Hal 9000 said:
ImperialFighter, your idea works very well and feels very natural. I’m cutting from Finn and Rey turning to start running from the exploding building to the dogfight in space. Cutting back from the shot of the distant oscillator explosion to Finn and Rey again works very well!
I think it’s still better to cut from the saber duel to the X-wings descending toward the trench; cutting back to them in space still talking about the oscillator doesn’t feel right to me.
Thanks for the input!
When I wrote my previous post, I meant to imply that I was INCLUDING the 2 pilot close-ups as they respond to Poe saying “Red Four, Red Six…cover us!”, as well as ALSO including Poe continuing to say “Everybody else, hit the target hard and give it everything you’ve got!” afterwards, before the X-wings then dive downwards - so in case there was any confusion for you and darthrush (or anyone else) about the way I wrote it, I’ve now amended my post.
Glad you liked the ‘distant oscillator explosion’ cut to ‘Finn & Rey’ again - even though I’m not 100% certain how good the music joins together until I try it out sometime.
In the version that you showed, there would be quite a time gap (due to the length of the initial ‘Finn vs Kylo/Rey vs Kylo’ scene which you shortened to keep your clip short) before we resume with the ‘dogfight’ footage in any way.
My reasoning for splitting the ‘dogfight’ footage at the ‘distant oscillator explosion’ shot, before eventually resuming with it again at Poe’s “Red Four, Red Six…cover us!” shot…was because I thought it might better allow for the time it takes for the initial ‘Finn vs Kylo/Rey vs Kylo’ scene to pass…as it might imply that Poe and the other X-wing pilots were STILL having to fight TIEs during that time, and didn’t get a chance to dive downwards immediately, if you see what I mean.
However, the way you’ve split the ‘dogfight’ footage has a nice bit of punch to it…and I may decide to compromise on the ‘time delay’ between your split from Poe’s orders to the X-wings diving down, and end up cutting the scene for myself exactly as you showed! I’ll choose which way I prefer when the time comes, as I’m content to use some ‘cinematic license’ with certain alterations if I think they work well enough.
I thought your clip of the ‘superweapon’ worked really well as it was, but it’s interesting to see that you think it works better without the ‘stardestroyer’ shot.
I’ll be interested to see how your final ‘Snoke’ scenes turn out eventually. Luckily for me, I don’t have to worry about any ‘on/off/on again’ issues concerning Kylo’s mask with trying to get the dialogue/and shots I like. With a little re-structuring, it’s been possible for me to keep enough of the main shots/and dialogue I wanted while keeping Kylo’s face a mystery throughout.