1. Watchmen Worksheet
1. What did you notice about the visual style of the film?
The visual style of the film was bold and colourful which represents that it is similar to the
comic book style where the images and writing is bold and outgoing which is presented in the
film in the same fashion.
2. Do you think it’s obvious the film was based on a comic? Why?
I don’t think it was obvious that the film was based on a comic as I didn’t see the base line of
the film followed the comic although the characters in the film do represent the comic well and
the film characters are accurate in accordance to the comic characters.
3. How does the narrative of film follow typical comic book conventions?
The narrative is spoken in a form that sounds like reading of a sheet of paper in front of the
narrator and describes what’s going on as speech bubbles do in a comic book.
4. What social message was the film trying to get across?
I understand that the social message that this film was attempting to get across to the public
was that when you put your trust into someone it doesn’t mean that that person won’t ever
break that trust and that team work is important to succeed.
5. Who do you think the target audience is for this film?
The target audience for this film is the middle teens and older up until late thirties, as this film
is a combination of violence, romance and action which can attract various age groups
depending on their preferred genre of film.