The Crow Edit (* unfinished project *)

This is just an idea I’m kicking around for my next edit.

First off, I love the original movie. In my opinion, there’s very, very little wrong with it as a film. I’m also a really big fan of the original comic book. What I’d like to do with this edit is make it a bit more like the experience of reading the comic. I haven’t totally thought it out, but I think this might be a fun thing to try.

Some of my ideas:

• I’d like to make the whole film black and white, maybe even with a sort of sketch effect added to it to make it feel more comic book-esque. The flashbacks I think I’ll leave bright and technicolor-y to contrast the present black and white.
• Begin the film at a different point. Start with the knife fight with Tin-Tin. In the comic book, Eric attacks someone off the bat and the reader is left curious as to what his story is. The structure would become a little more complex, revealing elements of Eric’s backstory as the film goes on.
• Eric does not have to figure out why he is there. He knows his purpose when he is resurrected.
• The little girl is nothing more than a little side character. She didn’t know Eric and Shelly before they died.
• Any of the Skull Cowboy scenes that I can find I will put into the film. I know they exist somewhere.
• Perhaps add some of the quotes and song lyrics that are included in the comic as like static screens.
• As much as I like the soundtrack, I’d like to replace some of the rock songs with scoring. I realized upon a recent viewing just how good the score for this film is.

This could end up being a cool mix of the film and the comic, an interesting way of looking at the movie. I’d love to take some ideas. this project probably won’t get started for a week or two, but I think I’ll do it next.