Here’s another attempt at that little scene. I added some faint distant explosion sounds when we cut back to Finn and Rey, as well as using audio of Finn breathing heavily from earlier in the film (as in the previous clip I posted). I tried to thread the needle with the music as we transition into Snoke, and I think it’s much better than the initial mockup.
https://vimeo.com/245068520
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Hal, anyone way you could turn on download for this or just send it to me? I have a note about the music but I feel like it’d just be easier to do a quick mock up to show what I mean than to explain it.
Here’s a thing:
https://vimeo.com/245069381
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This is great, one of the things I’m baffled they didn’t do themselves. My one note is that the hyperspace jump sounds are a both maybe a little loud.
I think this idea is best for V2, at least. I remember really liking Neverar’s first attempt at this when he originally posted it. Snoke and Hux basically say “The Republic is destroyed, and now we can destroy the Resistance!”, and I think it shows how useful Starkiller base is. They can destroy all their enemies at once, from across the galaxy. The Republic, the Resistance, and finally Luke (if they had ever discovered his hiding place). And with the First Order apparently being smaller than the Empire, it makes seem smarter. I think it also shows that Snoke does play a part in these machinations, rather than Hux just playing off Snoke’s fears. Here is his original version
Alternate take on Snoke and friends:
https://vimeo.com/221526067
Password: huxI think going back to this simpler idea is good, but it might be worth trying to get closer to Neverar’s original dialogue. Instead of Hux saying, “The Republic, it is wreckage” you might be able to piece together the word “destroyed” from “destroy” and “droid”, then you could have “We [have] destroyed the Republic” or something similar. Hux says both ‘we’ and ‘have’ in the second Snoke scene. Cutting words together like this can be really jarring and noticeable, but it might be worth the attempt.
That actually works pretty well, though you’re right “wreckage” is the one thing that kills it.
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https://vimeo.com/214002065
This is nice and fits emotionally, but the fact that Yoda’s theme is used so heavily is a massive no no to me, unfortunately. Anyway, I think the cue that’s used there doesn’t sound completely victorious anyway, it’s got a bit of bittersweetness to it in my opinion.