SSWR's Attack of the Clones - Alternate Timeline Edit (WIP) — Page 8

Fullmetaled said:

Adobe firefly sounds like it’s a game changer for editing videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPJNPrshhTo

Yeah, I’ve found a few different resources that provide similar effects…some of these are coming in quite handy!

Bingowings said:

Another aspect of the film that bugged me since watching it is the title. The Clones don’t attack they use military force to rescue the Jedi so it’s more a retaliation than an attack.

Well, you’re not wrong lol. That being said, I’ll be keeping the title as is. 😁

Man, there is a clip I’m wanting to show all of you. It involves a lot of intercutting scenes, new sound fx/music, new voice work, roto work…it’s got a lot going on and I’m quite please with how it’s looking.
But I can’t share it yet.

Just wanted to tease all of you a bit.😉

In the meantime, to get all of you in the mood for Christmas:

https://youtu.be/TAAevKeDM-w

Hi, SSWR, I’d watched your YT videos and I agree with your thoughts on the narrative for Anakin visiting Tatooine. I’ve some ideas for the Lars homestead scene you might consider.

As Anakin and Padme walk away from the ship, dub in the (from later) line “These are good people, Padme, you’ll be safe.”

Dub [Not-3PO] saying, “It is good to see you again Master Skywalker [& other pleasantries].” (If you want to twist the knife, insert Padme’s line from Naboo, “Anakin’s not a Jedi…he’s still a Padawan learner.” JK) Possibly insert Padme’s line “I’m Padme.” Then Anakin asks to see his mother and Not-3PO directs them to follow.

Not-3PO presents the guests. Not-3PO or dubbed Owen acknowledges the step-brother relationship. I like Padme’s “I’m Padme” line originally in this place but not sure how to keep it especially with the cuts to follow.

Cut to Owen introducing Beru and then to Anakin asking, “is my mother here?”

Cliegg says, “no, she’s not,” then Anakin reaction shot, then Cliegg says come inside. Either add transition here or keep the ensuing Anakin’s dissapointes/sad reaction shot.

I think the scene needs different music to better serve the mood of Anakin’s growing anxiety/despair. Maybe different music would go toward making a brisker pace feel more purposeful as well.

Additionally, I’d want to find a way, in the next scene, to get rid of Padme only taking her cloak off when the camera pans over to her and then awkwardly pulling her chair in. It’s the little things that grate when you starting thinking about the edits.

Mrebo said:

Hi, SSWR, I’d watched your YT videos and I agree with your thoughts on the narrative for Anakin visiting Tatooine. I’ve some ideas for the Lars homestead scene you might consider.

As Anakin and Padme walk away from the ship, dub in the (from later) line “These are good people, Padme, you’ll be safe.”

Dub [Not-3PO] saying, “It is good to see you again Master Skywalker [& other pleasantries].” (If you want to twist the knife, insert Padme’s line from Naboo, “Anakin’s not a Jedi…he’s still a Padawan learner.” JK) Possibly insert Padme’s line “I’m Padme.” Then Anakin asks to see his mother and Not-3PO directs them to follow.

Not-3PO presents the guests. Not-3PO or dubbed Owen acknowledges the step-brother relationship. I like Padme’s “I’m Padme” line originally in this place but not sure how to keep it especially with the cuts to follow.

Cut to Owen introducing Beru and then to Anakin asking, “is my mother here?”

Cliegg says, “no, she’s not,” then Anakin reaction shot, then Cliegg says come inside. Either add transition here or keep the ensuing Anakin’s dissapointes/sad reaction shot.

I think the scene needs different music to better serve the mood of Anakin’s growing anxiety/despair. Maybe different music would go toward making a brisker pace feel more purposeful as well.

Additionally, I’d want to find a way, in the next scene, to get rid of Padme only taking her cloak off when the camera pans over to her and then awkwardly pulling her chair in. It’s the little things that grate when you starting thinking about the edits.

Thanks for the feedback and ideas, Mrebo!

I actually haven’t come back to playing around with that scene since I originally posted that clip. I like some of the ideas you’ve presented here and I think they could easily work in another fan edit!
Even though I began changing my mind on making Anakin and Owen actual siblings, I’m leaning once again in that direction. The viewer could simply put together that since the events of ROTS Owen would simply take the last name ‘Lars’ to hide from anyone coming to look for any of Anakin’s relatives.
But using “Not3PO” as a possible exposition droid might give me a bit more to work with! Thanks!

And yeah, I’d prefer to have Padme already sitting down with everyone else but I don’t have the abilities to make that happen. 😕

Since I 'm here, I might as well give a link or two…

Here I’ve re-edited the scene with R2 receiving Obi-Wan’s message:
https://youtu.be/cF_8TtsRcHc

And here I’ve attempted using Pika Labs to generate a new shot of Padme:
https://youtu.be/dNIhMnbPtdE

Alright fellow fan editors,

I’ve attempted to completely re-contextualize a scene involving Yoda and Windu:

https://youtu.be/5XmqZGisOwg

Then, if you stick around, I talk at length about my thought process on the scene.
Cheers (even though I’m from the US)

You sold me with the thumbnail, I’m low-key hyped about what you did with the scene.

JEDIT: Really interesting result, however, the AI voices stick out a lot. Then again, I like how Yoda sounds a lot more like OT Yoda.

Thanks!
I think Yoda sounds good (it was trained on OT yoda voice) but Windu i had trouble with…I’ll still have to fiddle with it more.

Thank you for all the kind words you’ve left here!

I believe an apology is in order. I almost put up a post here when I deleted (yes deleted) the channel…and I regret not doing that. Seeing all the kind remarks and genuine concern for me here is very heartwarming. I appreciate all of you and the time and effort you spent reading my posts, watching my videos and leaving great feedback.

To answer your question: I’m doing fine. All is well.
I don’t want to go into the particulars of why I deleted the channel and went silent.
The short version is I was spending too much of my time working on the edit and the channel and not focusing enough on some important personal/family stuff.

Also, as much as I was enjoying working on the edit, AI was not advancing as fast as I wanted (sounds funny now, right?) to accomplish certain shot ideas I had in mind. I would work on a shot, some AI advancement would happen, which would then make my shot look pathetic in comparison. I didn’t want to have to keep reworking shot after shot just to get something I thought, at best, might sorta pass.

Just so everyone knows, I deleted everything. EVERYTHING. (yes, I was THAT done with all of it) Was that overkill? Perhaps. I don’t know.
However, just a month or so ago I kinda started getting the bug again. I did end up recovering some of the YouTube videos and a super early version of the edit that doesn’t have any of the cool things I was more excited about.

Will I pick this edit up again? Part of me wants to…but if I did, I couldn’t spend the same amount of time and effort as I did before. I would have to be wiser with my time. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed a lot of that process. Also, I would need a new (or newish) PC if I were to start up again. My graphics card is fried and it was an old PC I was working with anyway. I basically couldn’t use any of the AI tools in Davinci Resolve. And as of right now, I don’t have money set aside for that.

Just wanted to give a long overdue update. Thank you all, once again for your kind words and concerns.

-SSWR

And if it pisses you off that I deleted it all…I get it. I’m a bit pissed myself. 😛