MAINSTREAM VS NICHE (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN)

   Batman: Dark Knight Rises is the third instalment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. This film is a large scale Hollywood production intended to appeal to a mainstream audience, as Batman is an ongoing franchise since the 60's there was always a substantial audience targeted for this film, Nolan's Batman trilogy has also found a cult following. This film offers a large entertainment factor for a variety of people, film, magazine, crime and fantasy fans all combined. The film focuses on its action scenes and high speed chases to entertain its audience, high cost hollywood effects help improve the atmosphere given off. In turn giving its audience the chance of social integration, upon its release the film was widely talked about.



  Hobo with a shotgun on the other hand is an independent film directed Jason Eisener. This film follows a vigilante hobo and is definitely targeted towards a niche audience. As this is an independant film it would not be shown in mainstream cinemas. This film offers a large level of violence and extremely risky ideas for example the school bus scene where Slick sets a bus full of children alight, the diegetic sound at this point make it extremely uncomfortable to watch.