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The Joker – Why So Serious? The Joker – why so serious? Learning Intention •To develop our understanding of the characterisation and representation of The Joker Success Criteria You will know you have been successful when: You have analysed the why so serious scene Starter Task Read the 19 interesting facts about the Dark Knight article. Highlight any external institutions mentioned in one colour and any internal in another colour. These will not be explicit so you need to do a bit of detective work to figure them out. History of the Joker in Batman Comics • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WalgYTQjHTc The Joker •Fulfils the role of the antagonist. This is like the anti hero, the character who is working to disrupt the protagonist (the main character) The first scene • We first meet the Joker in the opening scene, the bank robbery, although in this scene, he is not in his textbook purple suit and make up. • Watch the scene and write down 10 adjectives to describe the Joker (think about his personality and his behaviour) Representation • The way the character comes across on screen • The Joker has a way of holding the power over the other characters in the film, who, despite not liking him, still continue to do where he says. • How does he hold power in this scene? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT6oZ-wPpHE • How does the Joker’s actions add to his representation? Remember, representation is like a web and it all connects together • What is the music like in this scene and why? • How does he physically appear when he is telling the story of how he got the scars? How does this add to his representation? • Why does he tell the scars story? • How is the use of props significant in this scene? Costume Costume analysis •As we go through, annotate your copy. Foreshadowing •What is foreshadowing? •At the end of this scene, the mobsters are forced to make a moral choice, do they fight each other and one die? Or fight and kill a friend? What is this foreshadowing? .
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