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Class, Nitroforce. What program did you edit with?

Forgot to add: I love that remix you did. Seeing all the Blake vs Veidt scenes edited together gave me the chills.

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Thanks guys, I sure had fun making it. I used Adobe Premiere.

Oh, there's the option for better quality now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmXwok6zwI&fmt=18

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How did you get the new trailer in AVI format? Or did Adobe let you edit it as an MOV, without having to convert it.

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He did it.

Yeah, it let me edit the .mov without problem.

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I thought I'd put this in a separate post to make Curi's job easier...
I've just downloaded the new trailer in an HD .mov file. If anyone wants it I can megaupload it.

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no disrespect but it had no flow

The megalist:

This is my comprehensive list of all the footage we've seen, and where it's best found.
For ease of use, I've separated the list by character and put it into chronological order where I can.
N.B. 1 is the teaser trailer, 2 is the Spike footage and 3 is the recent theatrical trailer.

Comedian:
* Comedian in Nam - 3
* "God help us all" - voice alone is 1, video is 2
* The Comedian's full jump from the Owlship at the Keene Riots - 3
* Zoom in Comedian's door - 3
* Comedian looks at shadow under door - 3
* Door kicked in and the Comedian gets up - 3
* Veidt stands in door - 3
* Zoom in on the Comedian as he says "Just a matter of time I suppose" - 3
* Comedian punches chunk out of wall as Veidt ducks - 1
* Comedian being punched - 2
* Blood hits badge - 3
* Comedian thrown across apartment (slow-mo) - 3
* Comedian thrown out of window - 2 starts earlier, 3 finished later - combine for longest clip
* Comedian's coffin being taken to his grave (just above view) - 1
* Aerial shot of grave - 3
* Flag spread out to be put on coffin - 3
* Dan flicks badge into grave - 3

Dr Manhattan:
* View from behind Jon Osterman as he looks out of door with electricity throughout the room - 1
* View of his face through the glass as he turns to look behind him - 1
* Looks at arm to see electricity running through it - 1
* Jon blinking and the watch reaching 12 - 2
* Blueness comes out of him - 1
* Partially formed Dr M appears and disappears in front of janitor - 3
* Cafeteria appearance of Dr M - 1
* Dr M and tank - 2
* Dr M in the sky above the military peeps - 2
* Dr M in 'Nam with jets flying above - 2
* Dr M blows up Vietnamese soldier - 3
* Dr M and Laurie kiss - 1
* Three Dr M's - 1 and Blue Monday (clip zooms right to the eyes but is split into two)
* "Leave me alone!" - 3

Veidt:
* Veidt behind Comedian: "We can save this world" - 3
* Veidt hits assassin into pool - 3
* Veidt looks at camera - 2
* Veidt in front of the TVs - 2

Nite Owl:
* Nite Owl II lands in street - 3
* Nite Owl in front of Owl Ship, cape blowing - 2
* Nite Owl in front of Owlship turning to Laurie. - 3
* Nite Owl II kicking guy in prison - 3
* Nite Owl screams - 1 (Rorschach's narration overlaps the slightly longer cut in 3)

Rorschach:
* Rorschach picks up badge and looks at it - 3
* Rorschach grapples up the apartment building - 3
* Rorschach lands in Comedian's apt. and close up of face - 2
* Rorschach, torch in hand, walks into the Comedian's bedroom - 3
* Secret armoury opens up - 3
* Close shot of Comedian's gun in armoury - 3
* Rorschach jumps to ladder - 3
* Rorschach standing on roof - 2
* Close up of mask in rain - 2
* Rorschach visits giant Dr M at Rockefeller - Blue Monday
* Rorschach walking along street (prostitutes etc) - 3
* Rorschach kicks in door - 3
* Rorschach shoves Moloch against wall - 1
* Aerial shot of SWAT team at Moloch's - 3
* View from door of above - 3
* Rorschach aerosol - 3
* Rorschach hitting a rifle against something or someone - 2
* Someone hit down stairs - 2
* SWAT cop shoots at Rorschach (behind camera) - 3
* Bullets fly as Rorschach jumps towards window - 3
* Rumrunner leap - 3

