Gordon: A Batman Fan Film
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Protecting Gotham requires hard choices to be made, and those choices fall on the shoulders of those willing to take on those burdens.
"GORDON" written and directed by Patrick Logan - from The Rising Tide Productions
Gordon played by Jonathan D. Williams
Joker played by Mark Meer
Batman played by Micah Thompson
Original music by Antoni M. March
Makeup FX by Alex Burns
Director of Photography Justin H. Reich
BTS produced by The Arcane Arts
Special thanks to our producer Chris Burns for involving the CFF team in this project.
Filmed at 24 ATL Studios in Atlanta, Georgia
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Ok, Gordon! Taking control of Gotham. Making the hard choices for the better of the city. What's harder to live with, revenge or resentment? Love the black & white, sets the tone perfectly and give this it's own character. Favorite moment is when the tide changes and Joker senses he's not the craziest one in the wagon. Great job, all the details and hard work can be seen on screen!
Thank you, infectious Designer, we're honored by your comment!! That moment is one of our favorites as well. Mark and Johnathan nailed the characters. Being on set was like walking into a comic book. We continue to be awestruck by the talents of our cast and crew. They are genuinely a Creative Force.
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The Joker’s last line was delivered perfectly.
Fantastic. “I don’t want to die.” Pop.
When you believe Life is a Joke, the punchline is a shallow grave. *ba-dum tsh*
Agreed. Well done.
Thanks for what you said on MEitM. It means a lot! :)
@@EthalaRide You’re most welcome.
In the part where Joker says "I don't want to die", you can hear the fear in his voice and see the terror in his eyes. Well done.
Midnight edge brought me here
Same haha
Mark Meer is absolutely astonishing as the Joker. Wow.
Yes indeed… terrifying
I've never managed to see a batman film that pulls the whole "No killing" thing into an actual perspective without ruining Bruce's characterization. Having Jim play executioner is honestly amazing because it strikes to the core of what makes batman so intresting. Jim isn't a nihilist, he doesn't have the meditations to do it again as far as I see it, and yet he's not absolved. He's committed a nessecary evil, and Bruce will never look at him the same because the "by the book" repor the two have is shattered.
He will always be Commander Shepard to me, but Mark Meer just nailed it as The Joker! 😳
A fellow man of culture. He did amazing. I think I heard some bits of his Vorcha voice in this performance, did you?
@@disayle68 I messaged him with "You need to use this voice for a character in the next ME! And please come back as Shepard."
Mark Meer is a man of many talents.
I know him as Uriah McCawver , A priest of Ezra and King Azelen Rex from his D & D time with the Black Dice Society
@@HypnoticPhantom Vampire The Masquerade: A real well played asshole! Kind of char Shepard would punch.
This was great. Loved it - the writing was great for the piece. Mark as Joker - any day!
This was amazing. I don't think I ever pictured Mark Meer as the Joker before, but he nailed it. The expressions and laugh are perfect. And Jonathan D. Williams was terrific as Jim Gordon. The somber expression, the tone of his voice were all so well suited. Bravo and well done.
The acting. The script. The cinematography. How does this not have a million views? This feels like something from DC, not a fanmade film. Amazing job.
My God this was AWESOME! 7:08 this whole part was so heavy. The _whole van talk_ was heavy. I feel like a lot of people can relate to this at some point. It''s sense of dread, the *MUSIC,* the echoing laughter, and the anticlimactic _taking out the trash._ Was all just *chef's kiss*
Reminds me of the best DS9 episode _In the Pale Moonligh._ "I CAN live with it."
I didn't expect a non star wars film, but this is excellent. The cinematography has improved past great. We'll look forward to your career with great interest.
Mark Meer sent me to see this piece of awesomeness.
This is two people in the back of a car for ten minutes and it's still one of the best Batman stories ever crafted. Indescribable respect to everyone who was a part of this. Thank you.
It’s horrific in its truth
And I love it
Hi, I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite performance of the joker in the citadel.
