Using the Internet Movie Database I found some very interesting facts about the making of The Dark Knight! Here are somethings I found the most intriguing:

• This was the first time in feature film making that IMAX cameras were utilized.
• Blood is only ever seen three times on-screen: on the face of the civilian Batman that the Joker hangs, on Harvey’s pillow in the hospital, and on Batman’s arm due to the dog attacking him; most of the violence either occurs off-screen or is obscured by camera angles. (I’m guessing this helped it to be rated pg-13 instead of R)
• An explosion filmed for the movie in London caused local residents to panic, they thought they were under a terrorist attack
• The date seen on the security camera photo of The Joker taken during the bank heist reads “2008/07/18″ (US release date of film)
• The IMAX cameras used in filming proved to be problematic for the crew. Dialog that was recorded on film is very noisy so it had to be replaced after the filming. An IMAX camera is very heavy and it cannot be used hand held. Instead, special mounts had to be created to support the weight. Finally, they had to get the shots right as it takes 5 days to process the negative instead of the conventional negative.
• While the movie was filming a chase scene on Lake Street, the Chicago Police Department received several calls from concerned citizens stating that the police were involved in a vehicle pursuit with a dark vehicle of unknown make or model.
•  Trouble arose during a PR campaign before the movie’s release,when a website related to the film sent out several cakes purportedly from The Joker, containing a cell phone inside which made the cake vibrate, and had wires sticking out, making the cake look like a bomb. One such news station which received one of the cakes, believed it to be an actual terrorist act, and the entire building had to be evacuated. (WTF? This is awful…and funny. DISCLAIMER: I do NOT thing real acts of terrorism are funny)
• The first film shot with IMAX to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography

I would classify this film as an action movie, http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html defines an “action” movie as:

“Action films usually include high energy, big-budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous, often two-dimensional ‘good-guy’ heroes (or recently, heroines) battling ‘bad guys’ – all designed for pure audience escapism.“

This is definitely a good guy (Batman) versus bad guy (The Joker) scenario with plenty of exciting chases and fights. The Joker is a criminal mastermind who has been causing chaos in the city of Gotham and terrifying the citizens. Batman’s goal is to bring him down and restore the peace in Gotham.

I love the scene where the Joker crashes the party! I really like how the camera is circling around the Joker and the woman, I think this adds a major dramatic effect. And the scene where Batman is interrogating the Joker gives the illusion that the Batman is dominate to the Joker by the angle of the cameras. I chose these two scenes for the montage because in the first the Joker is dominate and confident and in the second Batman is dominate to the Joker.