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Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas

Clip one:(Opening Scene)

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Clip Two (Hotel/ Reptiles):


The element of this particular film that inspired me was the fact that the setting is represented as being half realistic and half in the character's minds, this is a direction that I would very much like to experiment with, it is intriguing to think how to manipulate misce-en-scene to represent character's imiginations.  Also I like the home-made un flashy effects, typical of terry gilliam films.

The Opening Scene is effective as it represents the charaters, Raoul Duke and Dr Gonzo, very clearly through use of Dialouge, Narration (from Duke) and camera angels.  The closeups on Duke's face are often filmed on a slightly askew angle, representing him as different or weird.  This is (as we discover) because he has consumed epic ammounts of illegal narcotics.  Also, we see that other characters, i.e. the Hitcher in this particular clip, and the hotel check in woman in clip two, respond to the duo in a bemused kind of way, which helps to further represent them as "different" to the audience.

The Dark Knight is a large budget production.  As such it could afford big name stars, like Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger.  Also the advertising campaing was large and intricate, using many viral methods as well as the above trailer, which as you can see, displays the film's budget, showing elaborate action scenes and panning and tracking shots of Chicago (as Gotham City), with the camera on a high shot, showing the state of  the art film equipment used on the production.   The viral methods included making a website entitled Ibelieveinharveydent, who as Batman fans would know, is a prominant character in the series.  This site gradually became more defaced looking and "joker-ified" tantalizing audineces further, as no-one had seen the Heath Ledger version of the Joker at this stage.  These methods show that Warner Bros. had sufficent money to spend thousands on promotional materials to whip up internet discussion and exceitment about the film. 

As previously mentioned, Nolan chose Chicago to use as Gotham City, which would have required extra.

Also, Christiphor Nolan (the director) shot certain scenes of The Dark Knight with Imax cameras, which are state of the art cutting edge technology, and would never have been within budget for a smaller film.