My main problem with The Dark Knight Rises is the score. There are various scenes where the editing could have been better and the score could have been made to match the visuals better to invoke the emotion that the scene requires.
I know that this is a long post but please indulge me as I would really like to hear your thoughts.
Take the '
Light It Up' scene for example. The editing could have been better and tighter.
Here's what happens in the movie :
1)John Blake tries to rescue the officiers;officier gets shot and Blake gets pushed down. (Another minor thing that I noticed here is the cut from Blake falling to a zoomed out shot of the same thing from the same angle..Seemed odd to me. It's a very minor issue but the least they could have done was use another angle or not have the zoom-out jump cut.)
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2)Gordon and the others walking on ice and Batman coming to the rescue followed by lighting the Bat signal on fire.
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3)Blake being saved by Batman.
ORIGINAL SCENE:
I edited the scene and changed the score as well..
MY EDIT:
I intercut Gordon's and Blake's scenes to show them both at their lowest lows rather than have them as two separate segments. I changed the music as well.
Explanation for the editing and the music I used for this scene :
The slow tempo Piano notes signify Blake holding on to the last few remaining fragments of hope as he begins to rescue the officers. The piano notes show naivety and child-like innocence of Blake as he still thinks that all is not lost and that it can still be fixed even though everything and everybody around him tells him otherwise.
As the officer is shot, the soaring trumpet showcases the obliteration of those last fragments of hope. Blake is held at gunpoint by multiple targets.
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Gordon and the other officers also held at gunpoint as shots are fired into the air. This cut showcases the similarity of the dire predicament that both parties are in.
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Bane's person throwing a grenade underground killing the officers as he questions Blake. With every cut, the situation becomes worse for both parties as the trumpets continue signifying despair and loss.
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Gordon and his officers being forced onto the ice.
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Blake being pushed down. Again, a similarity in both sequences.
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Gordon and the others walking on the ice facing death head-on. The intensifying music also showcases this.
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Blake getting grabbed and pushed around.
Music intensifies further as both parties come to the realisation that they are actually going to die and that they've failed to protect Gotham. Both parties have hit their lowest lows as they come to a realisation of "This is it...it's over..".
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Gordon looking at something.
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Shot of flare on the ice as the violin starts at a fast tempo signifying blossoming hope.. The rate at which this hope fills them up is shown by the tempo of the violin.
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One of the guards getting hit by something on his neck. The audience nor guard know what it is.
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Gordon picking up the flare.
The music in this shot and the scene above showcases a sense of mystery in not knowing what's happening and how it's going to go from here.
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Guard picking out what hit him and sees that the dart is in the shape of the bat. Trumpets soar and the drums kick in as hope slowly starts to flow in.
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A zoom-in into Gordon's face as he comes to the same realisation as the audience. Music becomes more hopeful.
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Other guards falling after being hit by darts. Music continues to build up..
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Gordon lighting the flare as Batman finally emerges out of the darkness. Music swells with the full orchestra kicking in. (In the original movie, Gordon is told by Batman to light the flare.In my edit, Gordon lights the flare without being told. Instead, I used that line in the next scene. IMO, the scene has more impact when we actually see Batman emerge out of the shadows rather than hear his voice first.)
Batman tells Gordon to 'light it up' as he throws the flare. We as the audience, still don't know what Batman is talking about as the fuel starts to ignite..
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Blake on his knees with all hope lost as he accepts his fate.
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Fuel continuing to ignite as the fire rises up the bridge.
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Foley's son showing his dad something outside through the window.
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Bane seeing something and reacting by saying 'Impossible' as he slightly fills with fear.
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A shot of Foley's face showing hope after seeing something outside..
We as the audience still don't know what all these people are reacting to as the music continues to build up..
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Blake opening his eyes (I reversed the shot of him closing his eyes) and seeing what everybody else had reacted to..
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A giant burning bat sign on the bridge..
This builds up the ultimate reveal much better IMO as we see it at the same time Blake does.
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Upon seeing that, Blake leaps into action followed by a shot of Batman dropping behind.
The music erupts with the orchestra and the choir..
I edited and spliced together Blake and batman fighting to make Blake's fight a bit longer rather than him simply standing and watching Batman fight for a really long time. Batman's fight also flows better as the original was a single shot of him fighting for a long time.
As the scene ends, the music calms down..I used Blake's "You missed a spot" line as a curtain to seamlessly blend the music together.
Rest of the scene is the same.
What do you guys think?
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