This video essay analyzes The Batman (2022), starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Matt Reeves. The Batman feels a lot more personal than Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy due to Matt Reeves' storytelling decisions like shooting the Batman with a narrow shallow depth of field and ensuring the story thematically matches the cinematography. If you want to closely compare what feels different about The Batman vs Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, then watch this video essay to the end.

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Music used:
Schubert Ave Maria by Bradley Chapman
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
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'Midvinter' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Adrift Among Infinite Stars' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Visual Style
6:35 Humanising Bruce & Thematic Continuity

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