3:04 Just that cut to Joker gives me such a _visceral_ reaction. It's like The Man Who Laughs, just "Oooh fu- nOPE! nopenopenopenopeNopeNOOOOPE"
Mark Meer is so goddamn talented. Love him 💕
Im pretty floored by this. You managed to do something rare, which is make a fresh, and interesting fan film involving the Joker. Most Joker-centric fan films involve Joker extensively monologuing at a victim strapped to a chair. It was nice to see something a little more based in reality, rather than high-minded pseudo philosophy about duality, or his relationship with Batman. I love the Noir aesthetic- kind of Sin City. I'd love to see more with this cast and director.
Whoever the actor is playing the Joker really nailed it on the head
He is Mark Meer, a very talented voice actor as well
I love how we slowly see Joker become more and more serious. He's trying to get under gordon's skin, but for some reason he isn't getting a reaction. He gets annoyed, clearly. Beautiful performances from everyone, and Joker actually looked really unique and creepy.
*SPOILER ALERT*
The decision to cut the music, pull back to a wide shot with a distant gun shot sound was fantastic.
Although I can see most members of the Bat-Family being deep down glad that the Joker has died, but Bruce’s dynamic with Jim will never be the same. Someone Bruce respected enough to do the right thing technically did do the right thing for the betterment of everyone in Gotham… But not through the name of the law that the two mutually agreed on when they started working together… Now, Bruce can no longer look at Gordon the same way because that mutual agreement is no longer valid because of the “necessary evil” that Jim committed.
I disagree. Batman doesn’t care about laws, I think that’s pretty obvious considering he’s a vigilante, it’s more about the morality of killing itself. While it’s understandable why Gordon did it, it wasn’t right because killing him in cold blood makes him just as bad as him. To further explain the logic is that if he kills Joker he saves tons of lives right? But what happens when that can be a solution to everything? You go from murderers to thieves to simple litterers, once you use it as a solution to prevent crime you essentially cross the line. I don’t think Batman should hold it against Gordon because of who Joker was, but he has a point.
I love the subtlety of the camera work, and the low key acting by the actor who played Gordon, put against the over-the-top acting (that's a total compliment!!!) by the actor portraying the Joker. Seriously, one of the best fan films since Aaron Schoenke and the cast and crew at Bat in the Sun Productions! Fantastic job to everyone!
It's official. Mark Meer is a better Joker than Seth Green, lol...
In all seriousness though, I freaking loved this. Who knew Commander Shepard could play a version of the Clown Prince of Crime that will haunt you in your sleep...
Yes, this was the first time the Joker looked like a supernatural monster almost on the level of how he's draw in the Arkham Asylum graphic novel.
The idea is badass. Mr.J want his death is done by batman but Jim took it so he doesnt want to die.
this joker is like a blend of btas mark hamill joker, heath ledger joker, pennywise, and art the clown from the terrifier
Simply outstanding mark killed it as joker the whole team did amazing job
O.K., I've watched this now for like the 5th time. This is without a doubt the best "fan film" I have ever seen.
Oh. My. God. That was…better than anything I anticipated. I appreciate the bold choices, as well as the exposition, through the dialogue from the Joker in the truck, and Batman nonchalantly removing his mask in front of Gordon. I appreciate the combination of black and white with the mixed designs, where you made the Joker’s look a good mix (his long straight hair and straight jacket reminded me of Jared Leto at the end of the Snyder Cut) not to mention his eyes. I also liked how you gave Batman the smoky eye make-up, presumably inspired by “The Batman”.
I can’t do enough justice to what you did, but this…this is the kind of bold and well-done fan work I appreciate.
It's like Sin City meets The Batman meets Joker. Great pacing, sound design, editing, framing and writing. I have my gripes (costume, some of the acting) but then I remind myself that this is a fan film and those small issues are more than forgiven. This has a cinematic quality rarely seen in fan films, at least for me. Well done, guys. Seriously.
