Representation/Target Audience: Like the other two films, the opening scene is full of males in their 30s to 40s which suggests that the film is aimed at teenagers specifically males because of the male dominated characters. There is also extreme violence within the first 5 minutes of the opening so this obviously doesn't appeal to younger viewers.
Mise en scene and camera:
The scene immediately jumps straight into action with a glass being broken. We are given information of that this takes place in a city in America and the mask has connotations that a heist is taking place. A high angle is used to show the indoors of the building whilst also showing the height of which this is taking place by the window. The man is entirely shrouded in darkness with his body facing away from the camera which shows that he is not a nice person. This carries on throughout the entire sequence. A dark lighting is used that also implies death that will be coming up. This is contrasted to the light of the city which is contrasted and shows the purity of the city. An eye-level long shot is used to show the Joker facing away from the camera to add to some mystery since the audience are unaware at this time that it is him. The camera tracks forwards and starts to focus on the mask that he is holding as it will be important later on. The next shot is of two criminals on a zip wire travelling across the city. A high angle is used to show that they are incredibly high and also shows that they are irrelevant to the overall story because of how small they are. They travel from a completely black building to a white building which shows that they are about to induce havoc upon the building which is a bank.
Diegetic sound: Glass breaking, gun shots and speech are all synchronous and parallel sound that match the scene. The speech and dialect shows that they are American.
Non-diegetic sound: There is a beat that occurs throughout the first 7 seconds of the scene and switches to a loud crescendo when the shot changes to the Joker. The music goes more upbeat the later the heist goes on to show that they are nearing their objective.
Titles: The titles are CGI and appear at the start of the film so that they do not interfere with the rest of the film and block any important information.
Restricted/Unrestricted Narration: Restricted Narration.