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This article contains information of dubious canonicity. While not officially established as fully non-canonical, certain aspects of the subject may not be part of the official Halo canon.

This article is about the Halo 3 advertisement. For the UNSC ship, see UNSC Starry Night.

Starry Night is a short CG spot, directed by Joseph Kosinski and designed by Digital Domain,^[1] released on December 4, 2006 as an ad for Halo 3 and intended to be used as a television commercial.

Overview[edit]

Ellie in the grass.

It begins with a young John-117 and his childhood friend, Ellie Bloom,^[2] lying in grass contemplating the existence of life on other planets. John turns to look at her, but instead sees the Master Chief's helmet lying on the ground.

It suddenly transitions to the his point of view as the Chief, with the sound of the two kids screaming merging into a Zurdo-pattern Wraith's mortar detonating. He is lying on the desert ground looking at his fallen helmet. Then, he raises his hands up—still dazed and temporarily half-deaf from being knocked out—and staggers towards his helmet while hearing the Ellie's voice in his head again. As soon as the helmet is put on, the camera switches to a third person view, revolving around the Chief who's crouched on the sand, recovering from the blast that sent him off his Mongoose (shown lying on its side). The sound is completely restored now and communication from Cortana and some soldiers could be heard (refer to transcript). An assault rifle is also shown lying on the ground.

John in the grass.

The scene switches to Master Chief getting up - now fully recovered - and holstering the rifle to his back. At this point, a few Plasma Mortars could be seen heading high up into the sky, one of which is heading towards Master Chief. Quickly, he responds to the soldiers - informing them that he is not lost yet - and reaches for a Bubble Shield and activating it just in time as the plasma mortar reaches the vicinity, sending the Mongoose flying away. As soon as the dust clears and the Bubble Shield is down, he starts running forward - at the same time arming himself with the assault rifle while narrowly avoiding an explosion from an unknown source. The camera then switches to tailing the Chief's back, where he is shown to be preparing to take a leap from the edge of a small cliff and drop into a battalion consisting of at least six Wraiths, fourteen Brutes and one Brute Chieftain, who (while the others run away) anticipates the Chief by raising his gravity hammer. The final shot shows the Chief "landing on the camera" and it cuts to a black screen with the words "Halo 3" shown.

Transcript[edit]

John and Ellie are laying in the grass, looking up at the stars.

John: "You ever wonder what's up there?"
Ellie: "Like what?"
John: "Maybe someone up there is wondering what it's like here."
Ellie: "I guess. Do you think we'll ever meet them?"
John: "I hope so. Don't you?" (He turns to look at her, but instead sees a MJOLNIR Mark VI helmet.)

A Wraith mortar detonates nearby. The lighting changes and John, now the Master Chief, wakes up. Myriad voices are heard, some in his head, others from his radio.

Ellie: "Do you think we'll ever meet them?"

John-117 looking at his assault rifle.

Master Chief puts on his helmet, and regains his balance.

Ellie (faintly): "Time to go."
Cortana: "Chief, leave me!"
Marine #1 (radio): "Is anyone out there?"
Marine #2 (radio): "Chief!"
Cortana (faintly): "Chief!"
Sergeant Johnson (faintly): "Chief!"
Marine #3 (radio): "Marines! Fall back now!"
Sergeant Johnson (radio): "Any sign of the Chief?"
Marine #4 (radio): "Negative, Sarge. I think we lost him."
Master Chief: (looking up at incoming mortars, pulls out bubble shield ) "Not yet."

He throws a bubble shield onto the ground, creating a shield that protects him from another Wraith mortar. Quickly, after the dust clears, he runs forward. While running he holsters his pistol and pulls out his assault rifle. He then leaps off a cliff into a pack of Brutes, and the ad ends.

Bungie Official: "Product not yet rated."

Production notes[edit]

The kids and the clumps of grass around them were taken from real footage. The CGI does not begin until the Chief’s helmet is seen for the first time.^[3] As for who the kids seen at the beginning are, Bungie never gave a straight answer. Kevin Paul stated that the trailer took place on Earth. However, he did not explicitly state that the flashback sequence with the children was on Earth.^[4]

Konrad: Frankie, WHERE does the trailer take place?

KP: The trailer takes place on Earth.

The second episode of the Halo 5: Guardians ARG "Hunt the Truth" revealed that the two children from the trailer are a young John and a neighbor called Ellie Bloom.^[2]

Trivia[edit]

This was originally thought to be the Master Chief's face, but was confirmed to be clouds and Covenant cruisers.

