The Dark Knight Write The Trailer For The Dark Knight.

[The-Dark-Knight]

so we dont really know whats going to happen in The Dark Knight, but what would you like to see in the trailer, whether it be the teaser or main,
thanks in advance.

 

[saint sinner x]

The Black and White WB logo comes onto the screen it quickly transforms into bats we get a shot of Batman on top of a skyscraper looking down at gotham city we hear a very sinister laugh which is of course from the joker we get a shot of harvey dent talking to big bad harvey which is known as two-face then we get a quick action sequence of the movie whatever it is and then we see Batman kicking ass and then at the end of the trailer we get a quick but steady glimpse of the joker.

That's just a quick way I would put it not exactly your grammatical corrected paragraph oh well....

What do you guys think?

 

[Dark Guardian]

WB logo, with Begins music.
Quick (maybe ten seconds)shots from Batman Begins of:
-Bruce's parents murdered.
-Bruce training in League of Shadows.
-Batman on rooftop
-The Scarecrow(when he's torturing Falcone)
-Ra's Al Ghul fighting Batman on train.
-Batman flying out of the train.
Text:
"And that was just the Beggining..."
Quick shadowed glimpse of the Joker, quick glimpse of Batman.
Haunting Laugh (TAS style if possible, like when he's leaving the office in "The Laughing Fish")
Begins symbol, maybe in a shade of red.
2008.

 

[Robin91939]

BLACK.
FADE IN: Warner Brothers Logo.
FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN: Lengendary Pictures Logo.
FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

Ext. Alleyway. Night.

Two men stand separated from a crowd of forensics and police. The two men are Captain JAMES GORDON and district attorney HARVEY DENT. GORDON puffs on his cigar as they walk past the police line, lifting it over their heads. They proceed up the alley.
The alley is damp, puddle ridden, with dumpsters making it smell as sour as it looks.
The two men continue up to their goal. As they walk up the alleyway, they talk.

GORDON
Fifth this month.

DENT
He's toying with us, he's good at it too.

GORDON
Another prominent enforcer of the Maroni family. We're gonna’ have a mob war on our hands.

The two men reach their goal. The music begins to swell slowly. There, in the shadows, lies a corpse. A man, 37 years old, his face is covered in shadows, but his blood spatters the asphalt. We cut to the to men’s faces-disgusted. Back on the body the camera zooms in as it slowly pans, the music continues to swell. The camera moves to what looks like a piece of paper near the body. We cut to GORDON who leans down to pick up the item. He lifts it up and the music reaches its highest level. We see what the item is in a POV close up and the music stops.

In GORDON'S hand, we see close, a playing card, a JOKER.

GORDON looks up to DENT.

GORDON
I think it's time you met my partner.

CUT TO.
Ext. GCPD Rooftop. Night.

A light illuminates the two men from the side. The two men, GORDON and DENT stand on the rooftop, waiting.

DENT
How much longer?

GORDON
As long as it takes.

DENT
Oh.

We hear something, like a soft rustle off-screen. The two men hear it as well, they turn and look. Standing in front of a large spotlight is the silhouette of the BATMAN. We cut back to the men's faces as we hear a voice off screen.

BATMAN (off screen)
Gentlemen.

CUT TO.
BLACK

FADE IN.
THE DARK KNIGHT

FADE TO.
RETURNS SUMMER 2008

FADE TO:
BLACK


-R

 

[heypapajinx]

just a shot of the Gotham skyline with the classic batman profile overlooking the city from a rooftop.
super fast flash scenes of the action to come but nothing that is readily decipherable.
joker's laughter in the background.
then fade to black from the sound of bats squeel and wings flapping in the rust colored sky.
2008. The Dark Knight Returns.
simple. builds anticipation by not giving too much away.
awesome.

 

[_manuel_]

Script Idea

Niiice. I like it. A lot.

