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Episode 3 - Editing Back in Progress (* unfinished project *) — Page 16

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ben danger: some women look even more pregnant than this from what I've seen. I don't know Natalie Portman's height, but she always seems to be on more of the petite side in movies I've seen her in, so I think the belly size does well, especially when we know that her character is actually carrying twins.

That rotoscoping job on Anakin's saber was nicely done. I like the red saber, too, and, if Anakin were to construct a new saber or simply replace his saber's crystal with a red one between the time he massacres the Separatist leaders and the time Padme arrives on Mustafar, I think it would work well to explain some of the time that should pass while Padme journeys there.

I can imagine a sequence where Anakin metamorphosizes from emotionally-torn to resolute-Dark-Side-devotee; he'd mourn everything he had done recently like he does in the film, then march off into one of the volcanic crater's, think about tossing himself in, catch a glimpse of a shiny red jewel in the volcanic rock, touch it and have a Dark Side vision of saving Padme or of bringing peace to the galaxy with him as absolute ruler, replace his saber's crystal with the red one, then enter a trance as he waits for Padme to arrive.

But to try to actually create a sequence like that... whew! That'd take more talent and time than I've got.

Still doesn't explain the lightsaber Ben gives to Luke, though. Don't have that part figured out. If someone could cobble together some audio of Hayden Christiansen saying something like "Obi-wan, if anything should happen to me, give this to my son", then maybe something could be done. Then again, Anakin and Padme have been keeping their entire relationship a secret from Obi-Wan, though I think my edit may end up downplaying what Obi-Wan does and doesn't know significantly.

There was so much more of Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan's relationship that Lucas should've put on screen! Could've done it, too, probably by scrapping that whole pointless battle sequence on Kasshyk.
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Glad you like, JR. What exactly do you mean by "keep an eye on the buildings behind her"?
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No problem, guitarfan01. Thanks for checking out the vid.
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well the area around the belly distorts as well - the buidlings curve / warp slightly.

The idea of anakin spending more time on Mustafar before Padme arrives is a great one, Sounds fairly complex but something along these lines would make things a bit more interesting I think.

Remember that Palps sent the separatists to mustafar so whatever transpires there would be according to his bidding, even if Ani were to find something left for him....
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Oh, okay. Thanks for the explanation, JR. The background warping is another good thing about using the composite approach instead, as the background isn't effected by the belly addition.

Good point about Palp's manipulations; Mustafar would be a great place for Palps to carrying out further emotional twisting of Anakin by orchestrating what would seem to him to be only chance occurrences.
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Just a tidbit of the compositing approach I'm trying. You might want to loop it as it's only 3-4 seconds long.

Big thanks to Adywan for demonstrating a simpler composite approach which I will probably use if this roto/paint-frame-by-frame method doesn't work as hoped.