uSeFuL LiNkS

http://www.representationofwomensuperheroes.blogspot.com/
This particular link helps me because of the superhereo genre.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_begins/
This link helps me as it gives opinions by other people who have watched the film. This also contains images, reviews and other aspects that relate to the film.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_begins/
This will help me as it follows the genre of superhereos, which links very well to my independant study, focusing on particularly male superhereos.

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=11299
This link above helps me also because of the reviews and other people's comments on the film.

http://www.warnerbros.co.uk/batmanbegins/
This link helps me considerably a lot as it has everything on Batman Begins, such as the synopsis, interviews and photos from the actual film.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/2401/
This is another site "Sight and Sound", which gives me different views and opinions on the film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/
This is yet another review website that refers to character profiles, trailers and famous quotes from the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1DcAw-XY0
This is a link to the trailer Batman Begins

Blogs I have commented on...

Anika
http://www.blogger.com/publish-comment.do?blogID=32340875&postID=115806519647894144&r=ok

Kiran
http://www.blogger.com/publish-comment.do?blogID=32906186&postID=115857806880101376&r=ok

Jaskeerat
http://www.blogger.com/publish-comment.do?blogID=33423922&postID=115816909013497031&r=ok

Kalpan
http://www.blogger.com/publish-comment.do?blogID=31412049&postID=115796341558589826&r=ok

Avinash
http://www.blogger.com/publish-comment.do?blogID=34131960&postID=115792775318661338&r=ok

The Batmobile

In order to satisfy their desire to make the Batmobile a realistically plausible vehicle while still allowing it to have the kind of mobility, functionality and battle-readiness necessary for it to be Batman's transport of choice, Nolan and Goyer decided that the unit would have needed to start life as a military design. Working with that as their primary parameter, the design team came up with the new vehicle, calling it "The Tumbler", rather than the Batmobile, to signify that the design (and thus its name) had originated prior to Wayne. Within the world of the film, we find that the Tumbler is a Wayne Enterprises product for the United States government, who wanted a bullet resistant, all-terrain vehicle capable of forcing open heavily guarded enemy lines and moving at high speed to make rampless jumps over rivers, carrying tow-cables for bridging. Although the bridge never worked out and the entire project was canceled, the Tumbler worked perfectly, and Bruce finds use for it as his Batmobile. It has been speculated that the Tumbler is meant to look like the Batmobile in Frank Miller the dark night returns, itself more akin to an armoured tank than a car.

Although more than one unit was built and not all the units were fully functional, four mostly-working Tumblers were built for the film. Driveable versions were powered by 5.7 litre(350 in³) chevorlet "LS-1" V8 engines producing 330 horsepower in their factory configurations, giving the vehicle the capability to accelerate from a standstill to sixty miles per hour in about six seconds; one stand-in Tumbler featured a working jet engine, while another had working flaps.

Actor	Role
Christian Bale	Bruce Wayne / Batman
Michael Caine	Alfred Pennyworth
Liam Neeson	Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul
Katie Holmes	Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman	Jim Gordon
Cillian Murphy	Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow
Morgan Freeman	Lucius Fox
Tom Wilkinson	Carmine Falcone
Rutger Hauer	Mr. Earle
Mark Boone Junior	Flass
Ken Watanabe	Ra's al Ghul (Decoy)
Linus Roache	Thomas Wayne
Richard Brake	Joe Chill
Sara Stewart	Martha Wayne
Tim Booth	Victor Zsasz

Domestic Total Gross: $205,343,774
Distributor: Warner Bros.	Release Date: June 15, 2005
Genre: Action / Adventure	Running Time: 2 hrs. 20 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $150 million

BBC Review...

A bold and brilliant superhero movie, Batman Begins is the best outing ever for the Caped Crusader. Officially Batman 5, it reboots the franchise, going back to the birth of the Bat. Christian Bale stars as millionaire orphan Bruce Wayne, recruited by the mysterious Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson) to join vigilante ring The League Of Shadows. But while their ninja training comes in handy, Wayne has his own ideas about combating crime. And they involve a bit of fancy dress...

Styling himself as "something elemental, something terrifying" Wayne uses his company's cutting edge technology to fashion a fearsome masked vigilante. Fear is the film's theme: confronting it, conquering it and using it. It is Batman's greatest weapon, but also that of Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy), one of Gotham's many enemies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/06/06/batman_begins_2005_review.shtml

Proposal...

"How has the representation and genre of superheroes changed over time with close reference to Batman Begins"

Memorable quote from the film...
"They told me there was nothing out there, nothing to fear. But the night my parents were murdered I caught a glimpse of something. I've looked for it ever since. I went around the world, searched in all the shadows. And there is something out there in the darkness, something terrifying, something that will not stop until it gets revenge... Me."

M.I.G.R.A.I.N.

Media Language
The speedy camera movements connotes a fast action packed film. The flashbacks also connote that the whole story evolves around the past scences, of Bruce Wayne's mother and father dying. The close ups show the characters fear, excitement and sadness , which helps the audience understands their particular emotions throughout the film.

Institution
This film was made and produced by Legendary Pictures

Genre
Batman Begins is an action/adventure film which focuses on three sides. These include, Batman himself, the police and the gangster who create trouble from the residents of Gotham City.

Representation
Within the film Batman who is the main protagonist dominates the film with his strength and good will. Also a lawyer named Rachel also is respected by the authority and public.

Audience
The audience that Batman Begins tries to attract is a family orientated audience. The secondary audience is males because of the overall story of revenge and justice, which is mentioned in the film several times. Another audience that this Batman attracts is females because of the superior positions that Rachel is holding and her high authority throughout the film.

Ideologies/Values
The ideologies that Batman Begins tries to give are that there is a corrupt government and the overall problems with the justice system.

Narrative
The story has many flashbacks, which is where the overal story is based on with revenge, corruption of people's minds and the justice that Batman tries retirieve back.

S.H.E.P.

Social Context
Men in this day in age are more sensetive to emotions and are not afraid to show it, which is where Batman (Bruce Wayne), shows his fear towards the bats, with nightmares and vivid imagery about them.

Historical Context
Before men were not afraid to show their emotions which has now changed over time.

Economic Context
In past films the budget was lower but now the they have used more expensive materials and props to make the film more dynamic and realistic.

Political Context
The corrupt government and the problems with the justice system

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