 

[Excel]

shot of the batman high above the city, standing alone atop the tallest building. the full moon and dark blue sky behind him.

we begin to pan towards-

BATMAN(voiceover)
I have defended this city with all my heart.

FLASHBACK

Gordon and Batman on the roof at the end of batman begins

GORDON
Armed robbery, double homicide-

BACK TO BATMAN

We keep panning closer to him, his cape billowing behind him.

BATMAN(V.O.)
But there is something new. Something bad.

BACK TO GORDON

GORDON
Taste for tyhe theatrical lik you.

BACK TO BATMAN

We are almost at his face-

BATMAN(V.O.)
I dunno what it is. But I do know-

BACK TO GORODN

He flips the card over to reveal the joker-

BACK TO BATMAN

Batman turns and looks at us.

BATMAN
I have to stop him.

He dives off the building-

ON SCREEN TEXT-NEXT SUMMER

-Batman kicks a thug

-Batman runs at the camera-

ON SCREEN TEXT-ITS A KNIGHT

-sweet shot of the batmobile tearing down a road

-Shot Bruce Wayne, Rahcel, Alfred-

-ON SCREEN TEXT-Of Darkness

-Shots of Gordon, Fox.

-Batman leaps off a roof

-Batman gluides in his cape

-cut to a patch of dark clouds-the batsignal illuinated the clouds before us, transofrming into the metallic BATMAN LOGO and the worlds THE DARK KNIGHT shine through it in brilliant blue lettering.

 

[Dark Guardian]

shot of the batman high above the city, standing alone atop the tallest building. the full moon and dark blue sky behind him.

we begin to pan towards-

BATMAN(voiceover)
I have defended this city with all my heart.

FLASHBACK

Gordon and Batman on the roof at the end of batman begins

GORDON
Armed robbery, double homicide-

BACK TO BATMAN

We keep panning closer to him, his cape billowing behind him.

BATMAN(V.O.)
But there is something new. Something bad.

BACK TO GORDON

GORDON
Taste for tyhe theatrical lik you.

BACK TO BATMAN

We are almost at his face-

BATMAN(V.O.)
I dunno what it is. But I do know-

BACK TO GORODN

He flips the card over to reveal the joker-

BACK TO BATMAN

Batman turns and looks at us.

BATMAN
I have to stop him.

He dives off the building-

ON SCREEN TEXT-NEXT SUMMER

-Batman kicks a thug

-Batman runs at the camera-

ON SCREEN TEXT-ITS A KNIGHT

-sweet shot of the batmobile tearing down a road

-Shot Bruce Wayne, Rahcel, Alfred-

-ON SCREEN TEXT-Of Darkness

-Shots of Gordon, Fox.

-Batman leaps off a roof

-Batman gluides in his cape

-cut to a patch of dark clouds-the batsignal illuinated the clouds before us, transofrming into the metallic BATMAN LOGO and the worlds THE DARK KNIGHT shine through it in brilliant blue lettering.

Holy crap! I like that one!

 

[Excel]

chyea chyea

 

[BmAaTn3625]

The screen is black....Warner brothers logo....Legendary Pictures....D.C. Comics....the screen is still black....sirens can be heard....The screen fades in to show cop cars racing down the street flying pace the camera which stays fixed...The camera begins to climb slowly up the building...Music begins to play in the backround...As the camera climbs the music builds...It's dark and raining...The music his pumping as the camera stops at the top off the building...We can only see the silloutte of the building....The music stops for a moment....All that can be heard is the rain....Thunder rumbles....All of a sudden their is a huge flash of lightning...while the lightning flashes we can see Batman crouched on top of a gargoyle on top of a church...his flapping in the wind...The building goes dark again....We then see to white eyes appear in darkness (I have my own theory on how to do the white eyes in the movie)...Lightning flashes again to show that Batman is gone....The music explodes into big loud drum sounds....each sound showing a quick glimpse at scenes....(Thump)Maroni walking....(Thump)Bruce in his office at Wayne Enterprises....(Thump)Rachel Walking out of Gotham Courthouse...(Thump) Harvey Dent walking through a crime scene with several bodies covered in white sheets....(Thump) Gordon standing on the rooftop next to the signal looking up in sky as the camera pulls away....the screen goes black again...a quite, eerie giggle can be heard and builds and builds until it sounds like full blown phycotic laughing....THE DARK KNIGHT can be read on the screen as the laughing persists....The laughing begins to fade off as if walking away...Summer 2008 then appears....

