SilverWook said:

Thanks for the update. By going Grindhouse with it, are you trying to make it not look like a 1983 film?

Yeah, it's the 80's stuff that really ruins the film for me. It's not as overly 80's as the Dalton outings, but still. The film has a timeless look to it, in places. I don't really want to dirty it up too much. Just give it more of a technicolor hot look.

Is the credit sequence taking form yet? Watching the other Bonds has given me an idea or two...

Yes, I've got a bit of a still frame rough draft taking place. My main plan is something similar to OHMSS as kind of a greatest hits, but only the Connery ones. May include OHMSS, because I feel it's in the top 5.

I really need silhouettes for it. I'll see if I can get something. You cannot have Bond without silhouettes.

On the subject of color correction: Sean Connery's skintone. Did they give him some sort of awful spray tan or something? I've always thought he looked orange in this film.

Sorry guys. I was in the process of moving, so I was without internet for a good month. I pondered the suggestions of color correction and I think I might have to do it to the film.

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4254/bonda.png

This is just a test of a screenshot. I hated how flourescent and cold they made M's office. So I decided to take it back to the warm incandescent office we got in the 60's. I also did a slight shift to the reds, and Connery looks so much better. The boost in contrast makes his toupee look less fake.

for some reason though, image shack always messes up the colors.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

I like the color correction, EyeShotFirst. I say go for it. It's harder to specifically identify the cinematography as distinctively from the mid-1980s with your CC.

Really, aside from a few overly 80's elements (video game, spandex exercise scene, so on) this movie has a fairly timeless style to it.

There is still a lot to work on. While it's silly to try to make this movie exclusively 60's, it's not a bad idea to try and give it the same essence. I don't mind some of the things that are 80's elements. It's the cliche 80's stuff. A good thing there wasn't a montage.

I'm impressed with how well they did the film considering they weren't allowed to do much. Most people couldn't do much better with free rein.

Yeah, I still like Thunderball more, but the effort in NSNA deserves some credit. Plus it's the only non Dalton 80's Bond movie that doesn't bash people in the head with silliness.

I'm still getting the hang of the editing. It's proving hard, because my computer is pretty dated, but little by little.

If I finish this year, it will coincide with the film's 30th anniversary.

Computer is on it's last leg. So, I'm going to have to either replace it or fix it. Replacing it is a better option. Not scrapping the project, but halting it.

I think the move really affected my computer. Maybe getting banged around in the truck. But, all good things must end. My hard drive is still fine, so that's a relief.

I'm planning on doing a build, one piece at time.