Idea: You know what would make Jake Lloyd a little less annoying?

Author: bkev
Date: 10-Feb-2008, 5:13 PM

Author: bkev
Time: 10-Feb-2008 5:13 PM (Edited)
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If you turn down his pitch… just a little, to make him sound older.

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

Author: reave
Time: 10-Feb-2008 5:22 PM
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That is exactly what I want to do for my future PT edits. There a some really great PT edits out there, and I'll probably use all of them as a basis for mine, but I really want to focus on changing the voices of Lil' Annie, Big Annie and Jar-squared. If Hayden sounded a little less girly, I could see him turning into Vader just a little easier. I've done some experiments in Sonar, and I think I can pull it off.

Author: bkev
Time: 10-Feb-2008 5:26 PM
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In my opinion, Jake Lloyd's lines are usually okay - it's just his delivery that ruins them.

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

Author: reave
Time: 10-Feb-2008 5:37 PM
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I agree. There are a couple of groaners from him, but overall, he just came across weird with his delivery, especially when he was trying to express anger and/or disgust. It made him seem like, well, a little kid. I know he is a little kid, but I just think that as someone who turns into Vader, he should have been more mature. Lucas seemed to be trying really hard to get us to care about the little squirt, by making him yell "YIPPEE!" I think if he had played more on the sad little kid thing, it would have come across more sincere, and made me care more about Lil' orphan Annie.

Author: DF Shadow
Time: 11-Feb-2008 1:21 PM
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I think just simply cutting some of the more cornball lines here and there and banishing yipee will go a long way. I don't know that altering the pitch is necessary.

Author: buddy-x-wing
Time: 12-Feb-2008 9:41 PM
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I think his biggest problem was his stilted delivery and the way he put the wrong emphasis on his words, it just sounded like he we reading an autocue of very corny dialogue.
maybe a combination of lower pitch and some intricate editing of some of his pauses etc to smooth out his dialogue and make it seem a little more natural/ ,although at the same time there are certain lines and his Yippees! that need to be cut completely.

Author: jedi_jra
Time: 13-Feb-2008 11:01 PM
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You know what would make Jake Lloyd a little less annoying?

Removing him completely! Sorry, shameless plug for my edit: The Dark Times.

But in all seriousness, I agree with the above posters, the delivery is just awkward. Some of the Dialog is just bad. An example of both? "We have to help them, Mom. You said that the biggest problem in the universe right now is that no one helps each other.""

Author: Anti-Matter
Time: 14-Feb-2008 12:16 PM
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I tend to agree with jedi_jra.

The only thing that would make Jake Lloyd a little less annoying is a little less Jake Lloyd.

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Author: reave
Time: 14-Feb-2008 10:58 PM
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Originally posted by: Anti-Matter
I tend to agree with jedi_jra.

The only thing that would make Jake Lloyd a little less annoying is a little less Jake Lloyd.

Do I see some roto-scoping in Jake Lloyd's future?

Author: caligulathegod
Time: 15-Feb-2008 12:38 AM
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Only thing that would have made Jake less annoying...

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6030/anakinxw3.jpg

Author: reave
Time: 15-Feb-2008 2:50 AM
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Wow. That's pretty f#*ked up right there.

Can't. Stop. Looking.