 

[BmAaTn3625]

anybody else have one?

 

[ultimatefan]

I´d like to see Joker show up at the end of the teaser, like, completley out of the blue, superfast glimpse, creepy, scary, laughing maniacally, giving the audience a jump... That would be great...

 

[Sharkboy]

shot of the batman high above the city, standing alone atop the tallest building. the full moon and dark blue sky behind him.

we begin to pan towards-

BATMAN(voiceover)
I have defended this city with all my heart.

FLASHBACK

Gordon and Batman on the roof at the end of batman begins

GORDON
Armed robbery, double homicide-

BACK TO BATMAN

We keep panning closer to him, his cape billowing behind him.

BATMAN(V.O.)
But there is something new. Something bad.

BACK TO GORDON

GORDON
Taste for tyhe theatrical lik you.

BACK TO BATMAN

We are almost at his face-

BATMAN(V.O.)
I dunno what it is. But I do know-

BACK TO GORODN

He flips the card over to reveal the joker-

BACK TO BATMAN

Batman turns and looks at us.

BATMAN
I have to stop him.

He dives off the building-

ON SCREEN TEXT-NEXT SUMMER

-Batman kicks a thug

-Batman runs at the camera-

ON SCREEN TEXT-ITS A KNIGHT

-sweet shot of the batmobile tearing down a road

-Shot Bruce Wayne, Rahcel, Alfred-

-ON SCREEN TEXT-Of Darkness

-Shots of Gordon, Fox.

-Batman leaps off a roof

-Batman gluides in his cape

-cut to a patch of dark clouds-the batsignal illuinated the clouds before us, transofrming into the metallic BATMAN LOGO and the worlds THE DARK KNIGHT shine through it in brilliant blue lettering.

im sorry i just cracked up midway through that one LOL a knight of darkness? LAAAHHHMMMEEE!

oh but great attempt otherwise

 

[Dark Sentinel]

BLACK.

FADE IN- WB LOGO

FADE OUT

FADE IN- DC LOGO

FADE OUT.

FADE IN- EXT. GRAVEYARD

A crowd of mourners stands around a PLAIN COFFIN. Many hold tissues to their eyes, trying to stem their tears. A tombstone at the head of the grave reads RACHEL DAWES

CLOSE ON:

BRUCE WAYNE holds his head down solemnly, but does not cry. His brow is furrowed as he looks at an object in his hand: a JOKER CARD. LIEUTENANT GORDON's words ECHO in his head.

GORDON:
(V.O.)
Armed robbery, double homicide... got a taste for the theatrical, like you...

An EVIL, SADISTIC LAUGH follows Gordon, and a PALE, GHOSTLY FACE with a WIDE, EVIL SMILE flashes across the screen.

Wayne shakes his head.

WAYNE:
This goes way beyond theatrical.

CUT TO:

An ANCHORWOMAN sits at a newsdesk.

ANCHORWOMAN:
While the mysterious, card-dropping serial killer remains at large, Gotham looks for hope in the city's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent.

CUT TO an image of DENT waving to a crowd.

ANCHORWOMAN:
(Cont'd)
Dent replaces the killer's latest victim, former District Attorney Rachel Dawes.

CUT TO:

EXT. ROOFTOP

Gordon and Dent stand atop GCPD Headquarters, the BAT-SIGNAL illuminated behind them.

GORDON:
I think it's time you two met.

