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Edge Codes documentary (2004) by Travesty Productions
https://vimeo.com/15059269 (Trailer)
https://vimeo.com/448590129 (Full Doc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkXCbgb_guI (Full Doc)

Website Archive : https://web.archive.org/web/20040925062037/http://edgecodes.com/

Quote : "Film editing has been called “The Music of Light”, “Sculpture in Time”, and “The Mobile Architecture of Film”. But what is montage? What role does film editing play in the art of cinema? How has it evolved, what does it reflect in the world around us, and where is it taking us next?

The documentary film Edge Codes addresses these most fundamental of cinematic questions, and elevates awareness and appreciation of the history, art, craft, and technology of motion picture editing. In combining film excerpts and interviews with eminent film editors, directors, and academics, Edge Codes demonstrates with its own style the very principles and techniques it examines.

Edge Codes delivers an entertaining and informative exploration of the motion picture’s “visual language”: its vocabulary of shots and sequences, its grammar of image assembly, and its evolution as a living, changing, global language."

Documentary’s focus is on the artistry behind editing film. Star Wars and George Lucas show up multiple times. [Connections to George’s film education history and the Canadian Film Board; editing techniques in Star Wars which were needed because of limitation of the shot film/characters; section on the EditDroid; and the transition to all digital and editing/rewriting/changing in all phases of a film’s development.]

Probably remember hearing about this doc coming out in the year leading up to RotS and probably the first time I heard the word Edge Codes. Unfortunately zero technical discussion of how edge codes work or exists but if you are interested in the theories or techniques used in film and how they evolved over time with the evolution of the equipment involved, then this is well recommended documentary to check out.

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Edge Codes documentary (2004) by Travesty Productions
https://vimeo.com/15059269 (Trailer)
https://vimeo.com/448590129 (Full Doc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkXCbgb_guI (Full Doc)

Website Archive : https://web.archive.org/web/20040925062037/http://edgecodes.com/

Quote : "Film editing has been called “The Music of Light”, “Sculpture in Time”, and “The Mobile Architecture of Film”. But what is montage? What role does film editing play in the art of cinema? How has it evolved, what does it reflect in the world around us, and where is it taking us next?

The documentary film Edge Codes addresses these most fundamental of cinematic questions, and elevates awareness and appreciation of the history, art, craft, and technology of motion picture editing. In combining film excerpts and interviews with eminent film editors, directors, and academics, Edge Codes demonstrates with its own style the very principles and techniques it examines.

Edge Codes delivers an entertaining and informative exploration of the motion picture’s “visual language”: its vocabulary of shots and sequences, its grammar of image assembly, and its evolution as a living, changing, global language."

Documentary’s focus is on the artistry behind editing film. Star Wars and George Lucas show up multiple times. [Connections to George’s film education history and the Canadian Film Board; editing techniques in Star Wars which were needed because of limitation of the shot film/characters; section on the EditDroid; and the transition to all digital and editing/rewriting/changing in all phases of a film’s development.]

Probably remember hearing about this doc coming out in the year leading up to RotS and probably the first time I heard the word Edge Codes. Unfortunately zero technical discussion of how edge codes work or exists but if you are interested in the theories or techniques used in film and how they evolved over time with the evolution of the equipment involved, then this is well recommended documentary to check out.

480p?
bad quality…😦

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does anybody know where i can download the mandalorian gallery?

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missed the J.W. Rinzler making of” OT books in the deletet scene category.

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benduwan said:

never seen this before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsBwI99OZ_0

Wow, this is a great find.

I’ve added it, plus the rest of the interview from the same YT channel to the YouTube/Vimeo/etc. finds for Original Trilogy making-ofs, documentaries, promos, etc. thread.

Star Wars is Surrealism, not Science Fiction (essay)
Original Trilogy Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Beyond the OT Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.

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An Original Trilogy era documentary, not seen since its TV debut back in 1983, and very much worth a mention in here is…
 

“Bilder aus Amerika” - The Making of Return of the Jedi (1983) (Released)
 

Corellian Sailor and his friend did a top job with the restoring and remastering of this - and also with the English subtitles too. 👍
 

A little patience goes a long way on this old-school Rebel base. If you are having issues finding what you are looking for, these will be of some help…

Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within : About : Help : Site Rules : Fan Project Rules : Announcements
‘How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + FAQs - includes info on how to search for projects and threads on the OT•com

A Project Index for Star Wars Preservations (Harmy’s Despecialized & 4K77/80/83 etc) : A Project Index for Star Wars Fan Edits (adywan & Hal 9000 etc)

… and take your time to look around this site before posting - to get a feel for this place. Don’t just lazily make yet another thread asking for projects.

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would this Guide not a good idea for other great movies with many bonus content like alien,blade runner,indiana jones…?

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if i can make a suggestion…
would this be possible to change the color for new titles in green?
so can we see whats new there and must not read all again…
could be changed back in blue after 4 weeks…
???
thanks

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I found a mother lode of stuff, most of the extras from the 2015 digital-only release of the Star Wars movies are posted here: https://www.youtube.com/c/LEKHANHProductionsLtd/videos

Some of the videos:
Discoveries From Inside: Models & Miniatures
Conversations: The Star Wars That Almost Was
Discoveries From Inside: Hologram & Bloopers
Conversations: Creating A Universe
Discoveries From Inside: Weapons & The First Lightsaber
Conversations: The Lost Interviews
Discoveries From Inside: Matte Paintings Unveiled
Conversations: The Effects
Discoveries From Inside: The Sounds Of Ben Burtt

and much more. Be sure to go through all of them!

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I’m searching for a pretty specific documentary - I remember that it discussed The Force Awakens, specifically the building of the hallways from Starkiller Base. It’s not on my Blu-ray special features at all.

JEDIT: All I’ve been able to find is this Wired article about the hallways:
https://www.wired.com/2015/11/star-wars-first-order-base/
https://milnersblog.com/2015/11/22/the-force-awakens-blueprints/

Perhaps this was a case of misremembered medium.

You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm.
Episode 9 Rewrite, The Starlight Project (Released!) and ANH Technicolor Project (Released!)

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does anybody knows what happend with Rodney-2187?
last seen january 2022…
hope he´s fine.

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benduwan said:

does anybody knows what happend with Rodney-2187?
last seen january 2022…
hope he´s fine.

I mean his last post was self-explanatory