Here’s a brand new RECUT: https://youtu.be/MswuP8RLR7Q
I’ll be back to doing Editing breakdowns soon, as long as work doesn’t get too busy.
Enjoy the Edit!
-JoE
Really cool recut, and changing the order of scenes gives a clearer sense progression between them.
Why did you add in the medium wide shot at 0:25? The dialogue is unchanged, and you come back to the same medium shot right after. Why not leave it as a long take?
Cutting the whole “someone should make them agree” and jumping right to Padme’s “you’re making fun of me” really improves the flow of the conversation, really good idea.
Cheers mate! The reason I made that wee change is that Anakin/Padme’s performance in the mid shot goofs up the tone that I’m going for. The crazy thing is that the body movements and mouth movements in the wide shot basically sync with the mid shot, so I was able to get away with it.
Specifically, in the mid shot, when Padme’s talking up how dope Palo was, Anakin gets a pouty jealous look on his face, and Padme sort of responds in a motherly tone.
But in the wide shot Anakin laughs off Palo, and the goofy way Padme is describing her childhood crush. . . Which makes him more attractive, and puts Padme a bit on the back foot, which is where she needs to be if the second scene is going to land.
Make sense?