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We Are The Walking Dead (Mini-Series) - FANedit project (* unfinished project *)

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I am very excited to finally, (after nearly four months of work) officially announce my project and the project is simple… turn each season of the show into a single movie that will be part of a mini-series of films.

I LOVE “The Walking Dead” and it’s a good show BUT… well, that’s the whole problem that there is a “but…,” actually there are a few things that bother me. There are waaaaayy to many “filler” scenes that are irrelevant and slow the show down too much. Also, I have a problem with the “flash” scenes where they are trying to show two different things happening simultaneously as it interrupts “the flow” of certain scenes (glen and rick walking with walker guts on them on the street, comes to mind first)

Anyway, I wanted to present the story in a chronological manner (which means that any “flashbacks” from later season relevant to story at the “time” it happens will have that scene “re-inserted” back where it belongs) and concentrating mainly on Rick and, as the story develops, on Glen & Daryl. These three are there from, pretty much, the start, are still alive (spoiler in the middle of season 5) well into the show, and in my mind are the three “strongest” characters. NOT taking away from all others, especially as the series progresses, but initially this is where I am starting. I want to make them seem more capable right off the beginning (which is reflected by the trimming of certain scenes or dialog)

Thanx to Andrea and a few others, I am attempting at making this a multilingual project. I will also be including audio in French, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. I was going to include two others but they were too censored to be usable. Also, I would like to include subtitles for all languages. The final product will be a BD-50 (for each film) in 1080p AVC @27mbps with ALL audio options (I am building custom tracks for each language) in 5.1 24bit DTS-HDMA. I also plan on including a custom built (as I have to work on channel 3 where the dialog is) 5.1 sfx&music only track and a custom commentary track. Of course, there will be a 1080p AVCHD9, a 720p AVCHD5 and some kind of SD format (most likely an mp4 and/or a DVD5)

I AM LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS!!! First, anyone that is willing to look at the SD “workprint” copy I have encoded and give me feedback would be greatly appreciated. The “workprint” is watermarked as such on-screen and it has a timecode that is also onscreen to help easily identify any “trouble” spots on my project timeline. It’s still a work in progress, that I just watched and already know there are 4 audio transitions I have to fix and one scene where a shot needs to be dropped because it interrupts the “flow” of the scene (for those that watch I’m talking about the shot of Andrea being dropped at 59:07)

I will also need a French and Spanish speaker to help me verify the dialog (as sometimes the timing is different to the English version and this may cause issue here and there that need to be addressed) and to help me create proper subtitles in those languages otherwise I will have to “google translator” those and I know that there will be errors. I already have a friend helping me with the Russian and Andrea offered to help with the Italian. I can do the English (of course, LOL) and the Polish tracks myself.

So far, I ONLY have the first film “completed,” well it’s nearly there. I will be working on each one of the next films in the coming months and “releasing” each one as they are finished. If you want to experience the show in a new, fresh way, then this may be for you. I realize that there are two other fanedits of similar nature out there, and each one of them were decent for what the editors intended but they were not my “cup of tea,” so I decided to give this a shot on my own.

I really hope that there will be some people out there willing to “experience” this “alternate ride.” 😮)

Here are two screenshots from the timecoded SD workprint of minor alterations to title cards that I made during the intro to reflect that this is my work and nothing else is altered in this respect:

For those willing to help, please find my thread over on fanres.com (same title of thread) for more details about obtaining the workprint. Also, for those that have access, there is a sub-thread over on AMPS under the FANedit projects. Also, I’m happy to take any questions regarding this project through the PM system here or on fanres.com

Thanx for your time/interest and I hope to hear from some of you soon;o)

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Gosh, that sounds like a real big mess of a project. Even the creators of the show have been struggling with that.

I haven't seen season 5 yet, but in season 4, they were trying awful hard to get back to stories from the comics that the previous seasons had skipped, and to flesh out characters who had been in the comics since the beginning, but in the show, had only just been introduced. Seems like it would be a nightmare to try to rebalance the first three seasons, and it would be impossible to slow down the new characters' storylines to a sensible pace.

Also, I would think you'd have to pull a LotR and change where each season begins and ends, since IMO season 2 has the most "filler".

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Indeed, but I have the "luxury" of a film format versus trying to stretch out a story for an entire season. There is enough footage there (believe it or not) to put together a couple (roughly) hour movie from each season. I have TONS of notes and have re-watched the entire thing and have been trying to assemble a faster paced story but not to the point where everything feels rushed and sloppy. The only way to do this is to concentrate on certain aspects of the storyline and drop numerous "back-stories" that are not really relevant.

It is not an easy task to find the proper balance and I agree with you that later seasons might have to be addressed differently (i.e. your LotR example) For now, I'm focusing on the first film (i.e. season 1) and this has been cut down to ~139minutes (including credits) What needs to be there (IMHO) is left in tact and the rest went "bye-bye." I am still working on it (even though it is now in final stages and honestly is 98% done and just need a couple minor corrections)

If you have any suggestions for me, I suggest you obtain the workprint copy and take a look at the "style" that I'm aiming for;o)

Thanx4ur input... ("...need more input..." - Johnny 5, LMAO)

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jerryshadoe said:

I have TONS of notes and have re-watched the entire thing and have been trying to assemble a faster paced story but not to the point where everything feels rushed and sloppy.

A lot of season 4 already feels rushed and sloppy =) For instance...I'm not sure how to word this without spoiling anything, but the two sisters, the comic characters that they're based on are there almost from the very beginning, so you really get to know them...but in the show, they're revealed so quickly that their storyline really has minimal, if any, effect on the viewer.

I know I'm talking about apples and oranges here, though.

I had a funny idea where you could take all of the material you're excising from the show, and make a "boring edition" fan edit out of it @_@

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This is why I want to take the "best" parts and assemble them into the films. In this case(the girls you speak of), I would just drop that sub-plot entirely as it's not really relevant, is way too rushed and doesn't help move the story forward. In fact, there are numerous "sub-plots" that are just "filler" and make the show seem like a damn soap opera.

Ha, ha, about the "boring edition." there already is a version like that, it's called the tv show, LOL/ just kidding.

If you are interested in more details about this project, check out the thread on fanres.com about this project as there is a little bit more active conversation there;o)