Page One: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012)

Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, characters by Bob Kane

The movie version of the opening:

Interesting that the movie version cuts the opening V.O.. Time to reverse engineer the thought process: Probably because during the edit process, it felt either unnecessary … or perhaps excessive.

This raises a point: the value of reading a movie script while watching the film. You can learn a lot by the changes made in the final product.

Page One is a daily Go Into The Story series featuring the first page of notable movie scripts from the classic era to contemporary times. Comparing them is an excellent way to study a variety of writing styles and see how professional writers start a story.

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