The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight, officially my favourite movie watched in class was the perfect example for the topic crime and insanity. Batman,the crime fighter and The Joker ultimate insane criminal are playing an extremely violent game of cat and mouse with all of Gotham city's pedestrians as chew toys. The combination of acting skills, costume's,  make up and music make an The Dark Knight incredibly effective film.

One of the factors which made this film so eddective eas the acting skills of it's stars. Christian Bale, playing Batman, and Heath Ledger, playing The Joker, are the stars of this film. Bale's performance was amazingly, although nothing beats the acting performance by Ledger. Each dialogue and motion executed by Ledger is so fluent it is hard to believe he himself is not the criminal mastermind. One aspect of the film that, in my opinion, truly makes The Joker's character is the constant changing of the story about how he received his facial scars. Each story is more believable than the last, especially because Ledger uses many mannerisms to make The Joker more human; the most common mannerism used throughout the film is the licking of the lips during speech. To prepare for this film, Ledger locked himself in a hotel room for a month to create the Joker character. It is romoured that Ledger died because The Joker character was haunting his thoughts, unable to leave his brain, although this has not been proved, it is easy to see the dedication that Ledger put into this film, it is shown in every scene in which he is involved. Another effective tool used in The Dark Knight was Costume and Make-up, without it the film would not fit together.

The Joker's make-up, Batman’s costume, clown masks and police uniforms are all forms of costume and make-up used in The Dark Knight. Without the use of costume and make-up nothing in this film would have made sense. Batman would be an average Joe who could not survive the situations he puts himself in. There would be no mystery to The Joker; he would have a history, a known story. The Dark knight depends on costumes and make-up to make it as entertaining and enticing as possible. The scene in which The Joker is disguised as a nurse in the hospital is a great example of how costume is used in this film, at first look there was no way to tell the nurse would be The Joker making the revelation much more pleasurable for the audience to watch as the face is revealed. Another effective use of make-up was the face of Harvey Dent as he turned into 'Two Face'. The first shot we see of Two Face is in the hospital scene. I found myself shocked about Harvey's transformation, but also intrigued by how well the make-up artists had made the side of his face appear. Music in any film intensifies the viewing experience and catches audience attention; this is apparent in The Dark Knight. 

Music in any film can transform any scene. The Dark Knight uses a variety of different music and beats to capture audience attention. ‘Why So Serious?’ is a piece written by Hans Zimmer, and plays every time The Joker appeares on screen. This was a great way to help the audience identify the killer and anticipate something big to occur. 

This film portrays the good, the bad and the ugly and is a great example of Crime and Insanity. Through the use of acting, costume/ make-up and music it creates a great movie that audiences will love to watch. I give this movie a 9 out of 10!