Laurie:
* Laurie in restaurant: "Jon thinks that there's gonna be nuclear war" - 3
* Laurie walks down steps - 3
* Laurie falls through ceiling - 1
* Laurie turning and running from fire - 3
* Laurie kicks prisoner - 3

Misc:
* "Watchmen" photo taken - 3

* Laurie sliding on top of Dan - 2

* Rorschach at Dan's - 3

* Owlship hovering above protesters - 2
* Riot...Superman-style dummy burnt - 3
* Protester throws bomb - 1
* Someone throws a bomb at the Owlship...hits "eye" in front of Dan - 3

* Owlship out of water - 1
* Owlship flies past camera - 2
* Owlship crashes - 2
* Owlship -> Karnak - 2

* Mars castle zoom out - 1 for full zoom out, 3 for short but starts closer.
* Dr M: "Why would I want to save the world?" - 3
* Laurie: "Do it for me" - 3
* Laurie throws Nostalgia - 2
* Laurie as the palace collapses - 2

* Jonergy - 3
* Dr M and Laurie in ruined NY - 2

* Laurie, Dan and Rorschach walking in Karnak - 2, 3
* Giant Dr M's hand through roof - 2

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Haha! Just editing together my trailer, and it's split up three ways:
The Comedian's death, Jon becoming Dr M and the Keene Riots. I wanted that shot of the Owlship hovering above the mob, but I found that the bit from the first trailer was actually slightly different from the bit in the Spike footage. The first trailer's clip is longer, and in the Spike footage one of the protesters does the "I did it" pose.
The next clip I wanted to use was the bomb being thrown at the Owlship from the most recent trailer. When I saw it again, I saw the same protester make the same pose and realised it was exactly the same clip as the Spike one, except the bomb had been digitally added in! I had thought the guy throwing it was simply thumping the air!
It's got me wondering...also in the Spike footage, Laurie throws the Nostalgia bottle, yet we can't really see it. Had the bottle yet to be added in?

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Wow. That actually really works for me. Using "Unforgettable" makes it downright haunting--now I can't wait to see the opening fight with that as the soundtrack.

Great job!

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"Under no circumstances should anyone encourage the ordinary person to be funny."
--Bob Mackey

Here's my attempt:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XTrHB1kjv28

I don't think it's nearly as good as it could have been....it's so fast-paced that it's hard to take in all the images, save for the fact that we've seen them all before.
I think I'll have another go later.

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Short but sweet. I like it.

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You know, in the beginning I wasn't so sure if it would work out. But that was awesome, great job! Especially towards the end.

I was thinking of using Radiohead as well

Wow, that was awesome! Great job!

I haven't yet started doing my fan trailer, but I will post it here when I have finished it.

Great work thus far, looking forward to other efforts

Not mine, but found this. They've intercut brief scenes not from the trailers, and have used the Rorschach footage, and Moore's voice, from the Mindscape of Alan Moore dvd.

If only they had used HD quality footage...

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You sir, are very talented. I would love to see you do a moodier one with some Phillip Glass, but keeping some of the dialogue, especially the scream from Nite Owl.

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When I get my hands on an AVI-formatted trailer, and cut up my own remixes, at least a few of them will be with Philip Glass. Although the real trailer did take up one of his best pieces, Pruit Igoe, there's still a lot of apt material of his to use. It'll be fun deciding which one.

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He did it.

I hope the soundtrack takes a cue from Glass. It really does elevate the footage to a Kubrickian level.

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AYB, I think that worked surprisingly well. For anyone else making a video, it might be a good idea to keep the original opening intact, just so we can hear Blakes line.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

No offense and I'm not trying to be a prick...


But many of you throwing out suggestions clearly have no idea at all about how audio works, do you? You can't cherry pick bits and pieces without consequences. Doing something like this, you can't just "oh, pluck that line there."

You'd have to have the raw elements to be able to do that.

I'm trying to brainstorm a good way to do mine with some of the dialog intact. Not sure how it'll come out though. We'll see.