The Dark Knight Write Your Dark Knight Trailer 1 Description

[saint sinner x]

This is the thread for writing your dark knight first theatrical trailer description, well here's mine.

DC LOGO COMES UP ONSCREEN

RIGHT AFTER THE WB LOGO COMES UP,

SYMPHONIC OPERA CHOIR MUSIC PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND

WE GET A SHOT OF GOTHAM CITY AT NIGHT FROM ABOVE MOVING SLOWLY

VOICE OVER IN THE BACKGROUND:

"Starting tonight people will die, I'm a man of my words, HAHAHA"

Right after the symphonic opera music picks up, we are then shown bunch of action pieces of the batpod, batman fighting, batman getting shot, buildings being blowned up a messed up gotham city being burned etc etc..... The final shot of the first trailer we get a glimpse of the joker and he laughs...

WE THEN GET THE DARK KNIGHT LOGO AND THE COMING SOON TEXT

What you guys think? and i want to hear some of yours.

 

[Conebone69]

Sounds ok, I'll make one up later

 

[turtlefocker]

You know the Wizard world footage? I would be completely okay if that was released as the Theatrical Trailer.

anywho, this will probably be moved to the non-spoiler section soon.

 

[saint sinner x]

You know the Wizard world footage? I would be completely okay if that was released as the Theatrical Trailer.

anywho, this will probably be moved to the non-spoiler section soon.

yea but it gave too much things away, like twoface being in TDk, I hope they keep two-face as lowprofile as possible with the marketing. Otherwise people will be dissapointed cause we all know twoface will only be there for like 1 or 2 scenes. Just like i was dissapointed with archangel in x-men3 they marketed him like if he was main character status when in the film he was only in it for like 2 scenes.

 

[Joker8906]

two face ww scene will be like venom cc footage not seen til the very end of the last trailer or a seperate trailer all 2gether.

 

[Solidus]

-Darkness
-A voice over of Gordon begins: "No fingerprints...."
-Show a man being taken down a dark corridor, handcuffed, escorted by Gordon in a SWAT vest.
-Voice over continues: "no tags, no ID...."
-Show a man sitting in an intergation room.
-Voice over continues: "nothing....."
-Shows Gordon and a police officer watching Joker through the window of the inttergation room. The police officer turns to Gordon and says: "Who is he?"
-Show a shot of Joker look up at the camera, and slowly smiles at the camera.

-Darkness
-WB symbol/Legendary symbol
-Show a wide shot of Gotham
-Show Harvey giving a political speach: "Criminal's like Falcone were only the begining, we will rid Gotham of the organized crime that has chocked this city for so long! I believe in Gotham!!!!" Shows people cheering at his rally.
-Show Rachael introducing Harvey to Bruce Wayne:
Harvey: Rachael has told me so much about you Mr. Wayne.
Bruce: I sure hope not.
-Show quick shots of Batman fighting thugs.
-Alfred and Bruce are in the "Bat-Garage"
Alfred: You are hiding in this monster you have created, you can't stop evil. This Joker will not stop until one of you is dead!!
Show Bruce with an angry look on his face.
-Now we see quick shots of the Joker crashing Bruce's fancy party, shots of the chase sequence, shots of the Batpod. Shots of Joker dancing with Rachael. We hear the Joker's voice over: "The party doesn't really start until the clown arrives!!!!"
Then we really go to quick flashes of explosions, the Joker Semi tipping over, and Batman beating up Joker in the intergation room.
-The last shot is the Joker picking up a hand held camera talking to it: "I believe in Gotham too!!!" Then he hystericaly laughs.
-Boom: Title Card appears: "THE DARK KNIGHT"

Just something I quickly through together. Not the best, but it would be kinda cool.

 

[Conebone69]

-Darkness
-A voice over of Gordon begins: "No fingerprints...."
-Show a man being taken down a dark corridor, handcuffed, escorted by Gordon in a SWAT vest.
-Voice over continues: "no tags, no ID...."
-Show a man sitting in an intergation room.
-Voice over continues: "nothing....."
-Shows Gordon and a police officer watching Joker through the window of the inttergation room. The police officer turns to Gordon and says: "Who is he?"
-Show a shot of Joker look up at the camera, and slowly smiles at the camera.