I am a cinema student from spain and seeing this work highly inspired me, the use of the light with the black and white is impressive and you can feel the quality in all the aspects from acting to composition, great work and i do hope you achieve your dreams bro
more please ! loved this. just gordon and his feelings. love the end as well as the final words of joker coming out as he realizes all the bullshit is over. batman isnt handling things, no more arkham. put joker away like old yeller. loved as well gordons words w batman at the end. gordon is pretty much dead inside im gathering which is why he had no issues taking joker out how he did. this is what needed to be seen as a fan film in my view. fucking lvoed it as well as your star wars films too. keep em coming!
Always understood that batman has his code and what not, but Gordon, he’s a cop. He pretty much guaranteed he’s willing to take a life in the right situation just by taking the job. Always figured the end of Joker’s story would come down to something like this…
This is really great. Good job, guys. Gordon deserves more attention as a character.
Yeah. Gordon is cool, always rooted for him
Batman’s actor is badass, Gordon’s is massively impressive, Joker’s is comic accurate and horrifying, congrats to the crew and truly thank you for nearing Nolan’s expertise.
The Batman helmet looked really cool!
Also this Joker is so far the closest we got to live action comic accuracy.
Everytime it focused on Joker it's pretty unsettling because of those creepy eyes. And as if Joker and Gordon's performances weren't good enough for me to hold this together the black and white really added something. I was genuinely shocked by the ending though after what he did to Gordon and disabling Barbara I totally get why he would kill him. By the way I liked that final line "you know it's funny... I don't wanna die." This was honestly very great.
To be honest if i was in Gordon's shoes i would've done same thing to joker if i knew joker caused all this damage to the city of gotham 👮👍✌
Holy shit, this stunned me.
My favorite shot is 3:33, how many expressions Joker went through in such a short amount of time. My gosh, this was like Mark Hamill's Joker in live action, unironically. The dialogue too! (I would've prefered he had short hair and more makeup, but regardless, this performance is genuinely gonna be stuck in my head for a while now. "Where are we *going* Gordon...")
Gordon was impeccable as well. He won me over as soon as the zoom in at 1:25. I love his laugh surprising Joker, and dude...him showing Joker the box of bullets after pouring out far too much personal information and throwing his words back at him... Wow. I saw what was coming just a moment before I was supposed to lol. And what surprisingly sobering last words for Joker too. What a chilling last *word* from Gordon!
I'll even shoutout Batman! He had great body movement in the suit, the suit itself looked GREAT (like the Arkham Knight suit specifically), and I like the hair push after taking off the cowl. Made him feel like a younger Bruce to me, a bit like Robert Pattinson's, which is a huge compliment in my book.
Everyone who helped work on this did fucking great. So nice to see Batman fans so passionate like this. Amazing, impeccable, and fantastic! 👏👏
Totally agree
That long laugh by Joker at the end and his last line was the most honest and sane Joker has ever been
For a long time I've asked why doesn't a cop just take matters into his own hands? (As I am also against Batman ever doing it) And you had THE cop of Gotham do it.
I think I had a feeling the moment Gordon started to open up to Joker and was surprised that you kept it going after they yanked him out of the trunk.
One of the greatest noir short film I've seen on this platform. Also one of the greatest Batman short films as well. Very underrated
Jokers last line was haunting
Mark Meer as The Joker is possibly the best casting choice ever made.
Commander shepherd as the joker, not a bad casting choice
Okay besides the amazing acting, cinematography, lighting, black and white aesthetic is anyone gonna talk about how amazing the Bat cowl? Like its one of the best and I'm assuming its on a budget too so really impressive with the cowl.
Script, actors, director, photography, edition.... W O W. CONGRATULATIONS!
This is amazing. Joker is actually morbidly funny holy shit this is amazing.
Between himself, Batman, and Joker, Gordon is the only sane one out of the three. Absolutely NO rational person would even think there was any other option than putting the Joker to death. I absolutely hate the “no killing is the only option for good” narrative in Batman and Superman lore. Imo, not killing someone as vile, selfish, remorseless, and evil as The Joker to not just give justice to the friends and family of his victims, but to also STOP future suffering at his hands IS THE GOOD THING TO DO. Yes, it won’t bring back the victims, BUT it’s the only thing that can remotely make things right.
