TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released) — Page 33

Alternately, since I assume that you made custom matte for the planet, if you like I could just plug that matte into my project.

Another idea to file under the ‘not directly applicable to the project’, this one uses video from the Last Jedi trailer:
https://vimeo.com/213469327
Password: reydream
The compression does unkind things for the effects.

Full quality:
https://mega.nz/#!LZMn1arC!IjhcfEcFzBnOo3d3yQDH4WzI4_UkFRNMApQjQ7gzWGA
Audio:
https://mega.nz/#!2MNH0aLT!ZxwOkkAfimlM-D4tmW63ttdbWz8hooQkARWJBHf0BnA

I feel that this addition makes sense for several reasons.

The first is that the audience doesn’t know much about Rey at this point in the movie, and this shifts her dream of flying to the island from a vague motivation to a strong, specific motivation. It also foreshadows her expansive Force Vision when she touches the lightsaber, and retroactively shows that she has some Force sensitivity even this early in the movie.

The second reason for this is to make sense of Kylo’s reference to her imaginings at night of the sea and the island. As the interrogation stands now his reference is news to the audience, making Rey into something of an unreliable ‘narrator’ when we most need to be sympathizing with her. Since the audience has shared in her daydream, his invasion is more personal.

The third reason for this addition is that it visually establishes Luke’s island from the beginning of the movie, and so when Rey finally reaches the island, the movie visually communicates that one of her strong motivations is now satisfied, bringing greater closure to the film.

^ beautifully done - really good work - and a very cool idea too 😃

Hope it makes it into the Edit - definitely adds to her character and foreshadows her abilities shown later on.

That’s a great edit, one that I would love to see in the restructure for sure. My only complaint is that the cut back to Rey hearing BB-8 is too early. Other than that, it’s great.

I love it as well. It’s too early to guarantee whether it really has a place in this project, but I don’t see any harm in including it. Nice work, man!

Well, without actually watching this clip, I’m not 100% I like the Rey dream idea for this edit. The whole point for this edit is to restructure the SKB and I’m not sure the Rey dream fits with that goal. But as I said, I have yet to watch the video.

MalàStrana said:

There is something very poetic about that dream sequence

“Hopefully it’ll work”
😉

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It may not be strictly within the bounds of this edit, but I thought it was worth submitting for consideration.

There is one more thing that this addition makes more clear that I didn’t realize until now, and that is Maz’s words about how the Force has ‘always been there’.

Here’s version 2 (or 8, but who’s counting?):
https://mega.nz/#!jdFQ1LoI!uhnEtNqFogoeDNRBDui4kp-duoK-KSIEQ3gC4PhYzdE
Audio:
https://mega.nz/#!zIFAhBRR!kb7FIXKDTYv7LZ27QRw2LrNiLz9z4Aj_tYlAtppSSP4

The first water video has been replaced with one that more closely matches the island shot, there’s a slight zoom in on Rey between the two shots, and the island shot has been lengthened and stabilized.

after actually viewing the video i have to say, that this idea is a good one. i would have to agree with ridley on it though. the execution isn’t quite there yet. but it definitely has potential. as far as it being something that is included in this edit…i’m still on the fence

Here’s version 3 of the scene:

https://mega.nz/#!edc3hLzB!jwPhXUHnAxZMXp2CWEBEQ5cYOLKiIH0kdfgZe6sQ5Y4

I totally understand if this doesn’t end up being used in the edit. I just haven’t committed to making a standalone edit of the film since I’m not too concerned with changing or deleting a whole lot. I feel like TFA is too frenetic as is, so most of my interest is in adding and extending crucial shots and scenes to let the film breathe. The biggest change I would make would be what Hal is already doing, so I feel like my edit would be rather superfluous.

JEDIT: There are several references to ships, pilots, and flying in the scene, so it would probably be less jarring if it was more obvious that she was imagining flying a ship. Perhaps compositing her into the cockpit of an imaginary X-wing would sell the illusion and further indicate her unique Force vision ability where she is interacting within the vision itself.

Octorox said:

I like it…but not for this edit. I feel like a new viewer would find it a little jarring.

The R2 stuff totally belongs in this edit though. I like your solution vastly better than the v1 solution of just cutting 3P0’s line.

This is where I’m at on this. 😃

Well everyone, I’m moving out: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Force-Awakens-The-Starlight-Project/id/54912

I’ll still post edit specific ideas here, no worries, but for the miscellaneous ideas I won’t continue cluttering this thread. 😃

Sounds great! I’ll have another thread to subscribe to!

StarWarsFan Sweden said:

H! Sir Ridley love your Fan Edit of TFA, i am working on a fan film and i need a opening crawl for my film but i have not find any good After Effects Star Wars Templates i am also using After Effects. But could you please share/send a copy of your After Effects project file to my email adress which is out34w4@gmail.com

Thank You!

Oh, Sweden. How you make me laugh. If you want a crawl template I have one available that works with blender and can easily be imported into after effects where lense distortion, gate weave, and chromatic abrasion can be applied later. But this is hardly the place to be asking these types of questions. Try direct messaging those you would like help from.