-Darkness
-WB symbol/Legendary symbol
-Show a wide shot of Gotham
-Show Harvey giving a political speach: "Criminal's like Falcone were only the begining, we will rid Gotham of the organized crime that has chocked this city for so long!" Shows people cheering at his rally.
-Show Rachael introducing Harvey to Bruce Wayne:
Harvey: Rachael has told me so much about you Mr. Wayne.
Bruce: I sure hope not.
-Show quick shots of Batman fighting thugs.
-Alfred and Bruce are in the "Bat-Garage"
Alfred: You are hiding in this monster you have created, you can't stop evil. This Joker will not stop until one of you is dead!!
Show Bruce with an angry look on his face.
-Now we see quick shots of the Joker crashing Bruce's fancy party, shots of the chase sequence, shots of the Batpod. Shots of Joker dancing with Rachael. We hear the Joker's voice over: "The party does not really start until the clown arrives!!!!"
Then we really go to quick flashes of explosions, the Joker Semi tipping over, and Batman beating up Joker in the intergation room.
-The last shot is the Joker picking up a hand held camera talking to it: "I believe in Gotham too!!! Then he hystericaly laughs.
-Boom: Title Card appears: "THE DARK KNIGHT"

Just something I quickly through together. Not the best, but it would be kinda cool.

Thats awesome. But I think jokers face is shown too much in it, I think his face should only be seen once or twice

 

[cryptic name]

-Darkness
-A voice over of Gordon begins: "No fingerprints...."
-Show a man being taken down a dark corridor, handcuffed, escorted by Gordon in a SWAT vest.
-Voice over continues: "no tags, no ID...."
-Show a man sitting in an intergation room.
-Voice over continues: "nothing....."
-Shows Gordon and a police officer watching Joker through the window of the inttergation room. The police officer turns to Gordon and says: "Who is he?"
-Show a shot of Joker look up at the camera, and slowly smiles at the camera.

-Darkness
-WB symbol/Legendary symbol
-Show a wide shot of Gotham
-Show Harvey giving a political speach: "Criminal's like Falcone were only the begining, we will rid Gotham of the organized crime that has chocked this city for so long! I believe in Gotham!!!!" Shows people cheering at his rally.
-Show Rachael introducing Harvey to Bruce Wayne:
Harvey: Rachael has told me so much about you Mr. Wayne.
Bruce: I sure hope not.
-Show quick shots of Batman fighting thugs.
-Alfred and Bruce are in the "Bat-Garage"
Alfred: You are hiding in this monster you have created, you can't stop evil. This Joker will not stop until one of you is dead!!
Show Bruce with an angry look on his face.
-Now we see quick shots of the Joker crashing Bruce's fancy party, shots of the chase sequence, shots of the Batpod. Shots of Joker dancing with Rachael. We hear the Joker's voice over: "The party doesn't really start until the clown arrives!!!!"
Then we really go to quick flashes of explosions, the Joker Semi tipping over, and Batman beating up Joker in the intergation room.
-The last shot is the Joker picking up a hand held camera talking to it: "I believe in Gotham too!!!" Then he hystericaly laughs.
-Boom: Title Card appears: "THE DARK KNIGHT"

Just something I quickly through together. Not the best, but it would be kinda cool.

right on. awesome trailer idea

 

[DDS]

Made this a little while ago (before the teaser and WW trailer came)

http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=12237348&postcount=1

amd I made this TV spot


http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=12238197&postcount=12

 

[Monster]

Hmm, this threads a bit dead.

I'd love to write my trailer description but I really have no thoughts left in me to write such a masterpiece

Or, I just suck really badly.

 

[bkey]

DC LOGO

WB LOGO

Opens to shots of the funeral parade and scene. At this point there is not audio. Suddenly a gun is shot at the mayor. People begin running. The sound of the gunshot and peoples screaming can be heard.

Music now starts up

Brooding Batman looking over Gotham City at sunset

The Batmobile in action

Batman fighting a thug

Maroni stepping out of a limosene, surrounded by body guards

(The music gets more intense)

Joker's thugs dressed as clowns

The Joker "dancing" with Rachel

Batman on the Batpod

Lt. Gordon in SWAT gear and SWAT team surrounding a building

The explosion of the Gotham hospital

Joker's semi truck flipping; the Joker jumps out and begins mowing down Gotham denizens with machine gun fire while he laughs

The screen goes black and the music stops. Only the Joker's laughter and the machine gun fire can be heard. It fades.