Joker to Harley: Report to the ship ASAP, we'll bang, ok?
standing ovation. this is SO much better than the crap hollywood farts out.
Mark Meer’s joker reminds me of Jason Spisak’s from Batman hush and John DiMaggio’s from under the red hood
Incredible job. Beware the fury of a patient man.
Commander Shepard:
"It's Jokin' time!"
This guy NAILS Joker
That's Commander fucking Shepard!
now your name means pure high end quality. and to me you claimed the crown of the best filmmakers on youtube. i love every aspect of your projects, it's so damn brilliant. and that's all i have to say. huge thanks and please never stop.
Wow that was very awesome better than I expected this deserves more views loved it.
This was the best performance i have ever seen on a fan flim you have a new subscriber
Honestly one of the best Batman Fan films I've ever seen. I love everything about this. You guys did absolutely amazing work on this.
You think the joker is so easy to kill? No precautions before you take him in? Hmm? Ha? Aahahahahahaha .. hahahahahahahahahh .. who's driving your van! Are you sure he is still your man and not.... Maroni's?
This is the ultimate ‘Joker wins’ scenario which I'm not sure many commenters realize. Having Batman killed, that's been done before. Having him _kill_ is rarer but there have been stories where J succeded at that. Having Gordon go so against his by-the-book methods? The seminal Joker story's _point_ is that this simply cannot be done.
Big budget films could learn a few lessons from watching this.
I'm a lifelong Batman fan. Have been since the 60's as a kid.
I was instantly drawn in. This definitely fit a Dark Knight story line.
Standing ovasion for everyone that helped bring this to life.
Bruce looks like a young Michael Keaton 😳
Absolutely wonderful the joker pretty damn good, Gordon pretty good too, batman maybe a little young and could use a slightly deeper voice but also pretty damn cool
I was into this quick. What a fabulous script and casting gave a very compelling performance. If THEY don't make them then the fans that love them will keep our shared legends alive. Much appreciated. I'm really into these fan films now, way better than the political trash we've been fed these past few years in our shared lore in so called "pop" culture. This had heart and soul to it which is what REALLY matters.
This thing blew me away! I watched it 4x in a row, picking up on all of the subtleties in acting, writing and camera work. This was like a grittier, alternate version of the animated cartoon brought to life! You can tell there's so much love in this! Bravo! PLEASE crowd fund more! You'll have my support!
i mean...i had the good chiils watching this...these for me is the now cinema movieefreaks like us want and need more of and a tasty hamburger to get involved in ...but i livee in belgium lol heck i'd provide my service for free if it got me at least involved :) geat great wok guys !! bravo!!
Jonathan D. Williams is truly the STAR of this film! His performance was absolutely terrific! GREAT job!
I know, he's fantastic!
Really good short film. One of the best fan films I've seen. I love that you kept it restrained and didn't try to be shocking. The acting was great. The choices for camera shots were subtle but still added a lot to the story. Joker's death in this short is probably my favorite of the many takes I've seen, second only to the Robot Chicken parody
(& maybe also that time he was pulled off a rope ladder by a big gargoyle statue and fell from a hilariously tall church bell tower). I hope you guys have plans for more films in the future.
Woah!!! I'm blown away!! Mark Meer is amazing! But I loved every second! Wonder writing and acting!!!
The fact this is black and white adds to it, love seeing the stuff from you guys
This Joker performance is actually terrifying, he's right up there with Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix.
I would want to watch a movie with him, also the Batman shown seemed ruthless and almost like an attack dog for Gordon. Really good.
And Gordon himself incredible as well.
This joker is creepy yet amusing….exactly what we NEED
I love the noir aspect of the world of Batman. I find it somewhat provocative to see Gordon walk down a dark path. The "chess match" between Joker and Gordon was very well done.
