Here’s an updated version of that scene the way I cut it. Must’ve accidentally slipped/cut something out, my bad.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXtJBbvOBs3zNmKIiX6LfmS0J8TM-WT5/view?usp=sharing
Probably early stages, but that cut seemed rough.
I’m only ever working on it in the middle of the night, with no feedback beyond “that’s dumb” or something. 😅
The tough thing with re-editing Abrams’ films is his “dancing shots”. That’s a jump cut to be sure, but partially because of the way each shot tracks and frames up multiple shots, “dancing” around. I’m trying to get the spin just right, but no matter what, Rey goes from facing one direction to the other.
Maybe I need to cut from her turn to her walking into frame when Poe is examining BB-8? Right before they walk off or something? I think most of that beat is surrounding Lightspeed Skipping though, I’ll have to look if it works.
JEDIT:
v3
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oMQk3WdYVab50ujf2Ju1qIFtyG8JI03x/view?usp=sharing