CREDITS PAGE

 

[BubbaGump]

A hazy DC logo emerges from a cloud of green fog...

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The Dark Knight

2008

 

[TheBatman072]

I had a Joker one floating around here somewhere. Maybe it was in the old trailer description thread.

Here it is from memory. And I chose an axe instead of a sledgehammer(and I thought of this idea way before it was said that certain plot leak)

Fading in and a close-up on the Bat-signal, lit up and in all it's shining glory. Start to pan back very slowly away from it. Then, from above, an axe comes right down into the center, shards of metal and glass fly into the camera. The camera pans back a few more seconds, then the axe-wielder begins to dislodge it, and as soon as he does so and starts to bring it up, the camera follows the axe. And ontop of the Batsignal, feet on either side of it on the building's ledge, is a man partly shrouded in shadow and in a purple tux. He brings the axe up and rests it on his right shoulder, blade facing up. He smiles and steps into the light a little more, he starts to giggle, then the giggling turns into loud, unsettling chuckling, which in turn transforms into a high-pitched, insane screaming laughter. He jerks the axe up and brings it down into the camera. Fade to black. Then, after a few seconds, fade in "THE DARK KNIGHT"

 

[Ryudoz]

WB Logo
DC Logo
Legendary Logo
Black Screen
All the lines from the teaser and then...

Batman Symbol lit with green and purple lights whilst a Circus Fanfare plays.

Cut to black
Joker Laughing
Credits, etc.

You know, like a joke for the first trailer.

 

[Argyle of Sock]

-Darkness
-A voice over of Gordon begins: "No fingerprints...."
-Show a man being taken down a dark corridor, handcuffed, escorted by Gordon in a SWAT vest.
-Voice over continues: "no tags, no ID...."
-Show a man sitting in an intergation room.
-Voice over continues: "nothing....."
-Shows Gordon and a police officer watching Joker through the window of the inttergation room. The police officer turns to Gordon and says: "Who is he?"
-Show a shot of Joker look up at the camera, and slowly smiles at the camera.

-Darkness
-WB symbol/Legendary symbol
-Show a wide shot of Gotham
-Show Harvey giving a political speach: "Criminal's like Falcone were only the begining, we will rid Gotham of the organized crime that has chocked this city for so long! I believe in Gotham!!!!" Shows people cheering at his rally.
-Show Rachael introducing Harvey to Bruce Wayne:
Harvey: Rachael has told me so much about you Mr. Wayne.
Bruce: I sure hope not.
-Show quick shots of Batman fighting thugs.
-Alfred and Bruce are in the "Bat-Garage"
Alfred: You are hiding in this monster you have created, you can't stop evil. This Joker will not stop until one of you is dead!!
Show Bruce with an angry look on his face.
-Now we see quick shots of the Joker crashing Bruce's fancy party, shots of the chase sequence, shots of the Batpod. Shots of Joker dancing with Rachael. We hear the Joker's voice over: "The party doesn't really start until the clown arrives!!!!"
Then we really go to quick flashes of explosions, the Joker Semi tipping over, and Batman beating up Joker in the intergation room.
-The last shot is the Joker picking up a hand held camera talking to it: "I believe in Gotham too!!!" Then he hystericaly laughs.
-Boom: Title Card appears: "THE DARK KNIGHT"

Just something I quickly through together. Not the best, but it would be kinda cool.

Seriously, there's no topping this.

 

[Conebone69]

A hazy DC logo emerges from a cloud of green fog...

...

...

...

...

The Dark Knight

2008

Amazing! I'd pay to watch that

 

[ComicBookGuy37]

My Dark Knight Teaser


Darkness.

- A voice-over start – Batman is speaking
BATMAN: I believe in Gotham City.
- A flash of Batman moving around a table
BATMAN: I believe in Harvey Dent.
- A flash of a man’s hands, handcuffed together, tapping the table
BATMAN: Now I’ll only ask once more…
- We see Batman looking down at the man sitting at the table. He has green hair.
BATMAN: Who are you?
- He shakes his head. Batman punches him, and he falls to the floor. He rolls over to reveal: THE JOKER.
THE JOKER: Now things are starting to get funny.

