Background of the Study
often include only brief suggestions for planned shots, but by the date of production a screenplay may evolve into a detailed shooting script, in which
action and gestures are explicitly stated. http:www.answers.comtopicscreenplay
A movie script becomes one of the most important things which is really needed to be made as good as possible to make the story in it flows well.
A movie script or a screenplay actually is same with the drama or play: all of them made to be performed. A movie script has the similar structure with a
drama script. The difference is, the movie script is performed in form of movie which is produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by
creating images using animation techniques or special effects, than play or drama is performed on the stage and watched live.
Sometimes, a movie script is made based on the history, a social and or society phenomena. For that reason there are so many movies which are made
based on the true story or real event. History and social and society phenomena can also inspire someone to
create something which reflects the idea of someone, like what Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer did for their movie, Batman Begins although most of people
regard David S. Goyer who wrote the movie script. They made that movie based on Bob Kane and Bill Finger who were the
creators of a super hero named Batman in this thesis, Batman will be called as a crime fighter
, not a super hero because Batman does not have a kind of super PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
power like the other superheroes in form of comics in 1939. Although, only Bob Kane who has the official credit of Batman and known as Batman’s creator.
Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer wrote Batman Begins movie based on and inspired by the social phenomena happened in American society. It is not
first movie which is made based on what the phenomena happened in society. There are several movies based on Batman character, such as in the
animated series of DC universe, like in Batman: The Animated Series. Batman also appears in the silver screen movies, like Batman and Batman Returns which
were directed by Tim Burton and Batman Forever and Batman and Robin were directed by Joel Schumacher. For the last movie, Batman Begins, it was directed
by Christopher Nolan and the movie script was written by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan. http:www.comicvine.combatman1699
Although it is the 5th live-action Batman movie since 1989, the movie is neither a prequel nor a sequel to either the previous Tim Burton or Joel
Schumacher movies, the previous directors of Batman movies, but rather a reboot into its own movie franchise. The film was both a critical and financial success.
The character of Batman was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, though Kane often receives credit as the sole creator. The character first
appeared in Detective Comics 27 1939 and later became popular enough to spawn his own books. http:www.comicvine.combatman1699
What the writer does in this thesis is his admiration about Batman as a unique super hero crime fighter because he does not have super power. He trains
his human abilities, learned the martial arts, acrobatics, strength, and escape artistry which later will be his “weapons” in fighting the crimes.
Batman has provided many of the core story arcs for the DC brand since his creation. He is unique for the simple reason that he has no super
powers and is an ordinary human relying on intelligence, money, inventiveness and detective skills to beat his opponents. A regular member
of the Justice League, though not a founder, he makes up for his lack of super powers with a library of information and weaknesses of numerous
villains and his team mates should they ever go rogue.
http:www.comicvine.combatman1699 From quotation above, we can conclude that Batman is more suitable to be
called as a crime fighter. Batman is also the result from what has been experienced by his persona Bruce Wayne in the past and the result of his feeling
about life in Gotham City. Batman becomes the symbol used by Bruce Wayne to realize what he wants to do toward Gotham City.
Batman Begins movie script written by Christopher Nolan and David S.
Goyer becomes the object of this thesis which discusses about the character of Bruce Wayne as the main character in Batman Begins movie and the use of “bat”
as his crime fighter’s symbol. This thesis also discusses about representation of Batman in American life, like how Batman reflects the American Dream and
Batman as the myth in American life.