Batman BEGINS


Written by

David Goyer


Thanks to

UBU, faithful servant of Ra's Al Ghul




BLACK. A low KEENING which becomes SCREECHING that BUILDS
and BUILDS until-

RED flickers through black as the screen BURSTS into life:

Clouds of REELING BATS silhouetted against a blood red sky,
bolting away from camera, MASSING in the sky... FORMING a
density the shape of an enormous BAT-LIKE SYMBOL.

More BATS mass, swamping the symbol, DARKENING the screen to-

BLACK. Distant children's LAUGHTER which comes closer as-

SUNLIGHT flickers through black. Sunlight through trees
running through a SUMMER GARDEN. A BOY. Chasing...