HO-HOLY SHIT! THAT WAS EPIC! Such a dramtic and suiting end to the Joker and a possible what if ending to the story of Gotham! I LOVE IT!
I'm on a fan film binge, and this my friend is a work of art. Excellent camera work, great lighting and effects, a stellar cast. That has to be top 3 Jokers of all time. Thanx for a great watch.
4:18 When Joker said the driver was making a wrong turn, that’s when I knew he was screwed.
Freeze, Ivy, Dent, Tetch. Unlikely as it may seem for most, the rest of Batman’s rogues gallery have a chance at redemption, to change, to go down a better path. The Joker cannot ever take that chance. Whatever capacity for change he may have, he’ll never use it. Killing, ruining lives, breaking families, it’s all he knows and it’s all he wants. Gordon simply did what should’ve been done years ago
Really good would like to see more of this noir story
These are the stories Batman needs to mature as a character.
100% Cinema :)
Everyone is perfectly casted. The cinematography The Score. All perfect! This is the best live action James Gordon i've ever seen. Please do a sequel. I really wanna see Gordon break The Bat signal and go full purge on the city against the criminals. As Batman and The Bat family try to get thru to him.
This was far better than I was expecting. Written by someone who really knows the characters. That scene in the forest really reminds me of the end of the Killing Joke. Good choice.
The Guy who plays joker give him an Oscar now
Now THAT'S how you make a Batman movie. I hope this could be extended into the next phase with the raid and build on it allowing each character to take the lead for their segment.
Well done! Gripping stuff.
Well done You may think about entering the Directors Choice Fan Film awards. A batman film won last year.
Wow didnt think i would enjoy this but this just felt.....perfect. the joker actually scared me. Like a vampire or demon. The acting was good.
Do more. Now.
i LOVE this fan film, the batman is amazing, the actor of jim gordon is impressive, but my favourite thing is the joker,it is horriyng and comic accurate and the black and white is a perfect choice : 10/10
Holy shit, that was like TDK writing at it’s peak like words can not express how good that was I hope you make more movies like this because I really liked it!
This was brilliant. Maybe not the direction I expected it to go in, but the details here are great.
Using monochrome to help with the noir atmosphere, the old-style cop cars and boxy SWAT truck with the old PASGT gear, you got the atmosphere down pat.
Joker's actor was pretty solid too, maybe a little corny but he's good enough and it's well-shot enough that it didn't matter.
Using the SWAT truck pulling up as a way to establish it showing up, introduce the location of the rest of the film, AND make Batman disappear all in one move was a brilliant, efficient play in writing and camerawork.
I have a hard time believing Gordon would ever do in Joker unjustifably but you set up a plausible scenario where he would and frankly even managed to make him a little scary; if anyone knew how to get away with murder it'd be the head of the police, after all. Even Batman hasn't found that body.
10/10.
Damn, it’s perfect
I don't know everything there is about the Joker but I'm pretty sure 8:35 and 9:58 was the most serious he ever sounded regarding anything and I don't think even Batman made him do that. Props to the voice acting all around, especially Mark Meer and Jonathan D.Williams!
Amazing batman fan film, it really shows how fucked up a person like the joker can be in he was real
Its unfortunate they don't hire people like you... people who love the source material
Man, awesome! The set design goes crazy, especially the rooftop scene 🔥
HOLY. FUCK. THIS IS INCREDIBLY UNDERRATED! MARK MEER AS JOKER IS DARE I SAY BETTER THAN MARK HAMILL AS JOKER! THIS DESERVES TO GET AN AWARD!
Well…This was completely and utterly awesome.
Great work! I think Gordon and Joker's actors pulled off the stoicism and insanity respectively of their characters perfectly. I'll be checking out some of your other works.
I heard them mention the project at Midnight´s Edge and I had to come watch, Incredible performance by Mark Meer, congrats to the whole team.
Now that's a movie I can really dig... 🃏 🪦
Fantastic. And Mark Meer is an incredible Joker. Nicely done, guys.
He was giving me a little Robert Carlyle vibes.