Dent looks around at the cityscape.

DENT:
Well, where is he?

BATMAN:
Behind you.

CUT TO BLACK.

FADE IN- BATSYMBOL

FADE IN (On top of BATSYMBOL)- THE DARK KNIGHT

FADE OUT.

FADE IN- SUMMER 2008

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

shot of the batman high above the city, standing alone atop the tallest building. the full moon and dark blue sky behind him.

we begin to pan towards-

BATMAN(voiceover)
I have defended this city with all my heart.

FLASHBACK

Gordon and Batman on the roof at the end of batman begins

GORDON
Armed robbery, double homicide-

BACK TO BATMAN

We keep panning closer to him, his cape billowing behind him.

BATMAN(V.O.)
But there is something new. Something bad.

BACK TO GORDON

GORDON
Taste for tyhe theatrical lik you.

BACK TO BATMAN

We are almost at his face-

BATMAN(V.O.)
I dunno what it is. But I do know-

BACK TO GORODN

He flips the card over to reveal the joker-

BACK TO BATMAN

Batman turns and looks at us.

BATMAN
I have to stop him.

He dives off the building-

ON SCREEN TEXT-NEXT SUMMER

-Batman kicks a thug

-Batman runs at the camera-

ON SCREEN TEXT-ITS A KNIGHT

-sweet shot of the batmobile tearing down a road

-Shot Bruce Wayne, Rahcel, Alfred-

-ON SCREEN TEXT-Of Darkness

-Shots of Gordon, Fox.

-Batman leaps off a roof

-Batman gluides in his cape

-cut to a patch of dark clouds-the batsignal illuinated the clouds before us, transofrming into the metallic BATMAN LOGO and the worlds THE DARK KNIGHT shine through it in brilliant blue lettering.

love it, nolan take note thats the trailer.

 

[Aiden]

I´d like to see Joker show up at the end of the teaser, like, completley out of the blue, superfast glimpse, creepy, scary, laughing maniacally, giving the audience a jump... That would be great...

Venom style

 

[Van Petrol]

BLACK.

FADE IN- WB LOGO

FADE OUT

FADE IN- DC LOGO

FADE OUT.

FADE IN- EXT. GRAVEYARD

A crowd of mourners stands around a PLAIN COFFIN. Many hold tissues to their eyes, trying to stem their tears. A tombstone at the head of the grave reads RACHEL DAWES

CLOSE ON:

BRUCE WAYNE holds his head down solemnly, but does not cry. His brow is furrowed as he looks at an object in his hand: a JOKER CARD. LIEUTENANT GORDON's words ECHO in his head.

GORDON:
(V.O.)
Armed robbery, double homicide... got a taste for the theatrical, like you...

An EVIL, SADISTIC LAUGH follows Gordon, and a PALE, GHOSTLY FACE with a WIDE, EVIL SMILE flashes across the screen.

Wayne shakes his head.

WAYNE:
This goes way beyond theatrical.

CUT TO:

An ANCHORWOMAN sits at a newsdesk.

ANCHORWOMAN:
While the mysterious, card-dropping serial killer remains at large, Gotham looks for hope in the city's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent.

CUT TO an image of DENT waving to a crowd.

ANCHORWOMAN:
(Cont'd)
Dent replaces the killer's latest victim, former District Attorney Rachel Dawes.

CUT TO:

EXT. ROOFTOP

Gordon and Dent stand atop GCPD Headquarters, the BAT-SIGNAL illuminated behind them.

GORDON:
I think it's time you two met.

Dent looks around at the cityscape.

DENT:
Well, where is he?

BATMAN:
Behind you.

CUT TO BLACK.

FADE IN- BATSYMBOL

FADE IN (On top of BATSYMBOL)- THE DARK KNIGHT

FADE OUT.

FADE IN- SUMMER 2008

Nice.....but I don't think they would show the name "Rachel Dawes" on the tombstone at the funeral scene in the trailer. That would be too much of a spoiler.

