Dark Knight Presentation

Director: Christopher Nolan –
Produced both Batman movies, The Prestige, Insomnia, Memento. With a director who has produced some popular films over the past 10 years, this also helps to attract the public, who saw other films by Christopher Nolan and the previous Batman and know It will be a good film.

Budget$185,000,000 (estimated)

Production CompaniesWarner Bros. Pictures – The famous Warner Bros company which only big or certain films get produced by. Legendary Pictures – Seem to produce films for the male audience, these include lots of big superhero and comedy films DC Comics – The famous comic company that produces the comics of iconic characters in the DC universe. Worldwide brand associated with Batman Syncopy – Worked on the previous batman and the prestige by Christopher Nolan and another film in 1998. Just 4 films.

Opening Weekend$158,411,483 (USA) (20 July 2008) (4,366 Screens)£11,191,824 (UK) (27 July 2008) (502 Screens)Gross$529,143,070 (USA) (16 November 2008)£48,246,658 (UK) (28 September 2008)

Cinemas shown: ODEON – Most common popular cinema in UK, IMAX London, Cineworld. Even lots of local cinemas paid to get this in there screens.

Importance of Genre - The superhero genre has been a solid seller over the past decade and slightly further to the early nineties.The specific genre appeals to all comic book fans wanting to see their childhood heroes come to life on the big screen. Other fans may just want to see an ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER film as this is normally the type of genre that superhero movies are based on.

$$$$$$ THE STARS $$$$$$ -
A film maniac would look at this cast and believe that the film would be very good with this cast. Not only are they all good actors to help make it a believable/enjoyable film but one could assume that the actors arent all in it for money and have read the script and feel that it is a strong story.


•Audiences are reached through the amount of money spent in the media industry. This included tons of publicity for the trailer of the film on the internet and TV. A collection of impressive looking posters were put up at bus shelters and billboards. Lots of them revealing the Joker, whom was a big icon in the film and an instant hit. This is mainly due to the performance put in by Heath Ledger and the announcement of his death included many different audiences seeing the film.

•This also brings me to mention that stars are a huge part in films these days with many audiences having their favourite actors. “The dark knight “ is full of well known actors. The main movie poster tells us this. To me if it has lots of stars in the film, it has to be a fairly decent film.
•Young children seeing the film because its Batman in general how is an childhood hero. They are also reached through mass merchandise in toys, food and clothes. Older teens and men seeing the film for action and the continuation of the Batman series. You could say people who weren’t fans of Batman saw the film simply because of Heath Ledgers technical last performance and the hype of the character of the joker through the media. We could say this is how they reached many female audiences also.

Music: Hans Zimmer was one of two composers that produced the soundtracks for this film. He worked on the first film and has become a ‘legend’ among his fan base. He produces such powerful music. The music to a film may not be the key point for attracting audiences, but it does help to make a better experience when viewing.

An online version of the fictional newspaper The Gotham Times arrived and was followed by numerous websites, including a defaced Joker version of the paper called The Ha Ha Ha Times. This was very interesting and shows another way that fans would be interested to view this site by going on the web, learning more.