The Dark Knight Rises Film Trailer.

As the trailer starts, its shows an establishing shot of a young innocent looking boy, singing the national anthem, in front of a massive crowd in a stadium. The diegetic sound is of the boys beautiful voice, which creates a relaxed and engaged atmosphere of both the stadium and the audience. The sound of his voice brings all the attention on to him and makes you really focus on the soft sound of his voice and hypnotises yourself and the audience. The boy is also dressed in a suit, looking very formal and smart, which you would you expect from someone singing your countries anthem. A slow paced tracking shot is used when filming the crowd and showing the audience how many people the boy has got to stop what they are doing and to listen to him. This use of shot is effective as it allows you to see the full range of people there and to get a better knowledge of the stadium. All of a sudden the boys voice echo's in the background of the next shot which is dark and sinister of a man with a mask on his face, climbing up a ladder in what looks to be a sewer or somewhere underground. This shot completely contrasts the opening shot, as that was bright, and warming with all of the people there supporting to suddenly a shot to a dark cold place underground with a man who looks very sinister. This is very effective as it makes the audience think something bad is about to happen.
More diegetic sound is shown when the old man we see in the next few shots is talking as the narrator, about what he has said in the past. The boy voice is still in the background too, which makes the trailer so far feel quite peaceful yet mysterious. As the old man starts talking we see a close up shot of a silver dish placed on a table in the middle of a room, this is used to emphasise on the dish and makes the audience question its importance and value to anyone, you also see in the reflection a man walking up to it with a walking stick, which you could only imagine it to be the man talking.

Shot reverse shot is then used to show the intense conversation between a younger looking man and the old man. The use of this shot works well as it enables the audience to see who it talking and to get a close up of their facial expressions too. An aerial shot is used showing the city at night all lit up, the darkness of the city could also relate back to the title of the 'dark' knight. The aerial shot helps the audience see where they are placed and to let them know where they are so it is clear to them. It is also shown using a tracking shot too, showing more of the city and getting more of a feel for it. Suddenly the diegetic noise of the young boy singing stops, and the peaceful sound changes into a loud sharp noise as if something is about to happen. An establishing shot is used again, showing a mid shot of a large group of people out side a magnificent looking building, making the shot seem very dramatic and making the people in the shot look very important. The diegetic sound of the boy singing starts again along with a diegetic sound of a mans voice speaking. A conversation is then shown between two men, shown in two- shot. The use of this shot is very effective as you are able to see both men talking and having their conversation. Through mise-en-scene you can see by their costumes they are both important men, one more important than the other as he is in what seems to be a generals suit, with his medal on his shoulder with the ribbons showing his importance, which implicates he is a very well respected man. The other man talking to him is also in a very smart suit, which looks like the American flag on his collar which may have some significance too.

A the shot goes back to the one outside of the building that was shown earlier, you see a close up of a man with glasses and either side of him are two rather large pictures of a man wearing a suit with pretty flowers surrounding the frame. This could suggest that this could be a funeral for someone very well known with a lot of importance, this is shown through the setting and the type of people who are there. A low angle of a dark shot of a black figure on top of the building is shown. This is really effective as it makes the audience question who he or she is and what they are doing there, as they look sinister and mysterious, especially as they are moving in a very sly way as if they don't want to be seen. A really effective shot is then shown which is a focus shot of a man walking through to pillars and into a room full of people dancing and enjoying themselves having a lovely evening. The man is walking slowly creating a dramatic impact as all of the focus is set on him and everyone is a blur showing his importance. The sound of a woman's voice is then played and we are then shown an over the shoulder shot of her dancing with the man. A close up of her face is shown, wearing a mask, implying to the audience that she doesn't want to be fully seen, she then tells the man that a "storm is coming Mr Wayne"
Straight away this denotes that some kind of action or danger is going to occur. We are also able o identify the man as Bruce Wayne who is batman, so this explains his importance. From the enjoyable setting of the dance hall, quickly changes to a shot of police men, experiencing a bomb from a door they were standing next too, this is a sign of the ' storm that is coming'.

After the bomb had just been set off, we see a side shot of the man wering the deadly looking mask walk past, indicating he was the reason for that, showing his power and how dangerous he is. The man is wearing a big fur coat which contracts his sinister exterior as fur is seen to be fluffy and cuddly, whereas this man does not relate to any of that.

As we hear the woman's voice narrating again we see a shot of her in the mirror looking very attractive in a black dress putting on a peal necklace, the fact there is an attractive looking female character in the trailer, brings attention to the target audience of being mostly men. The shots then become very action packed and we see the man with glasses who made a speech, now holding a gun running away from these men dressed in black. The low angle shot used of the stair case is effective as it shows people at the bottom and people at the top, who are throwing things down the stairs destroying the beautiful house. This makes you think the man with the mask is some what responsible for this behaviour. The woman is still talking and is sounding as if she has something to do with this sudden attack as she says" you are all going to wonder why you ever thought you could live so long, with so large and leave so little for the rest of us' hearing this you think that she is the enemy and wants something that someone has, or is seeking revenge for something.

The fade to black editing, is really effective as the music build up and the images are seen quicker,  making the film more intense, and showing you the action what the audience are wanting to see. The use of shots such as the overhead shots, close ups and long distance shots are really effective as they show different aspects of the situation and allow the audience to get a feel for the film and the setting. When you are shown the panning shot of batman up on the tall building, it implies his power and authority over everyone else on the ground as he is standing above them all, it also shows the hero in him as he is watching down on everyone. All of the different characters have unique costumes to identify who they are, this is also shown by the masks they are wearing to show their character and the power in the film.

You can see a clear binary opposition themed in the film, which is good vs evil. Shown with the guy in the mask around mouth and batman himself. This is effective as you can clearly identify the protagonist and the antagonist and it helps the audience take sides and get involved. The film finishes with a load of shooting, fighting and explosive scenes which really grab the audiences attention and make them want to watch on for the action packed film.