 

[mushdb3388]

My Idea for the teaser...

[The Familiar tones of the batman begins soundtrack begins to play]

Fade In: Warner Bro's Symbol

Fade To Black

Fade In: DC Symbol

Fade To Black

[The Music picks up, dark and tense]

Fade In: Shot of an alleyway, it's night and the rain is falling. You can hear rats moving and trashcan lids falling... The Camera slowly creeps to the corner, and from around it you begin to hear the sound of choking, someone desperatly fighting for life...

Camera Cuts

Flashes Of:
-The Body Falling to the ground (Slow Motion)
-The rain falling in the alleyway, over his face (Slow Motion)
-A Card floating to the ground, landing next to him (Slow Motion)

Fade To Black

[The Subtle tones of the music fade, the sound of rain dissapears... and silence falls upon the black screen... and from the dark comes a crackled, disturbing laughter]

Fade In: Batman Logo, burning red, and from inside it "THE DARK KNIGHT" appears...

Flashes Of:
-Batman, knelt over the body, Picking up the playing card
-The shot of the Joker on the card

Camera Cuts

Fade In: 2008

Fade Out

 

[HughJackFan420]

all i know is that the trailer (and somewhere included in the movie) should start off with Gordon and Batman talking on the roof again. Gordon saying he left a calling card. batman saying i'll look into it.

 

[Dark Sentinel]

Nice.....but I don't think they would show the name "Rachel Dawes" on the tombstone at the funeral scene in the trailer. That would be too much of a spoiler.

probably... i was having second thoughts about it anyway. but if wayne is just holding a joker card at a funeral ppl might think that he's just thinking about getting the joker idk...

 

[Malone]

shot of the batman high above the city, standing alone atop the tallest building. the full moon and dark blue sky behind him.

we begin to pan towards-

BATMAN(voiceover)
I have defended this city with all my heart.

FLASHBACK

Gordon and Batman on the roof at the end of batman begins

GORDON
Armed robbery, double homicide-

BACK TO BATMAN

We keep panning closer to him, his cape billowing behind him.

BATMAN(V.O.)
But there is something new. Something bad.

BACK TO GORDON

GORDON
Taste for tyhe theatrical lik you.

BACK TO BATMAN

We are almost at his face-

BATMAN(V.O.)
I dunno what it is. But I do know-

BACK TO GORODN

He flips the card over to reveal the joker-

BACK TO BATMAN

Batman turns and looks at us.

BATMAN
I have to stop him.

He dives off the building-

ON SCREEN TEXT-NEXT SUMMER

-Batman kicks a thug

-Batman runs at the camera-

ON SCREEN TEXT-ITS A KNIGHT

-sweet shot of the batmobile tearing down a road

-Shot Bruce Wayne, Rahcel, Alfred-

-ON SCREEN TEXT-Of Darkness

-Shots of Gordon, Fox.

-Batman leaps off a roof

-Batman gluides in his cape

-cut to a patch of dark clouds-the batsignal illuinated the clouds before us, transofrming into the metallic BATMAN LOGO and the worlds THE DARK KNIGHT shine through it in brilliant blue lettering.

Excellent. Took the words right out of my mouth. The only thing that I would have added is the Joker's maniacal laughter right when they show the card in Batman's hand at the end of Begins.

 

[Caped Crusader1]

BLACK.
FADE IN: Warner Brothers Logo.
FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN: Lengendary Pictures Logo.
FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

Ext. Alleyway. Night.

Two men stand separated from a crowd of forensics and police. The two men are Captain JAMES GORDON and district attorney HARVEY DENT. GORDON puffs on his cigar as they walk past the police line, lifting it over their heads. They proceed up the alley.
The alley is damp, puddle ridden, with dumpsters making it smell as sour as it looks.
The two men continue up to their goal. As they walk up the alleyway, they talk.