Darkness – laughter can be heard

Warner Bros.
Legendary Pictures
DC

- Gotham City shown in all its glory
- A banner is drawn across a skyscraper. It reads: “I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT”

- A party. Harvey enters, arm in arm with Rachel Dawes. Bruce Wayne approaches them.
BRUCE: Finally, I get to meet the mysterious Harvey Dent.
HARVEY: Rachel’s told me a lot about you, Mr. Wayne.
- Bruce glances at Rachel. She looks away.
BRUCE: I sincerely hope not.

- Bruce and Rachel, away from the rest of the party. She looks angry.
RACHEL: We can’t be together, because you won’t allow it.
BRUCE: No, we can’t be together because you don’t want to date Batman.
RACHEL: Bruce. I’m in love with Harvey. I’m sorry.
- Rachel walks away.

- Pan in on a bank
- The front of the bank EXPLODES
- Flash to a news desk
REPORTER: The series of bombings all over the city continue to baffle the police. The latest of these attacks saw the appearance of several armed men witnesses describe as…
- A group of men wearing metallic clown masks run from the bank explosion
REPORTER: Jokers

- Shot of WAYNE ENTERPRISES, we crane down towards the basement and we are in: THE BAT GARAGE
- Bruce and Alfred sit watching the news.
BRUCE: I’m gonna go to work.

- Quick shots of the Batpod racing through the streets. In a parking lot, SCARECROW leads a group of men dressed as BATMAN.
- Out of nowhere, Batman appears and starts to fight them.
BATMAN: Where’s the Joker?
- Batman holds Scarecrow over the edge of the parking lot, there is a 50 foot drop.

Darkness.

- A school bus screeches around a corner. The driver is the Joker.
- Joker and his goons fight Batman. Batman beats the goons, but Joker knocks him down.

Pan in on, SALVATORE MARONI watching the news. He turns to his right. Batman stands in the shadows.
BATMAN: Do you know who he is?
MARONI: Yes. We hired him to kill you.

A make-up-less Joker pulls down a metallic clown mask over his head, and starts shooting at people.
MARONI: But we couldn’t control him.

Maroni stands over the make-up-less Joker with a knife.
MARONI: We made him what he is now.

The Joker looks at himself in the mirror. He has two enormous gashes along his face.
MARONI: A monster.

Batman sits at the Batcomputer, Alfred stands behind him.
BATMAN: I knew the mob wouldn’t go down without a fight.

Maroni clutches a machine gun, firing at something we can’t see.
BATMAN: But this is different.

The Joker dances with Rachel, holding a knife to her throat.
BATMAN: They’ve crossed a line.

Batman attacks a group of mobsters.
ALFRED: You crossed the line first, sir.

The Joker aims a gun at Maroni’s forehead.
ALFRED: Some men aren’t looking for anything logical.

The Batmobile races through fire.
ALFRED: Some men just want to watch the world burn.

- Thunder crack.
- The Joker stands, his hands behind his back, in the corner of an office. The occupant has just entered. He smiles.
JOKER: Good evening, Mr. Dent.

Gordon stands beside the Bat-signal. Batman is there too..
GORDON: He’s got Dent.

- The Joker stares into a handheld camera.
JOKER: Starting tonight…
- Rachel is trapped inside a water tank. The water level is rising.
JOKER: People will die…
- Gordon leads a SWAT team through a fun fair.
JOKER: I certainly hope you don’t think…
- Harvey Dent is strapped into a chair, in a vest. He is covered in blood and sweat. He screams.
JOKER: That I’m joking…
- One of Scarecrow’s Batman-dressed goons hangs from a noose over the “I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT” banner.
JOKER: After all…
- Back to the Joker in front of the camera.
JOKER: I’m a man of my word!
- He laughs.

Very quick flashes.
- The Batpod explodes.
- Someone knocks Lucius Fox to the floor.
- Alfred aims a shotgun at someone off-screen.
- The Joker pulls out one of his knives, and twirls it in his hands.
- Joker smiles up at Batman from the floor of the interrogation room.
- The “I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT” banner has been covered in Joker-esque graffiti.
- Batman and Joker fight on a Ferris wheel pod that has stopped at the top.
- A coin twirls through the air.

