Watchmen Review Summary - Sam

The Watchmen review is 3 pages long. It starts off by quoting the director of the film and his feelings on the state of film at the moment. “Do we need anymore shitty films in this world”. This also links with his previous works V for Vendetta and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Then goes on to talk about the Watchmen comics. Tells us parts of the plot. Talks about the different perceptions of viewers who have read the novels and those who haven’t. Uses some elements of comedy. Informal language is used. Star rating 4/5.

working titles

1) Raging Redemption: A Blaze of Glory
2) A Blaze of Glory: The Year of the British
3)Raging Redemption Strikes Screens
4)The Real Slumdog- The Future Oscar Winner?
5)Redemption: More action than a Bruce Lee movie
6)Movie causes extreme mayhem
7)Low budget, Big hit!
8)Hottest independent film since slumdog
9) prime times hitting big screens
10) another low budget film in the spotlight

working titles :

PROGRESS EDITING - BILAWAL

On the first day I had free periods on Thursday so me and Sam captured all of our production so we could start filming. I left earlier than Sam since I had to attend lesson but it was only 15 more minutes of capturing from the two hours or so we did.

On friday I started working on the begining of the trailer and had produced the first 15 seconds of it. It looked exactly how we wanted it and planned it to look. It was good as in that first week we did a huge chunk of the trailer.

On Monday I wasn't in, so I didn't edit at all. History Trip.

On Tuesday I came for an hour after school as that is my shift. Then I checked on all the updates that were made on Monday and as far as I can tell it was good. I added some shots in the middle to make it smoother.

On Wedensday I came at lunch with Jaspal and we discussed everything that was done on monday. We then edited some things around and added more fades etc. After school I stayed until 5.30 and added more shots, now we have just over half of the trailer completed.

Factors of the trailer which need to be concluded (Gav)

There is still a lot to do although we are going in the right path to making a successful production.
Aspects of the trailer that are yet to be added:

• Soundtrack
• Voice over
  
• A few shots still to be done
• How the title will be introduced in the trailer
• A clear order of our shots from beginning to end.
• Some shots needed to be uploaded from Jaspal's phone.
  

progress report- jaspal

So far i think we've worked really well in the past few weeks. We have a majority of our footage uploaded onto the computer and have already edited these shots into parts of our trailer, and together we have created the first 50 seconds of our trailer. We realize we still need more shots to have a 2 minute trailer, so we will record more shots on Saturday and upload them the following week. We still need to include sound effects which will go with the action seen on screen, and we need to focus on the audio throughout the movie. Also we need to finish the ending sequence of the trailer, and include things like the production company and create the title with different fonts etc. Another thing we need to do is download the soundtrack and add it to the trailer, and finally make sure that the trailer makes sense and goes well with the soundtrack. I think that we've spent most of our time on media during the past few weeks, and we are all hoping to achieve a high result which will reflect our effort and time spent on the production.

Progress Report (1st Week of Editing) - Sam

So far we have captured all of footage we have shot and uploaded it onto the computer. We have also edited the first 50 seconds of our trailer including edits and effects. We have changed around the order of some of our shots and arranged them in order. After doing this we have realised that we may need a few additional shots which we will film on Saturday. We also need to record some voice overs to help explain the narrative. So far I think our production is going really well and is up to a high standard. We haven't faced too many problems so far apart from realising editing is a painstaking process. We are working at a fast rate with everyone going to editing everyday since last Wednesday. Whilst editing we have experimented with different effects and explored some of the features of Adobe Premiere. We have also asked for second opinions on our trailer and these were all positive with only minor changes needed so far. We are also hoping to add a soundtrack in the next few days. We have worked really well as a group, with everyone contributing their ideas and individually editing, whilst also brainstorming new ideas as a group.