GORDON
Fifth this month.

DENT
He's toying with us, he's good at it too.

GORDON
Another prominent enforcer of the Maroni family. We're gonna’ have a mob war on our hands.

The two men reach their goal. The music begins to swell slowly. There, in the shadows, lies a corpse. A man, 37 years old, his face is covered in shadows, but his blood spatters the asphalt. We cut to the to men’s faces-disgusted. Back on the body the camera zooms in as it slowly pans, the music continues to swell. The camera moves to what looks like a piece of paper near the body. We cut to GORDON who leans down to pick up the item. He lifts it up and the music reaches its highest level. We see what the item is in a POV close up and the music stops.

In GORDON'S hand, we see close, a playing card, a JOKER.

GORDON looks up to DENT.

GORDON
I think it's time you met my partner.

CUT TO.
Ext. GCPD Rooftop. Night.

A light illuminates the two men from the side. The two men, GORDON and DENT stand on the rooftop, waiting.

DENT
How much longer?

GORDON
As long as it takes.

DENT
Oh.

We hear something, like a soft rustle off-screen. The two men hear it as well, they turn and look. Standing in front of a large spotlight is the silhouette of the BATMAN. We cut back to the men's faces as we hear a voice off screen.

BATMAN (off screen)
Gentlemen.

CUT TO.
BLACK

FADE IN.
THE DARK KNIGHT

FADE TO.
RETURNS SUMMER 2008

FADE TO:
BLACK


-R

nice

 

[Caped Crusader1]

My Idea for the teaser...

[The Familiar tones of the batman begins soundtrack begins to play]

Fade In: Warner Bro's Symbol

Fade To Black

Fade In: DC Symbol

Fade To Black

[The Music picks up, dark and tense]

Fade In: Shot of an alleyway, it's night and the rain is falling. You can hear rats moving and trashcan lids falling... The Camera slowly creeps to the corner, and from around it you begin to hear the sound of choking, someone desperatly fighting for life...

Camera Cuts

Flashes Of:
-The Body Falling to the ground (Slow Motion)
-The rain falling in the alleyway, over his face (Slow Motion)
-A Card floating to the ground, landing next to him (Slow Motion)

Fade To Black

[The Subtle tones of the music fade, the sound of rain dissapears... and silence falls upon the black screen... and from the dark comes a crackled, disturbing laughter]

Fade In: Batman Logo, burning red, and from inside it "THE DARK KNIGHT" appears...

Flashes Of:
-Batman, knelt over the body, Picking up the playing card
-The shot of the Joker on the card

Camera Cuts

Fade In: 2008

Fade Out

not bad

 

[i-n-z-a-n-e]

My Idea for the teaser...

[The Familiar tones of the batman begins soundtrack begins to play]

Fade In: Warner Bro's Symbol

Fade To Black

Fade In: DC Symbol

Fade To Black

[The Music picks up, dark and tense]

Fade In: Shot of an alleyway, it's night and the rain is falling. You can hear rats moving and trashcan lids falling... The Camera slowly creeps to the corner, and from around it you begin to hear the sound of choking, someone desperatly fighting for life...

Camera Cuts

Flashes Of:
-The Body Falling to the ground (Slow Motion)
-The rain falling in the alleyway, over his face (Slow Motion)
-A Card floating to the ground, landing next to him (Slow Motion)

Fade To Black

[The Subtle tones of the music fade, the sound of rain dissapears... and silence falls upon the black screen... and from the dark comes a crackled, disturbing laughter]

Fade In: Batman Logo, burning red, and from inside it "THE DARK KNIGHT" appears...

Flashes Of:
-Batman, knelt over the body, Picking up the playing card
-The shot of the Joker on the card

Camera Cuts

Fade In: 2008

Fade Out

That's a good one, it would be even creepier if while batman holding that joker card you hear a sinister laug

 

[Dark Knight]

Intensity, action, drama and mystery.....