The image where Master Chief's face was supposedly seen

The Marathon logo and the "on" symbol are visible on the Master Chief's assault rifle.
The Brute Chieftain in the ad holds a gravity hammer that is identical to the Fist of Rukt.
The plasma mortars were traveling faster than in game mortars, as a projectile is arcing, gravity creates speed and velocity.

Gallery[edit]

The Master Chief's helmet.
Side view of the Master Chief's helmet.
Master Chief uses a Bubble Shield.
Master Chief jumps into a pack of Brutes

Sources[edit]

[1] Digital Domain - Halo 3 "Starry Night"

[htt-2] Hunt the Truth, Episode 01: A Hairline Fracture

[Weekly-3] Bungie.net: Bungie Weekly Update 12/8/2006

[BungieTalk-4] Bungie.net: Halo 3 Q&A With Frankie

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-[[Image:Girl.png|thumb|195px|The girl in the grass.]][[Image:Inside Helmet.png|thumb|195px|The Master Chief's helmet.]]
-[[Image:Halo3 Brutes.png|195px|thumb|Master Chief jumps into a crowd of [[Brutes]]]]
-[[Image:Shield grenade.jpg|195px|thumb|Master Chief uses a [[Shield Grenade]].]]
-[[Image:HALO3 CGI.jpg|195px|thumb|"I think we lost him"<BR>Master Chief - "Not Yet"]]
-[[Image:MasterChiefsFace.jpg|195px|thumb|The image where Master Chief's face was supposedly seen]]
-'''Starry Night''' is a short CG spot released on December 4, 2006 as an ad for [[Halo 3]], and intended to be used as a television commercial.
-== Video Breakdown==
+'''Starry Night''' is a short CG spot, directed by Joseph Kosinski and designed by Digital Domain,<ref>[http://digitaldomain.com/work/halo-3-starry-night/ Digital Domain - Halo 3 "Starry Night"]</ref> released on [[2006#December|December 4, 2006]] as an ad for ''[[Halo 3]]'' and intended to be used as a television commercial.
-It begins with a young boy and girl lying in grass contemplating the existence of life on other planets. Who they are and where they are is unknown and up for debate.<ref name="IRC">http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=765343</ref> The boy turns to look at the girl, but instead sees the [[Master Chief]]'s helmet laying on the ground.
+==Overview==
+[[File:Girl.png|thumb|left|195px|Ellie in the grass.]]
+It begins with a young [[John-117]] and his childhood friend, [[Ellie Bloom]],<ref name="htt">'''[[Hunt the Truth]]''', ''[https://soundcloud.com/huntthetruth/episode-01-a-hairline-fracture Episode 01: A Hairline Fracture]''</ref> lying in grass contemplating the existence of life on other planets. John turns to look at her, but instead sees the Master Chief's helmet lying on the ground.
-It suddenly transitions to the Master Chief's point of view, with the sound of the two kids screaming merging into a Wraith's mortar detonating. The Master Chief is laying on the desert floor looking at his fallen helmet. The Master Chief gets up and various voices are heard in the background as he puts it back on and picks up his dropped [[Assault Rifle]], and we see what appears to be a destroyed [[Mongoose]] flipped-over behind him. In the backround if you look closely,you can see an overturned [[Warthog]] in one part, then it turns into a [[Mongoose]] as the wraith shoots at Master Chief. Bungie may have done this intentionally.
+It suddenly transitions to the his point of view as the Chief, with the sound of the two kids screaming merging into a {{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}'s mortar detonating. He is lying on the desert ground looking at his fallen helmet. Then, he raises his hands up—still dazed and temporarily half-deaf from being knocked out—and staggers towards his helmet while hearing the Ellie's voice in his head again. As soon as the helmet is put on, the camera switches to a third person view, revolving around the Chief who's crouched on the sand, recovering from the blast that sent him off his [[Mongoose (fiction)|Mongoose]] (shown lying on its side). The sound is completely restored now and communication from [[Cortana]] and some soldiers could be heard (refer to transcript). An [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]] is also shown lying on the ground.
-After clipping the weapon on his back (it seems to be held by magnets), he uses a device, temporarily known as a "[[Shield Grenade]]", to protect himself from an incoming plasma mortar, which destroys the overturned [[Mongoose]] / [[Warthog]] in front of him. The Chief takes off running and holsters what appears to be the [[M6D Pistol]] from [[Halo 1]] and detaches the Assault Rifle from his back. He jumps over a ledge to combat Brutes dressed in new armor, and redesigned Wraiths.<ref name="IRC"/> The ad suddenly ends, and the logo for Halo 3 is shown while the Halo Theme is played in the background.
