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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released) — Page 40

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Hal 9000 said:

Here is a list of things I’m currently hoping to get from others for this project, to consolidate it all for the moment:

  • Fixed video for the ‘squeaky wheel’ scene (be it FX wizardry to remove puppetry or cropping while processing the rough video and removing a few white film specks)
  • The ghostly energy of past Jedi entering Rey, from Chase Adams
  • Star Destroyer crashing over Coruscant for the finale (snooker)
  • Ben as a Force Ghost
  • Faint double rainbow over the Lars homestead

I’d be curious to see these as well.

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Just curious, but why do you want to change the color of Leia’s saber blade from blue to purple? Is this is align itself more with old Legends material?

The name’s Lawson. Noah Lawson.

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nl0428 said:

Just curious, but why do you want to change the color of Leia’s saber blade from blue to purple? Is this is align itself more with old Legends material?

Carrie Fisher wished Leia to wield a purple lightsaber.

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That’s probably the best one yet.
You could use shots from the deleted hall way scene in Rots with Anakin, obiwan and shak tii.

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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good idea!!! but I would like to insert the head of alec guinness, I will do some tests

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skenera said:

Leia with a purple lightsaber: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kFbUO3dgxNT1ESg3dzj2SUGcaic8ptqr

Absolutely fucking perfect in every way… Now we need the rest of the film! 😄

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jonh said:

Hello, I am perfecting my version of the force ghost, I need to find good shoots of obi wan and anakin…
https://vimeo.com/409435967
password:jedi

I LOVE how you used deleted footage of Luke!


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jonh said:

Hello, I am perfecting my version of the force ghost, I need to find good shoots of obi wan and anakin…
https://vimeo.com/409435967
password:jedi

This is so wizard! I look forward to seeing the final version. I hope you are sticking with the Sir Alec Guinness version for continuity sake. It took me awhile to let go of Sebastian Shaw at the end of RoTJ, but I’ve come to accept Hayden’s version at the end of that film. I am assuming you’ll use that version of Anakin (Hayden) for this shot?

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jonh said:

Hello, I am perfecting my version of the force ghost, I need to find good shoots of obi wan and anakin…
https://vimeo.com/409435967
password:jedi

I love what you’re doing. And I know some people don’t like having Force ghosts here, but I WANT them. At the very least Luke & Anakin.

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That looks very good, though I question including it in a final product.
Assuming you’re planning to complete it for it’s own sake regardless, perhaps a super low opacity version to be almost subliminal could be cool.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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Darth Sadifous said:

jonh said:

Hello, I am perfecting my version of the force ghost, I need to find good shoots of obi wan and anakin…
https://vimeo.com/409435967
password:jedi

This is so wizard! I look forward to seeing the final version. I hope you are sticking with the Sir Alec Guinness version for continuity sake. It took me awhile to let go of Sebastian Shaw at the end of RoTJ, but I’ve come to accept Hayden’s version at the end of that film. I am assuming you’ll use that version of Anakin (Hayden) for this shot?

Sir Alec Guinness!!!yeahhh

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How can I upload an image here?

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I think the best way to incorporate the force ghosts is to reduce the opacity and have them only blink into and out of existence with every lightning strike in the room. They can probably recede back into nothingness for half a second after the lightning is gone (replicating a sort of after-image effect) but I think relying on an audience’s ability to resolve visual information very quickly will help out a lot.

You can also probably get away with using stills of jedi - thus increasing the ability to exponentially increase with each lightning strike the number of jedi showing up in the background (probably in the far background, too) to support Rey in ghost form.

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I think it might be best to cut the bit where Poe says that he knew Hux was the spy. Oscar Isaac had said that J.J. was allowing them to improvise more on set, and this really felt like one of those moments, especially along with Finn’s response. It really stood out too much.

The name’s Lawson. Noah Lawson.

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I think it would be better if they were more subtle and if they only appeared in a flash of lightning

After being beaten and battered by prequel hate, I promise not to be that to the next generation.

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That looks just wonderful, like the icing on the cake for an already fanservicey scene. Though I agree maybe a more subtle effect (maybe more Jedi appearing with each lightning flash) could do it even better.

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I also think it word work better if we saw subtle flashes of their faces among the lightning flashes. It would work, even though I’m someone who really didn’t go crazy over that scene in the movie.

The name’s Lawson. Noah Lawson.

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I did a meter test only on the flashes but they are not appreciated, it is rare, so I have reduced the size of the ghosts and lowered the opacity

https://vimeo.com/409560575
password:jedi

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jonh said:

How can I upload an image here?

I usually upload an image to imgur.com, then use this format:
Exclamation mark. Open bracket. Image name. Close bracket. Open parenthesis. Image URL. Close parenthesis.

About your tests. They look really nice! I don’t think this is a big issue, but I wonder if in this case it might be more fitting to use the Yoda from TLJ, since that is how we saw him in the previous movie, rather than how he looked in the OT.

Also, are you motion tracking the ghosts with the movement of the shot? It’s hard to tell but they feel a little floaty.

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RogueLeader said:

jonh said:

How can I upload an image here?

I usually upload an image to imgur.com, then use this format:
Exclamation mark. Open bracket. Image name. Close bracket. Open parenthesis. Image URL. Close parenthesis.

About your tests. They look really nice! I don’t think this is a big issue, but I wonder if in this case it might be more fitting to use the Yoda from TLJ, since that is how we saw him in the previous movie, rather than how he looked in the OT.

Also, are you motion tracking the ghosts with the movement of the shot? It’s hard to tell but they feel a little floaty.

Well, they are ghosts.

You’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Am I making Carrie Fisher’s ghost proud?”
Well, are ya, punk?

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Hahaha, I knew someone was going to say that.

But you know what I mean. Force ghosts aren’t normally floaty, and elements that are inserted into shots without being tracked in tend to have that disconnected feeling.

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hahaha, I have not got tracking yet … when I have it more advanced I will do it !!!

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That’s some very nice work. However, I think the only way I would actually want to use it as if it is so subtle that it’s almost hard to notice on the first viewing.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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I still think that seeing the subtle flashes of their faces among the lightning would help out.

The name’s Lawson. Noah Lawson.