The Dark Knight Visual Style

[dcbats2000]

Alright...I don't post much on here..just haunt the place but there's something I've not seen being discussed and that's The Dark Knight's visual style.

Do you think it should keep the same visual style as Batman Begins or go another direction?

I, myself have always been a sucker for highly stylised visuals (Blade Runner is one of my favourite films). I guess that's why I still prefer the visual style of the Burton films despite that Begins is the better film.

Anyway...what does everyone think?


~DcBats2000~

 

[IamtheBatman]

Alright...I don't post much on here..just haunt the place but there's something I've not seen being discussed and that's The Dark Knight's visual style.

Do you think it should keep the same visual style as Batman Begins or go another direction?

I, myself have always been a sucker for highly stylised visuals (Blade Runner is one of my favourite films. I guess that's why I still prefer the visual style of the Burton films despite that Begins is the better film.

Anyway...what does everyone think?


~DcBats2000~

Nolan will stick to what he did with Batman Begins. Also, you have to remember Blade Runner is one of Nolan's favorite movies.

 

[E-Mack]

I'd like Nolan to take things a step further and make Gotham more....well, Gotham. Everytime I watch BB, there's really nothing special I see about this city, and I don't even know why it'd be called Gotham if all it has is modern architecture.

I'm not suggesting Nolan pull a Burton, but I think do something so it gives the city a little bit more life. I liked what Bryan Singer did with Sydney. He shot a lot of the city there, but he also added in buildings and even created retro designs to show that this city has been around for a while.

 

[IamtheBatman]

I'd like Nolan to take things a step further and make Gotham more....well, Gotham. Everytime I watch BB, there's really nothing special I see about this city, and I don't even know why it'd be called Gotham if all it has is modern architecture.

I'm not suggesting Nolan pull a Burton, but I think do something so it gives the city a little bit more life. I liked what Bryan Singer did with Sydney. He shot a lot of the city there, but he also added in buildings and even created retro designs to show that this city has been around for a while.

I'm with on the Gotham I think Nolan could make it a little more dirtier and darker than Batman Begins.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Well, Burton is known for his visual style. So, it's no suprise that it was so good in his Bat-films. But, it fit the story too. I don't think it'd fit at all with what's going on in this film.

I thought Gotham had character in Nolan's too. It looked like a big city, rotting. It had the rich side....and then the dirty side.

But, maybe what your talking about has something to with Gotham not being the only place we're at. About a quarter of the film took place half way across the globe too.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Same visual style works for me, but I expect to see different things for sure.

 

[dcbats2000]

Something like that. Perhaps something a bit like the deco look of the animated series.

As much as I love Batman Begins, I always feel it has a kind of 'raw' look to it.

Keep in touch with reality but Gotham City is not Chicago.


~DcBats2000~

 

[XCharlieX]

Same visual style. Same. I dont want the morphing worlds thing again like Returns. This needs to be a straight up sequel.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Something like that. Perhaps something a bit like the deco look of the animated series.

As much as I love Batman Begins, I always feel it has a kind of 'raw' look to it.

Keep in touch with reality but Gotham City is not Chicago.


~DcBats2000~

New_Raw.

I liked chicago posing as Gotham, sort of. Because of the more grounded in reality aspect of the story.

 

[E-Mack]

Something like that. Perhaps something a bit like the deco look of the animated series.

As much as I love Batman Begins, I always feel it has a kind of 'raw' look to it.

Keep in touch with reality but Gotham City is not Chicago.


~DcBats2000~

Exactly what I was thinking. Mix the worlds of retro/modern all into one, that's how it should be as Gotham is very old.

It still provides something never been done.

 

[IamtheBatman]

I'm sure Nolan will do a fantastic job on the sequal.

 

[Style 92]

Same visual style. Same. I dont want the morphing worlds thing again like Returns. This needs to be a straight up sequel.

You know, I always liked how Gotham looked somewhat different in every movie, (even within the same "director sets," as in BR looked different from B89, B&R looked different from BF.) It helped each movie to have it's own feel and voice.

So, I'd love a remixed Gotham for TDR. You know, when you think of BB, you think of Gotham's Brown, earthy tones. But for some reason, in my mind, I keep seeing Gotham in Murky Blue for TDK. Just something like that, a change in the film's color palette, would be interesting...

 

[E-Mack]

I wouldn't mind that as well. With the pallette they chose, even the night scenes looked bright as day. It looked even worse with Batman, he was hardly hidden.

 

[Dark Phantom]

I just want a slight change in the color style. Btaman Begins was good with the orange/brown style, but with a colorful character like Joker you need to go back to the black/blue style of Burton's.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Or maybe just add a splash of green?


lol......oh, yeah. I went there.

 

[kedrell]

Maybe change the colors from brownish to more blueish but don't make it gothic like B89. That's too far fetched.

 

[dcbats2000]

I think more contrast in lighting would work well. Where shades and shadows are black.

With his general outline and cape, Batman has always worked best as a siloette.


~DcBats2000~

 

[Style 92]

Hey, people are really jumping on my "Blue Color Palette" idea!

I award one gold star to me!

I keep trying to imagine the next movie in Brown, but my mind keeps insisting on blue.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

My mind keeps insisiting green though. But, not that vomit green.....that splashy, gooey drippy Green.

 

[E-Mack]

Blue is usually the "default" color to go with, when you handle gothic characters. Hell, look at Underworld. The only drawback I would see, is that it would look a lot like other films, if done in the traditional way. This is one thing that I give BB, it had it's own unique look, the only other film matching it's colors would be the Godfather.

So if they do blue, I want it to be done differently. How, idk. I just don't want it to look like any other "dark" film.

 

[Style 92]

Blue is usually the "default" color to go with, when you handle gothic characters. Hell, look at Underworld. The only drawback I would see, is that it would look a lot like other films, if done in the traditional way. This is one thing that I give BB, it had it's own unique look, the only other film matching it's colors would be the Godfather.

So if they do blue, I want it to be done differently. How, idk. I just don't want it to look like any other "dark" film.

Oh, yeah, I guess that's true.

I withdraw my Gold Star.

 

[dcbats2000]

This is a drawing I did a while ago (yes, I got the idea from the opening of Underworld) and I always get drawn to the idea of using a blue colour scheme.



But like it's been said...blue has been done to death for dark films and this is a drawing, not a film so I don't know.


~DcBats2000~

 

[TRUE]

Same visual style. Same. I dont want the morphing worlds thing again like Returns. This needs to be a straight up sequel.

co sign, keep gotham the same. Add a little more gothic structures though.

 

[CConn]

Don't ask me for a source (maybe wikipedia has it), but I remember hearing WB mandated that the style remain consistant with Begins. Which, while I too prefer more stylised visuals, is the best way to go, IMO. At least while Nolan's directing.

 

[E-Mack]

Don't ask me for a source (maybe wikipedia has it), but I remember hearing WB mandated that the style remain consistant with Begins. Which, while I too prefer more stylised visuals, is the best way to go, IMO. At least while Nolan's directing.

This early in the game, and there's inside info about what WB is mandating for the sequel?