THE DARK KNIGHT

A man sits down at a bar.
MAN: Give me a double.
The bartender stares at him, in shock and fear.
BARTENDER: Harvey, I thought you were dead!
We can see only Harvey’s normal side, but can make out the outline of his scars.
HARVEY: Only half.

2008

It should be about three minutes. What does everyone think?

 

[Symbiotic]

^Not bad.

 

[bkey]

My Dark Knight Teaser


Darkness.

- A voice-over start – Batman is speaking
BATMAN: I believe in Gotham City.
- A flash of Batman moving around a table
BATMAN: I believe in Harvey Dent.
- A flash of a man’s hands, handcuffed together, tapping the table
BATMAN: Now I’ll only ask once more…
- We see Batman looking down at the man sitting at the table. He has green hair.
BATMAN: Who are you?
- He shakes his head. Batman punches him, and he falls to the floor. He rolls over to reveal: THE JOKER.
THE JOKER: Now things are starting to get funny.

Darkness – laughter can be heard

Warner Bros.
Legendary Pictures
DC

- Gotham City shown in all its glory
- A banner is drawn across a skyscraper. It reads: “I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT”

- A party. Harvey enters, arm in arm with Rachel Dawes. Bruce Wayne approaches them.
BRUCE: Finally, I get to meet the mysterious Harvey Dent.
HARVEY: Rachel’s told me a lot about you, Mr. Wayne.
- Bruce glances at Rachel. She looks away.
BRUCE: I sincerely hope not.

- Bruce and Rachel, away from the rest of the party. She looks angry.
RACHEL: We can’t be together, because you won’t allow it.
BRUCE: No, we can’t be together because you don’t want to date Batman.
RACHEL: Bruce. I’m in love with Harvey. I’m sorry.
- Rachel walks away.

- Pan in on a bank
- The front of the bank EXPLODES
- Flash to a news desk
REPORTER: The series of bombings all over the city continue to baffle the police. The latest of these attacks saw the appearance of several armed men witnesses describe as…
- A group of men wearing metallic clown masks run from the bank explosion
REPORTER: Jokers

- Shot of WAYNE ENTERPRISES, we crane down towards the basement and we are in: THE BAT GARAGE
- Bruce and Alfred sit watching the news.
BRUCE: I’m gonna go to work.

- Quick shots of the Batpod racing through the streets. In a parking lot, SCARECROW leads a group of men dressed as BATMAN.
- Out of nowhere, Batman appears and starts to fight them.
BATMAN: Where’s the Joker?
- Batman holds Scarecrow over the edge of the parking lot, there is a 50 foot drop.

Darkness.

- A school bus screeches around a corner. The driver is the Joker.
- Joker and his goons fight Batman. Batman beats the goons, but Joker knocks him down.

Pan in on, SALVATORE MARONI watching the news. He turns to his right. Batman stands in the shadows.
BATMAN: Do you know who he is?
MARONI: Yes. We hired him to kill you.

A make-up-less Joker pulls down a metallic clown mask over his head, and starts shooting at people.
MARONI: But we couldn’t control him.

Maroni stands over the make-up-less Joker with a knife.
MARONI: We made him what he is now.

The Joker looks at himself in the mirror. He has two enormous gashes along his face.
MARONI: A monster.

Batman sits at the Batcomputer, Alfred stands behind him.
BATMAN: I knew the mob wouldn’t go down without a fight.

Maroni clutches a machine gun, firing at something we can’t see.
BATMAN: But this is different.

The Joker dances with Rachel, holding a knife to her throat.
BATMAN: They’ve crossed a line.

Batman attacks a group of mobsters.
ALFRED: You crossed the line first, sir.

The Joker aims a gun at Maroni’s forehead.
ALFRED: Some men aren’t looking for anything logical.

The Batmobile races through fire.
ALFRED: Some men just want to watch the world burn.

- Thunder crack.
- The Joker stands, his hands behind his back, in the corner of an office. The occupant has just entered. He smiles.
JOKER: Good evening, Mr. Dent.

Gordon stands beside the Bat-signal. Batman is there too..
GORDON: He’s got Dent.

