Opening Sequence ~ The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight is a 2008 sequel to the Film Batman Begins. Based around the Batman it follows his battle to defeat the Joker and Two Face.
The film starts off silent to build the tension of the job and is suddenly broken by the firing of a gun and smashing of glass. It has ong Establishing Shot near the beginning. Starts off zoomed out on a skyscraper building and pans into it where we hear a smash and see two clown thugs firing a grapple.
A match on action shot where he fires the gun from the window to grapping the grapple. This allows us to see more of the room but still not too much.
Then we see a slow zoom of a man’s back with him holding another clown mask.
Continuous shot following the two men in the building go down the zip line then shows how far above the ground they are. This then goes into 180o shot of the two men down the zip line.
A match on action shot where he fires the gun from the window to grapping the grapple. This allows us to see more of the room but still not too much.
Main outfits all hide the faces of the thugs. Introduces us to the style and personality of The Joker. The Joker, being he main character in the opening shot, shows us what his “State of Mind is” using the quote “Whatever doesn’t kill you, only makes you stranger”