city of Gotham and the protagonist needs to stop him before more damage is caused. This narrative is conventional of the thriller genre in the idea that something bad has happened because the antagonist has caused it, and it is left up to the protagonist to resolve the situation.
• Antagonists are trying to attack policemen and trap them. This is a conventional narrative of thriller films because it involves two opposing associations/organisations challenging each other. In this case the fight is between the police force and the antagonist gang.
• Antagonist saying "let the games begin" indicates the story line and the idea that he has planned for something bad to happen or for people to get hurt.

Themes of the Genre:

Protagonists vehicle being overturned by explosion causes suspense within the audience because they don't know if he will be alright or if he will be successful in stopping the antagonist. Suspense is a common theme of the thriller genre.

Protagonist is warning of antagonists plan and rushing to stop him. This indicates he is running out of time and that it is a race against the clock. This causes tension which is a theme of thriller films.

Genre Iconography:

• The audience is made to look vulnerable and confused when the antagonist carries out his attack. This is an icon of fear and it makes the audience feel fear. Fear is iconic of the thriller genre.
• Antagonist is made to look mysterious and well built which are both iconic of his physical ability and this is meant to make the audience aware of and scared of his strength.