Just as a test, here’s the beginning of the sail barge sequence with flipped shots put back:
https://vimeo.com/238829311
It’s more jarring than the original, without a doubt. Although, I do like that Mark Hamill’s face is flipped back to normal now. I think that’s the main giveaway.Can’t say I found any issue with those shots flipped back, I followed along fine with where the barge was heading and the other ships location to it.
.Val
I believe that because we are so familiar with these scenes we feel like we can follow it fine with shots flipped back, but that’s like being able to walk along a well-known trail without having to watch every step we make because we’ve walked it so often.
If the movie were released with those shots unflipped, it would have hurt more than helped upon a first viewing.
A great example of showing how important the 180 degree rule is, is to watch the “film” that plays at the end of Super 8, the one made by the kid characters. There are intentional breaks of the 180 rule to make it feel like a true amateur film made by kids.
I’ve seen Super 8 a number of times and can’t honestly say I ever noticed anything about this.
I’m not disputing the validity of the 180 rule but I think that maybe editors could fall into habit after using it a lot and end up applying it often when it’s not actually needed.
I understand what someone else said about being familiar with the shots already but I don’t think this is the case, not in respect to me anyway as I’ve never consciously thought about the barge and skiff locations at any point until this discussion, instead just watching the movie unfold as it does. This is how I watched the reflipped shots video and nothing felt out of the ordinary still, I didn’t particularly take notice of the vessels locations to each other except for the fact they were traveling somewhere and then they were stopped by the Sarlac pit with their location to each other unimportant / inconsequential since they are seperate and can travel wherever they wish. The fact the skiff ends up on the other side at the end just means my mind connects the information dots provided and assumes it moved to the other side when getting there (if I even really took notice since I’m more drinking in the location and wondering what fate awaits Han, Luke, etc).
.Val