Batman Begins Opening Scene Analysis

In the first shot of the opening scene of batman begins there is a shot going sideward’s on a track dolly looking into a bush, this sets us with the pace of the children running in the next shot after this, there is then another sideward’s tracking shot of the boy running in the greenhouse, all through this part there is not diegetic sound of an orchestra in the background. There is then a short exchange of dialogue between the boy and the girl slowing down the pace before being sped back up by the boy snatching the object the girl was holding and running off with it again. As the boy falls into the well there is a low angle shot pointing up at the entrance of the well to exaggerate the height of it as well as get a good shot of the boy falling, there is then a quick close up of the boy’s face as he hits the bottom but then it goes back to the low angle pointing up to the top of the well where you can see the girls head leaning over. Throughout this part of the opening scene I noticed how the kids were dressed and where the scene was set, to me this gave the impression that they were both from a wealthy background. Another thing that is noticeable throughout this part of the opening scene is the non-diegetic sound of the orchestra in the background, it is quite fast paced until the boy falls down the well as it then starts to get quite eerie as there is a slow zoom into a cave in the well where loads of bats fly out and attack him, the amount of bats in this shot causes the viewer to become quite disorientated making him more interactive within the scene. After this we are then introduced to what seems to be the grown version of the boy in the same position as the boy was lying in the last frame. There is then a fight scene with diegetic sound as the punches that are thrown.