Textual Analysis: Essay Plan

Thesis statement

The two Films i have chosen for my textual analysis are Batman Begins (2005) and Casino Royale (2006). In both films it is the start of them becoming hero's, I am exploring what happens in the narrative to make them heroic?  How it is shown to the audience through the Micro aspects such as Mise-en-scene. In my personal opinion both of these characters are physiologically damaged, the narrative shows this in many aspects through out many of the iconic scenes in each of theses films with the Mise-en-scene. I believe that the physiological issues behind the characters are what have made them the archetype of a hero's or more anti hero's. Each of the characters James Bond and Batman/Bruce Wayne are orphans as there parents both died when they were both young this could be one of the reasons why they are physiologically damaged, the reason they risk there life's as they both feel as they are to blame, for what happened to them, they feel they need some kind of redemption 

key scenes for analysis

How they are portrayed at the start of there heroism: Batman: on ice training with Ra's Al Ghul (Ducard) Casino Royale: The first scene with the flash back and office in Prague
 
How They Compare on the first time they are thrown in to action: Batman: His first appearance in the Batman costume. Casino Royale: Where he has the case scene through Madagascar.

How the love interest shape/change the hero: Batman: When Bruce meets Rachael again after he gets back from China. Casino Royale: When Bond meets Vesper for the first time on the Train.

How it affects the character Physiological state of mind: Batman: flash back opera to where his parents get murdered in front of him. Casino Royale: Le Chiffre torture Bond for the codes.

How each these link in to what is happening in the narrative: Batman: Wayne Manor burning down. Casino Royale: fight scene in the renovated building in Venice. (sinking)   

Conclusion 

Batman Begins and Casino Royale, both of the stories evolve in to them becoming the hero’s we know, but the things they do in the narrative make them anti hero's.  Each of these films different ways they become anti hero's.  In Batman he becomes a hero because he blames himself for his parent’s murder, he believes that he needs to be redeemed for the murder, so he goes out as a vigilante so he can feel some kind of redemption in himself. The reason he wears the Batman costume is because Bruce Wyane himself is a coward and needs something to hide behind. Where as in Casino Royale, James bond is a completely different character.  He does not hide behind anything he want to let people know he is a killing machine and he wants people to notice he is a threat to the enemy. The narratives are both similar in a way as they both start off with them at the start of there journey as a hero and the narratives both end in a form of revenge.