One question though, in the next scene Anakin is looking out a window? This would be Padme's apartment, but weren't you going to cut that scene?
Yes- partially. I'm cutting everything but the scene where Jar-Jar is given the task of being the Senator for Naboo in Padme's absence.
Jar-Jar (maybe subtitled): Don't worry your pretty little head about it, miss. With a brilliant political mind such as mine taking care of things, what could possibly go wrong?
CUT to Anakin looking over at Jar-Jar, then looking back out through the window. CUT to "Be safe, milady" in the next scene. (a transition would be odd for such a short scene)
Mace's lightsaber was blue for a long time in the EU before Lucas officially gave-in to Sam Jackson's request of purple. All that aside, I think it just looks better/suits him better than green.
Sounds good
Are we wanting to give Tatooine a theme here?
Not really- just more of a tribute, maybe.
So even with Dooku as a Sith, there is no "Darth Tyranus"? That would technically make him "Darth Dooku," and I'm not too sure about that.
Yeah, that does sound rather stupid, on second thought.
surely there is a good way to handle this.
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I wasn't actually planning on Sidious saying, "Darth Dooku"- I was either going to cut that line completely or shorten it to, "Welcome home." Maybe Dooku was such a temporary project to Sidious (who was really working on Grievous) that he didn't even bother to give him the "Darth" title. Still thinking about this...
Naboo=Monarchy issue:
I honestly don't know. As it stands, Padme is a senator in II and III because I think you'd lose more than you'd gain from the scenes and clips of scenes you'd have to cut to make it work. Honestly, that aspect of it never bothered me.
However, the "elected at 14" thing seems very silly as well, especially since she does say that she wasn't the youngest queen ever elected. If that line is the most bothersome, I can change it to, "I was the youngest queen ever elected, and I'm not sure I was ready."
Jar-Jar: Pretty much depends on whether I can get a foreign language DVD (like German) that won't be as recognizable as Spanish or French. But if he has an alien language, then so will the Nemoidians and the other Gungans. I really want Jar-Jar to have kind of Australian/British subtitles (using "lad" and "jolly good time" and things like that). I could also easily lower his voice if that is an irritation.
And you keep referring to MagnoliaFan as Kevin, as in Kevin Smith, but I think it's been pretty much confirmed he is NOT Kevin Smith.
No comment, except...don't be so sure.
Your dream notes sound fantastic. You've gone the extra mile to make that beat work. Now Anakin will be so much more sympathetic.
I can't wait for everyone to see that. Out of everything I've done so far, I'm most proud of this.
As for adding a Dukoo line before his death in Ep III -- the line could be as simple as "Wait--!" which has to exist somewhere in LOTR or SW.
I would look through LOTR when doing this scene for III- I'm sure it's there somewhere.
Which means I'd better volunteer to be Lama Su if you still need someone. I can get access to equipment if you can tell me what you need me to do.
Thanks a lot- actually, I have one person already signed up to do it (and he'll do it if no one else auditions). ChainsawAsh was originally going to do it, but he had video card/sound card problems and was not able to do it. However, if you really are available to do voices, it would be a wonderful resource in the future. Thank you!
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Hi, Darthpreston! I agree with everything you've said regarding the music. I have a html doc containing all of the music cuts that were made for Episode II- and it's an unbelievable mess. I definitely want to turn the music up and make it flow as it should.
There's actually alot of good acting moments in the prequel trilogy that could be especially punctuated if the music had been more emotional or even up to a decent feeling in the mix.
I agree- and that's also a John Williams problem. Listen to how carefully crafted the battle music for the attack on the Death Star was, and then listen to the music for the arena. BIG difference. The arena and the clone war will have sound mixes almost completely from scratch.
Now, i think that the same could/ and should be done for episodes I and III. And by that I mean a total overhaul similar to the work being done to Shroud of the Dark Side.
There are some wonderful ideas in this thread for Episode III. I'd love to hear your ideas, though!
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First four minutes of the film are completed (except for the crawl). Done. Final video and final sound mix. Now, I'm working on the droid factory sequence. This is undergoing dramatically different color correction. And I have a question for Lucas and Co.- Why didn't you adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and color after completing the shots? Because the CGI looks so realistic in the droid factory scene now, it isn't funny. It's more dramatic to see the silhouettes of the machines than bright red chords and bright yellow trays.
More on this in the near future (with screenshots)