The Dark Knight Rises is a thriller film about how after a decade of catastrophic events in the city of Gotham, Batman (The Dark Knight) turns himself in as the murderer of Harvey Dent: a high profile criminal. Because of this, the level of chaos has dropped and Gotham has become a much quieter city. Just after things settle down within Gotham City, a new criminal introduces himself: Bane, a vengeful criminal who wants to reveal the truth about the murder case on Harvey Dent and display his true identity.
Bruce Wayne (also known as Batman) has accommodated himself at the newly built Wayne Manor and has become extremely reserved and it has become rare for him to be seen leaving the building. Bane's actions have stepped up a level which has shifted the thinking of Bruce Wayne and has no longer kept him in withdrawal, he steps out into the city to stop the corruption that Bane is causing. Bruce Wayne seeks Selina Kyle's (a thief) help who could potentially stop Bane's actions.
The film starts of by establishing the area and surroundings which is a rural area: isolated with no inhabitants and separated from the urban world. The government agency have just found Bane and his men and are taking him into their airplane. The government agents don't realise that one of these men is actually Bane: covered with a face mask until one of the agent's takes the mask off of him. Once this has happened, Bane and his men take authority over the plane and become superior characters. His crew attaches the plane to one above them so that Bane can escape with the doctor and leave the rest of the government agents behind to crash land once the plane is released. Once Bane has released the plane, he seen exiting with the doctor, this could signify and foreshadow how Bane will manipulate him in the future and use him to his own advantage.
The mise-en-scene within the opening sequence displays both non-diegetic and diegetic sound: background music (score music) which sounds sinister and builds up tension and diegetic sound: the voices of the characters speaking to each other and the noise of objects within the scene. the diegetic sound becomes louder as the scene becomes intense and tension builds up between the characters as they know that they are going to crash land soon as Bane has taken over the plane. The editing that is used to portray the scenes show a lot of cutting back and forth from one character to another showing the anxiety between them as they (the agents) have just come into contact with a high-profile criminal. There are also two-shots which are used to depict the conversation between Bane and the government representative and several high angles are used to show authority over certain characters (Bane being at the top of the airplane just before he releases it to be crashed whilst the agents are at the bottom). The high angles signify power and dominance which are displayed through Bane's character.
The lighting that is used is bright as the surrounding area is outside in the morning, the colours that the characters are wearing are quite dark: blue, grey, green, black and brown which contrast with the lighting and create sense of darkness and seriousness between the characters. These colour could also possibly foreshadow events that are to occur late on in the film.