+[[File:H3 Starry Night John.png|thumb|195px|John in the grass.]]
+The scene switches to Master Chief getting up - now fully recovered - and holstering the rifle to his back. At this point, a few Plasma Mortars could be seen heading high up into the sky, one of which is heading towards Master Chief. Quickly, he responds to the soldiers - informing them that he is not lost yet - and reaches for a [[Bubble Shield]] and activating it just in time as the [[plasma mortar]] reaches the vicinity, sending the Mongoose flying away. As soon as the dust clears and the Bubble Shield is down, he starts running forward - at the same time arming himself with the assault rifle while narrowly avoiding an explosion from an unknown source. The camera then switches to tailing the Chief's back, where he is shown to be preparing to take a leap from the edge of a small cliff and drop into a battalion consisting of at least six Wraiths, fourteen [[Brutes]] and one [[Brute Chieftain]], who (while the others run away) anticipates the Chief by raising his [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]]. The final shot shows the Chief "landing on the camera" and it cuts to a black screen with the words "Halo 3" shown.
-== The Kids ==
+==Transcript==
+''John and Ellie are laying in the grass, looking up at the stars.''
+*'''John:''' "You ever wonder what's up there?"
+*'''Ellie:''' "Like what?"
+*'''John:''' "Maybe someone up there is wondering what it's like here."
+*'''Ellie:''' "I guess. Do you think we'll ever meet them?"
+*'''John:''' "I hope so. Don't you?" ''(He turns to look at her, but instead sees a [[MJOLNIR Mark VI]] helmet.)''
-The kids, the clumps of grass around them, were real. The CGI doesn’t begin until you see the Chief’s helmet for the first time.<ref name="Weekly">[http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?cid=9300 Bungie Weekly Update Posted by Frankie at 12/8/2006 3:47 PM PST]</ref>. As for who the kids seen at the beginning are, Bungie has yet to give a straight answer. They may or may not be John and another female Spartan. [[KP]] has confirmed that the trailer took place on Earth:
+''A Wraith mortar detonates nearby. The lighting changes and John, now the Master Chief, wakes up. Myriad voices are heard, some in his head, others from his radio.''
-::Konrad - [[Frankie]], WHERE does the trailer take place?
-::[[KP]] - The trailer takes place on earth.<ref name="BungieTalk">[http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=9321343 Bungie Forums with Frankie and KP]</ref>
-However, he could have been talking about the second half of the commerical where John wakes up from his dream in a battle on Earth.
-At the end of the scene with the children the Master Chief's helmet is where the girl was laying down, indicating that the boy is looking at the helmet. It is also speculated that the girl is [[Kelly-087|Kelly]], one of [[John]]'s friends. This implies that the boy in the ad is a young John-117 and John is having a flashback to one of his memories during his training on Reach (Something backed up by the non-Earth night sky).
+*'''Ellie:''' "Do you think we'll ever meet them?"
-== Transcript ==
+[[File:HALO3 CGI.jpg|195px|thumb|John-117 looking at his assault rifle.]]
+''Master Chief puts on his helmet, and regains his balance.''
-''(Two kids are laying in the grass, looking up at the stars.)''
+*'''Ellie (faintly):''' "Time to go."
+*'''Cortana:''' "Chief, leave me!"
+*'''Marine #1 (radio):''' "Is anyone out there?"
+*'''Marine #2 (radio):''' "Chief!"
+*'''Cortana (faintly):''' "Chief!"
+*'''Sergeant Johnson (faintly):''' "Chief!"
+*'''Marine #3 (radio):''' "Marines! Fall back now!"
+*'''Sergeant Johnson (radio):''' "Any sign of the Chief?"
+*'''Marine #4 (radio):''' "Negative, Sarge. I think we lost him."
+*'''Master Chief:''' ''(looking up at incoming mortars, pulls out bubble shield )'' "Not yet."
-'''Boy:''' "You ever wonder what's up there?"
+''He throws a bubble shield onto the ground, creating a shield that protects him from another Wraith mortar. Quickly, after the dust clears, he runs forward. While running he holsters his pistol and pulls out his assault rifle. He then leaps off a cliff into a pack of Brutes, and the ad ends.''
-'''Girl:''' "Like what?"
+*'''Bungie Official:''' "Product not yet rated."
-'''Boy:''' "Maybe someone up there is wondering what it's like here."
+==Production notes==
