After a lot more editing and consolidating footage and material, I’ve arrived at a rough cut, running at 6hr 21mins. I’ll be watching this over the course of the next week or so, and hopefully that number comes down.
If any crazy son of a bitch wants to watch the rough cut and provide feedback, let me know and I’ll hook you up, but this is hopefully too long and I can cut it right down while finessing the audio/video.
I’m really excited for this. Can’t wait for the final version.
One of my favourite things I’ve done in this whole TPM thing, which is just talking about Doug Chiang and his process with George and with design. It’s so fun combining so many different sources and intercutting everything to tell one story. It’s great, and I’m enjoying it.
I’ve watched through my 2nd rough cut, and am now making adjustments, both technical and story-wise to get everything feeling smooth and cohesive, which means cutting and rearranging materials. Right now I’ve locked Part 1-4, which leaves 5-14. Hopefully it’s done soon-ish.
One of my favourite things I’ve done in this whole TPM thing, which is just talking about Doug Chiang and his process with George and with design. It’s so fun combining so many different sources and intercutting everything to tell one story. It’s great, and I’m enjoying it.
I’ve watched through my 2nd rough cut, and am now making adjustments, both technical and story-wise to get everything feeling smooth and cohesive, which means cutting and rearranging materials. Right now I’ve locked Part 1-4, which leaves 5-14. Hopefully it’s done soon-ish.
So cool. Can’t wait to see the whole thing.
ohhh now this is exciting
“You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view” — Obi-Wan Kenobi
Man, this is great work! The topic is so focused that changing sources doesn’t break the flow at all. I’d love to sit down and watch all of this with my dad and bask in the Phantom Menace nostalgia!
in fact, if you still have the rough cut, id love to give it a watch if you’re willing
“You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view” — Obi-Wan Kenobi
I’m really enjoying this series. Unfortunately, I noticed a couple typos. Going by the YouTube upload timestamps on these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NaUNTvYyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6AJJG9X5A
In Part 1 - Prequel Prelude, at 4:08, “California” is misspelled. In Part 6 - A Planet Called Tatooine, at 0:53 “Doug Chiang” is misspelled.
Aw man why did you alter Rick Mccallum’s famous “this is f*cking grim” which occurs at 27:16 in Part 6 of your edit? That’s a classic moment like “it’s so dense”. Having him say “this is editing jump grim” just doesn’t hit the same.
sry m8
I’ve watched 11/13 of these now, and I’ve absolutely loved this project. The material is so interesting and relatable, and you’ve cut it in a way that makes it really digestible and coherent. Totally great, thank you so much for compiling and structuring it all in this way.
Hey there! So after watching “The Phantom Menace” yesterday to celebrate its 25th Anniversary, I decided to give this a whirl having it play in the background all day as I did some work.
Anyways, I wanted to say that this was pretty great and I highly commend you for overtaking such a huge project such as this. Because of the wide scope of the entire project, I did feel that how you sectioned off each part of the doc was pretty shaggy but I can’t really hold you against that. One other issue I had as well is that numerous times towards the end, the audio cuts out.
Other than that though… Nicely done!
Awesome, I’ll check this out very soon! The YouTube channel Star Wars Meg recently talked about a deleted scene which could have been inserted for better context when Qui Gon disposed of one of Maul’s probes as in that one scene where he and Anakin were running for their ship without much of a reason, that scene could have been better left in.
Such a wealth of information, these Prequels have… 😃
“Did you know, the word ‘gullible’ is not in the dictionary?! Look it up.”
Hey there! So after watching “The Phantom Menace” yesterday to celebrate its 25th Anniversary, I decided to give this a whirl having it play in the background all day as I did some work.
Anyways, I wanted to say that this was pretty great and I highly commend you for overtaking such a huge project such as this. Because of the wide scope of the entire project, I did feel that how you sectioned off each part of the doc was pretty shaggy but I can’t really hold you against that. One other issue I had as well is that numerous times towards the end, the audio cuts out.
Other than that though… Nicely done!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! I’m still chipping away at my v2, which is always ongoing because I keep finding clay to throw onto the pottery wheel. I keep rewatching and revising but I hope to have it done in the next few months.
How did it feel “shaggy”? Is it because the sections feel very seperated, rather than being more chronological in it’s approach to production (like part 1 being pre-production, part 2: shooting and production, part 2: post-production, editing and vfx, etc)
Awesome, I’ll check this out very soon! The YouTube channel Star Wars Meg recently talked about a deleted scene which could have been inserted for better context when Qui Gon disposed of one of Maul’s probes as in that one scene where he and Anakin were running for their ship without much of a reason, that scene could have been better left in.
Such a wealth of information, these Prequels have… 😃
Yeah that’s pretty much the one deleted scene that everyone adds back in when editing the film. Its so quick and explains why they’re running, it’s shocking why they cut it out.
How did it feel “shaggy”? Is it because the sections feel very seperated, rather than being more chronological in it’s approach to production (like part 1 being pre-production, part 2: shooting and production, part 2: post-production, editing and vfx, etc)
Yeah, basically that. Again, can’t really fault you for that though since this is such an ambitious project on your part and taking materials from such disparate sources would be quite the challenge of trying to separate and then put them all in chronologically.
Also, good to hear that there is a V2 in the works! I’m looking forward to it.
Respectfully to Sasquatch, I really liked that each episode was on theme rather than chronological. Really worked for me. I look forward to seeing the audio kinks ironed out.
I’ve picked this back up and am slowly working through it.
I have locked part 9-13, and massively overhauled everything. A lot of technical tweaks, balancing, replacing sub-par video sources, as much as I could. I want to make this definitve, even if it kills me. I’ve become less precious about little bits of material, so many little pieces have been cut for better pacing and better flow.
I’m working backward, and have Part 1-8 to finalise, rewatch again, and then finally put this to bed. This is probably the biggest editing project I’ve ever worked on, even if it’s not the most popular, but I’m very proud of it.
As a nut for all things Star Wars, I would love to get the chance to see this whenever you are done working on it. I would also like to thank you for all your hard work on these projects!
I’ve got about 2 more pages of notes, and the first 3 parts to look at, before I’ll rewatch, and hopefully get some previews to look at it.
It’s currently running at 5:09, which is closer to how long my original release was. I’ve been mainly just trimming things to try and condense things and make points more concise. My editing before was very loose and seperate but now there’s a lot of intercutting and weaving of sources that I’m very happy about. .
I’m still keeping a bin of all the little cut bits and bobs, because some of them are interesting things, but they’re really niche and longwinded points that aren’t really juicy meat for a viewer. They’ll be presented on their own as a seperate thing.
This project is probably one of my favourite editing endevours I’ve ever undertaken, and I hope that it can be enjoyed by others.
Looking forward to it!!!
A beta release of v2 is now available for anyone that would like to watch and give feedback. I don’t want to widely release yet, but if you want to sit down and give some critiques and spot any errors in these cuts. They should be 99% done, but I’ve been staring at this for a while and can’t be subjective anymore.
Please shoot me a message if you have 5-ish hours of free time! Not in a row, the edit is still split into 13-parts of course.