- The Joker stares into a handheld camera.
JOKER: Starting tonight…
- Rachel is trapped inside a water tank. The water level is rising.
JOKER: People will die…
- Gordon leads a SWAT team through a fun fair.
JOKER: I certainly hope you don’t think…
- Harvey Dent is strapped into a chair, in a vest. He is covered in blood and sweat. He screams.
JOKER: That I’m joking…
- One of Scarecrow’s Batman-dressed goons hangs from a noose over the “I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT” banner.
JOKER: After all…
- Back to the Joker in front of the camera.
JOKER: I’m a man of my word!
- He laughs.

Very quick flashes.
- The Batpod explodes.
- Someone knocks Lucius Fox to the floor.
- Alfred aims a shotgun at someone off-screen.
- The Joker pulls out one of his knives, and twirls it in his hands.
- Joker smiles up at Batman from the floor of the interrogation room.
- The “I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT” banner has been covered in Joker-esque graffiti.
- Batman and Joker fight on a Ferris wheel pod that has stopped at the top.
- A coin twirls through the air.

THE DARK KNIGHT

A man sits down at a bar.
MAN: Give me a double.
The bartender stares at him, in shock and fear.
BARTENDER: Harvey, I thought you were dead!
We can see only Harvey’s normal side, but can make out the outline of his scars.
HARVEY: Only half.

2008

It should be about three minutes. What does everyone think?

That is absolutely amazing. I got chill bumps reading that. If the movie ends up being anything like your trailer, it would seriously be the best movie...ever

 

[DeaDheaD]

Exploding logo with dialogue..........it could work.

 

[Figs]

How is this a spoiler?

 

[metalhead971]

All the ideas in this thread give me major wood... is that awkward?

 

[He-Man]

Joker Interupts TV Broadcast.
States I believe in Harvey Dent Too, but you better

 

[majemma]

fade in show gordon doing somthing while a voic over of him saying somthing important plays , then show bruce as the voice over continues ..then slowly reveal hints of the joker leading up the a mini montage of batamn in action and more slight hints of heath as the joker ...simple like that

 

[tang126]

This is the thread for writing your dark knight first theatrical trailer description, well here's mine.

DC LOGO COMES UP ONSCREEN

RIGHT AFTER THE WB LOGO COMES UP,

SYMPHONIC OPERA CHOIR MUSIC PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND

WE GET A SHOT OF GOTHAM CITY AT NIGHT FROM ABOVE MOVING SLOWLY

VOICE OVER IN THE BACKGROUND:

"Starting tonight people will die, I'm a man of my words, HAHAHA"

Right after the symphonic opera music picks up, we are then shown bunch of action pieces of the batpod, batman fighting, batman getting shot, buildings being blowned up a messed up gotham city being burned etc etc..... The final shot of the first trailer we get a glimpse of the joker and he laughs...

WE THEN GET THE DARK KNIGHT LOGO AND THE COMING SOON TEXT

What you guys think? and i want to hear some of yours.

No offense at all (I'm not a professional trailer maker), but everything you mentioned is so clichéd at this point...it's everything I hate about most modern movie trailers, starting with the "operatic chorus" thing.



Every movie trailer - especially in the action/sci-fi/fantasy genre starts off with a drum pound, some ominous words on a screen, all building up to a reveal or "ta-da"; and then it's another 25 seconds of quick-cut "action" footage, accompanied by that damn opera chorus stuff (every trailer on the planet has that), then it all builds up to some final thing...an explosion or catchy tagline.

Again, not bagging on you at all. The trailer you describe is perfectly fine and there's nothing outright wrong with it. It's just that it's like every other one out there, and that whole approach is becoming as dull and trite as the "In a world..." voiceover we all joke about now.

No, do something fresh and new...something that isn't a direct lift of the "Fantastic Four", "Constantine" or "National Treasure" trailers. Those trailers are hacky and uninspired, IMO.

So played out, that big operatic chorus and the quick-cut build-up...seen it dozens of times in tons of trailers. It does - or means - nothing to me anymore (and I'm the guy who always shows up to movies early to watch trailers because they've always been my favorite part of the moviegoing experience).

But here lately, the past couple of years...it's like the studios are all using the same playbook and template.