TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released) — Page 28

I think that sums it up pretty well! I’m excited for the end result; I’ve done all I can until Sir Ridley and NeverarGreat submit their puzzle pieces to have assembled, previewed, and released. I think V2 will be a substantial improvement thanks to these two.

Don’t forget the stabilized final shot!

Was there anything else I needed to submit?

Excuse me, no. I misspoke. I just need Sir Ridley’s work now. 😃

Well, there was the R2 map search that I wanted to offer up for consideration, so I’d probably get working on that as well.

😃

Watched v1.0 the other day. It’s a great start and really does help the second act. One thing I did think about is… if the star is being drained during the X-Wing approach, why is the stream not visible in that shot? I figure the collector is maybe not the same location as the cannon, but you can still see (sunlight on) the planet–so the star should be behind the camera somewhere, meaning the stream ought to have been visible.

The star was still being drained during the X-wing assault in the original version.

chyron8472 said:

Watched v1.0 the other day. It’s a great start and really does help the second act. One thing I did think about is… if the star is being drained during the X-Wing approach, why is the stream not visible in that shot? I figure the collector is maybe not the same location as the cannon, but you can still see (sunlight on) the planet–so the star should be behind the camera somewhere, meaning the stream ought to have been visible.

The collector was established to be in a different location, but the star was probably in whatever place was best for the lighting of the shot.

Sir Ridley said:
• Hopefully fix a few instances where Kylo is talking to Snoke and his helmet is on where it should be off.

Which scene(s) do you need? I have the shot where Hux walks away infront of Kylo after Snoke tells him to make preparations, but with his helmet rotoscoped on.

Hal 9000 said:

The star was still being drained during the X-wing assault in the original version.

Yes, I know that. So that would also be an additional error with the original; not just that the planet was illuminated after the star was fully drained?

Anything lossless should be fine to output; ProRes is what it’ll be turned into for use.
And if you are able to place Ren’s face on additional shots from that Snoke sequence, that’d be even better!

I don’t know if not seeing the sun being drained as the x-wings approach is an error necessarily, but either way it’s not a problem introduced by our meddling, so I’m unconcerned by it.

Lossless .mov’s would be stellar.

Sir Ridley said:

NeverarGreat said:

Well, there was the R2 map search that I wanted to offer up for consideration, so I’d probably get working on that as well.

Nice, what was the idea there? Don’t think I’ve heard of this.

From quite a few pages back:

JEDIT: I’ll just leave this idea here to come back to later, since there’s edit specific stuff to do right now:

As it is presented in the film, R2 has been in low power mode ‘since Luke went away’. BB-8 suggests that the map to Luke could be in R2’s backup data, and at the end of the film C-3PO says ‘you’ve found what?’, indicating that R2 has been searching his backup files in low power mode since Luke went away. The problem of course is that it is awfully convenient that he just happens to finish his search when everyone needs a morale boost at the end of the film. The idea that the presence of Rey unlocked the data also strains credulity, in my opinion.

So, my idea is to have R2 awaken some moments after BB-8 hits him but after the others are gone, using the beginning of the shot where his lights come on. He has overheard BB-8’s comment about his backup data, something he had not considered. He then starts to comb through his data, perhaps using a new sound and a flashing light on his body, much like the light of a hard drive reading data. Then, at the end of the film, he can complete his search and announce his discovery as usual.

What this edit would require is lengthening the first shot of R2 when BB8 pulls the cover off of him and deleting BB8, and placing the shot at the end of that scene with a blinking light animation to show that he’s now searching for the map. Then the first shot of the second scene may need slight lengthening to show the blinking light coming to a stop before his primary lights come on.

Sir Ridley said:

Progress! Here’s the latest version of the Maz’s castle sequence. Thoughts?

https://youtu.be/TqZeT7FN0c0

As a fan of what you are all doing - though lacking the eye and knowledge for the minutia/detail - I’d say that was a pretty seemless and well executed sequence. Very nicely done 😃

Sir Ridley said:

Progress! Here’s the latest version of the Maz’s castle sequence. Thoughts?

https://youtu.be/TqZeT7FN0c0

Very nice! Unless anyone else points something out, I don’t see anything wrong with it!

Sherman said:

Do the covers I made for v1 need any updating for v2?

That’d be good, to include the final list of changes, and include credit for those who will have contributed since V1. Once that stuff has been compiled, I’ll request it; thanks!

Sir Ridley said:

Progress! Here’s the latest version of the Maz’s castle sequence. Thoughts?

https://youtu.be/TqZeT7FN0c0

Damn! That was near perfection! The redub of Finn is just slightly noticeable but I think this is pretty amazing all in all.

Yep, to me the Finn line is the only thing that still needs work.