100% on the way you’re handling the politics of Attack of the Clones. The inclusion of Phase3’s deleted scenes work really well. Of course, I had to attempt some additional trimming to both scenes.
Intro
• Cut enthusiastic “we made it”
• Cut decoy and Padme dialogue
• Tiny trims here and therehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/18zumkxyzy44pru49Yc69FLBErRZrdGL_/view?usp=sharing
Factory
• Cut sequence between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery
• Insert shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron
• Remove Anakin using force to throw objects at geonosians
• Add Anakin chopping geonosian and then using force to unlatch cauldronhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1UkJpyZpclH_eiu-EWQTkKwU6L3gmjUwr/view?usp=sharing
Thoughts?
I was counting down to one of y’all sending in some revisions on those, lol!
Once again great cutting, I think all of those changes work!
In the case of the Bomb scene I think I’m gonna change my edit to something close to what you have. I tried both of those changes but never at the same time, so it always felt off (Quick-to-Slow and Slow-to-Quick), but your Quick-Quick sets the scene in superb timing to my mind. Excellent work!
On the Droid Factory, I think it definitely works (Your cut is pretty similar to Hal-9000’s, if you’ve seen it), but I would personally stick closer to what I have mainly due to the Meta-Pacing I’m going for (My AotC clocks in at just over 90 minutes, so I need to use as much good footage as I can). I also really like my extended action intro/outro of Anakin being a Jedi boss, because of what it does for his character, but again that’s all down to taste. The one change in that sequence that I’m gonna try to implement is the way you have Anakin look up at Padme being carried away. That is a fantastic bridge cut!
Keep up the great work, I’ve been really enjoying these!
UPDATE: I messed around with both of these sequences and ended up making a bunch of changes. I don’t have time to render them out tonight, but in the next day or so, I’ll re-render them so you can see them. Your change to the Droid Factory gave me an idea that made the end SO MUCH BETTER! Thanks buddy!