The Prestige

The lighting of the mise-en-scene is very dark which creates a sense of mystery and fear this is increased by the sets as they are very dark and allow very little to be seen either with fog or darkness.
The narrative themes are quite dark with violence, anger and resentment. There is also a vast sense of mystery because of the confusing plot, unchronological edits and with-held information to keep the audience interested and confused.
The main characters frequently change from protagonist to antagonist and vice versa, they also both have the roles of the mastermind and the person being tested which makes them seem equals although they keep trying to 'one up' each other with tricks and tests in the form of ciphers. the character of michael caine is presented as a diplomatic person who tries to stay out of the feud between the two main characters but also has an insight to the tricks and tests.