+The kids and the clumps of grass around them were taken from real footage. The CGI does not begin until the Chief’s helmet is seen for the first time.<ref name="Weekly">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=9300 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update 12/8/2006'']</ref> As for who the kids seen at the beginning are, [[Bungie]] never gave a straight answer. Kevin Paul stated that the trailer took place on Earth. However, he did not explicitly state that the flashback sequence with the children was on Earth.<ref name="BungieTalk">[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=9321343 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3 Q&A With Frankie'']</ref>
+:'''Konrad''': [[Frankie]], WHERE does the trailer take place?
+:'''KP''': The trailer takes place on Earth.
-'''Girl:''' "I guess. Do you think we'll ever meet them?"
+The second episode of the ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' ARG "[[Hunt the Truth]]" revealed that the two children from the trailer are a young John and a neighbor called Ellie Bloom.{{Ref/Reuse|htt}}
-'''Boy:''' "I hope so. Don't you?" ''(He turns to look at the girl, but instead sees a [[MJOLNIR]] helmet.)''
+== Trivia ==
+[[File:MasterChiefsFace.jpg|195px|thumb|The image where Master Chief's face was supposedly seen]]
+*The ''[[Marathon (Video Game Series)|Marathon]]'' [[List of Marathon References in Halo|logo]] and the "on" symbol are visible on the Master Chief's [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]].
+*The Brute Chieftain in the ad holds a [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] that is identical to the [[Fist of Rukt]].
+*The plasma mortars were traveling faster than in game mortars, as a projectile is arcing, gravity creates speed and velocity.
-''(A Wraith mortar detonates nearby. The lighting changes and Master Chief wakes up. Myriad voices are heard, some in his head, others from his radio.)''
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
-'''Girl:''' "Do you think we'll ever meet them?"
+File:Inside Helmet.png|The Master Chief's helmet.
+File:H3-MasterChief-StarryNight.jpg|Side view of the Master Chief's helmet.
-''(He puts on his helmet, and regains his balance.)''
+File:Shield grenade.jpg|Master Chief uses a [[Bubble Shield]].
+File:Halo3 Brutes.png|Master Chief jumps into a pack of [[Brutes]]
-'''Girl (faintly) :''' "Time to go"
+</gallery>
-'''Cortana:''' "Chief, Don't leave me!" (confirmed)
-'''Soldier #1 (radio):''' "Is anyone out there?"
-'''Soldier #2 (radio):''' "Chief!"
-'''Soldier #3 (radio):''' "Marines! Fall back now!"
-'''Sergeant Johnson (radio):''' "Any sign of the Chief?"
-'''Soldier #4 (radio):''' "Negative, Sir. I think we lost him."
-'''Master Chief:''' ''(looking up at incoming mortars, pulls out shield grenade)'' "Not yet."
-''(He throws a bubble shield onto the ground, creating a shield that protects him from the blast. After the dust clears, he holsters the pistol and grabs the assault rifle on his back and runs forward. He leaps off a cliff into a pack of brutes, and the ad ends.)''
-'''Bungie Official:''' "Product not yet rated."
-== Video Trivia ==
-*One of the voices the Master Chief hears while regaining his balance (Soldier #2 above) sounds like Sgt. Johnson, meaning perhaps that it is another voice in his head, like Cortana's or the girl's.
-*The pistol Master Chief was wielding was an early look at the [[M6G]].
-*When Master Chief grabs the MA5C Assault rifle, the "On" button and [[Marathon]] logo are clearly visible.
-*One of the brutes is using a [[Gravity Hammer]]<ref name="BungieTalk"/>
-*A few of the brutes are using [[Spikers]].
-*Master Chief jumps into a crowd of Brutes and [[Wraith]]s in last seconds of the ad<ref name="BungieTalk"/>
-*When Master Chief picks up his rifle you can clearly see a warthog, but when the Chief activates the shield grenade, you can clearly see the [[Mongoose]] in front of the Chief right before the mortar round makes contact.
-*Just before Master Chief leaps off the cliff, if you look at the sky, the clouds seem to be in a circle and there is a flash of what could be lightning. This is similar to the Halo 3 Annoucement Trailer where just above what might be the Ark, the clouds are spinning in a circle and there appears to be lightning in them. That may mean that the battle part of the trailer is near the remains of Old Mombasa.
-*On the MJOLNIR Helmet, shortly before Master Chief reaches down to grab it, a small image appears. Speculation implies that it is Master Chiefs head, though it also looks, somewhat, like a dog's head. This may coincide with an inside joke within Bungie, regarding a dog's head which they need to take over the world. Others say the face looks like a pig, or a dog. This was later confirmed to be clouds and Covenant cruisers.
 == Sources ==
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+{{Trailer}}
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+[[Category:Canon]]
+[[Category:Halo 3 trailers]]