EDIT: To give you some notes on your dream idea. I honestly would suggest trying to cut the initial shot of Anakin in bed, and just keep the final shot of him waking up, and see how that works.
I like that! But the scene transition would be bothersome. I need something to go from Yoda to Anakin’s dream sequence, it’s too unclear to go straight from Yoda to dream sequence. but I don’t know what to transition to. Do you have any suggestions? I thought maybe an establishing shot at night time of the building he is sleeping in, but would that be any better than how it is currently? What would that achieve?
I agree with the others that Vader, the Emperor and the Vader line need to be a lot more hidden and subtle, like as fans we will notice it, but I think there still be some ambiguity rather than just being totally obvious, especially if this was for someone hypothetically watching these movies for the first time in chronological order.
Agreed. I’ve got something in mind to make it more ambiguous.
I would also suggest adding a vague/blurry shot or two of actual Tusken raiders, and maybe one of their distorted roars, and maybe those images/sounds could transform into a nightmarish Vader and his breathing. I feel like since this vision is about his mother, it definitely should be more focused on what has happened to her, but with some small hints towards Vader.
I will try it out!
Also, while it doesn’t necessarily have to be the same, instead of just having the vignette around the edges, you could also try to replicate the dream effect from ROTS. Maybe if you can find some kind of smoky overlay effects, and then add a blur effect outside a circle of focus that is centerpunched on the screen. There also seems to be some sort of halo effect that distorts the colors, but I’m not sure what the best approach is to achieve that effect.
Yeah, I’ve got an idea for that. I don’t think I will try and mimic ROTS but I’m going to take inspiration.
Thank-you so much!