https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQLJ_T0SnHs
My trailer, with what I want to achieve in my edit in the description.
Here, I want to write what I wanted to achieve with the trailer itself.
The opening shot of Slave I heading to the planet is entirely new. I made it from compositing images from Star Wars as well as unrelated images together. I wanted to show you the differences I have made, what I have added.
Next, we see a gloved hand block a reed-like snorkel. This is from the Bounty Hunter video game TV advert. I added multiple layers of fog as well as color corrections. I wanted to make sure it felt creepy and that the fog was realistic. It is thicker in the background than the foreground.
The next shot is of Obi-Wan and Anakin. I wanted to have them as the first people we see, as my edit of the film focus more on them, compared to then the first clone battle, like the original edit of Attack of the Clones does (the battle scene is cut short, and the line “begun, the Clone Wars has…” is removed).
The shot of the forest is from the planet that Jango goes to at the beginning of the movie. What happens on that planet, is the beginning of Sidious’s plans. The sun setting represents the coming of darkness, the fade from Anakin to that shot creates a connection between the two of them. Along with Vader’s theme and Palpatine’s voice over, I wished to suggest this movie will focus more on Anakin’s journey to the Dark Side.
The shot of Anakin in pain was originally physical. In my edit, it is emotional. After falling off The Republic Gunship, Padmé is near death. for a brief moment, Anakin finds he is able to use the force to communicate with her. Her heart stops. Feeling her passing is the emotional pain you see him in. Clutching his fist instinctively, he unknowingly brings her back to life. I filmed the shot of the hand, especially for this edit!
The recolorings are pretty simple.
I desaturated the first shot since they are lit in a warm white light and the background lights are blue. It didn’t feel like they were actually in the enviroment. By desaturating I hoped to make this less jarring.
Then there’s the shot of little Boba holding his dad’s severed head. I just wanted to make it more dramatic. As if the darkness reflects his emotions.
I wanted to make the battle “pop” by increasing the saturation just a tad.
Edit comparisons
I really struggled to think of a way to show what I have done in a quick pacey way. These comparisons, along with the total time of the scene both in the original and my edit was my end result.
Deleted Scene
Pretty standard to say you have edited deleted scenes back in, right? (thank-you to Hal9000 for making the upscale I used)
Things I cut out
This was a hard one. How do I show how different my edit is, where the majority of the differences are by cutting things out? I have done a lot to this edit, but cutting stuff out is a clearly in the lead in terms of changes. I could show the new cuts and transitions, but I felt like casual fans wouldn’t understand what dialogue and scenes were cut. I decided to make a compilation of the bits I cut from my edit that I thought would be mildly amusing to see assembled as if they were a trailer for the original film. I understand that it is weird dedicating a whole section to things not in my edit, but I felt this was the best way to show you a large chunk of my edits.
Red Lightsaber
In the canon, lightsabers become red when you pour your dark side emotions into them. I want Anakin’s lightsaber to flash red as he kills the sand people to show that. In Ep III, I will have it flash red more than once. The voiceover in this shot is supposed to be ironic. Like Obi-Wan’s warnings come too late, mainly, I just thought it sounded cool with the visual context.
Feedback welcome!
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I really enjoyed creating the nightmare sequence. Do you like what I have done?
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Let me know what you think!
Part 1: https://youtu.be/hsC7ZRe2DBE
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Bit of a long shot, but has anyone watched anything where there is a shot of Natalie Portman opening her eyes? (one eye in shot is also okay)
In my edit for Ep II, I am experimenting with the idea that Padme’s heart momentarily stops after she falls into the sand dunes, with Anakin bringing her back to life almost unknowingly.
https://vimeo.com/272236842
Here’s a link to an early version of this scene along with other edits. The scene in question starts at 6:49. The password is: star warsI am going to add a high pitched buzzing after her heart stops along with three added shots: A long shot of Padme, zooming out and fading into darkness (done) a close up of Anakin’s fist closing to represent using the force (I’m thinking of filming this myself) and Padme opening her eyes to show she has been revived.
This fixes the plot hole of how Padme knows where the hanger is, as she has “connected” to Anakin before she says the line.
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Hi, sorry for two posts asking very similar things, but does anyone know of a upscale or just a less compressed version of this scene?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYwZn9D-OTw
I have been messing around with trying to fit it in to EpII
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Hi! I’m doing an extensive re-edit of Attack of the Clones, the details I want to put on later, but in short, less of Anakin’s poetry, less of Jar Jar, less set up (Komino is found much quicker), less pointless action (fights and battles shortened), and less continuity errors.
I’m sure many of you are aware of Yoda’s missing cane in his battle against Dooku. And when it re-appears, it is much further into the room then where it looks like it should have fallen (Yoda chucks it down behind him, and it appears in front of him by several feet). So even if you place a still image of it laying on the floor where he drops it, he doesn’t pick it up anywhere near the same place.
I am going to attempt to green screen a cane into the first few frames of this shot, it will hopefully look like he has just stopped holding it, then roll it will drop and roll out of shot towards the center of the room: http://customstarwars.x3.hu/holokron/levitacio_yoda.jpg
I’m thinking of making a clay model of the cane which I can experiment with either live-action or stop-motion and see what works best.
My question is: does anyone know if this continuity error has been fixed before? Or does anyone have a Yoda cane with a bit of screen accuracy for Ep II they could film on a green screen?
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Hi, I have posted before about a “two-part trilogy” for the prequels, (thank-you to all who replied) and just generally making ep II to my liking. I really like this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXHk1HoGAlo
The easiest way would be to download it but YouTube’s compression destroys video quality. Are there any high-quality downloads for this scene? If not, does anyone know which disc (I assume) this is taken from? Please also specify the country or DVD region if you know it.
Thank-you in advance!
-Cathy
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Hi! I wondered if any of you were able to send me a HQ version of the “God, That’s hot!” line spoken by Anakin in the bloopers from the DVD. I don’t expect an upscale, but just one that hasn’t been further compressed.
The clip, from YouTube, for clarification: https://youtu.be/gqzlHhF5XTM?t=157
Hi! I’m still relatively new to this site but I’m sure I saw a topic or something about requesting Sfx for fan edits, but I can’t find it anymore? Has it been removed?