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Post #203009

Author
EllyDorado
Parent topic
The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
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Date created
20-Apr-2006, 4:17 PM
Happy Birthday. ^ ^

My gosh, so much action going on and my hands are tied by this anatomy project I have to present tomorrow.

Anyway, while I have a minute --- are you actually going to switch the first two shots of Tack sleeping for the final cut? I wish you wouldn't ... it does create a big continuity problem, as his position changes quite a bit from the end of the first shot to the second, and he also picks up his hammer (it's laying on the floor in the first shot) and is holding it in the shot where the Thief walks in. It really DOES matter which order the scenes are in. Also, introducing his character with the thumb hit highlights his "cuteness" and the vulnerable aspect he starts out with, true, but the shot of him threading a needle works a lot better to introduce him as a *Cobbler* -- he isn't just a bumbling bumpkin. I dunno. I really like the scene the way it appears in the workprint, needle-threading first...and I'm in a pouty mood today anyway.

Meanwhile, have I mentioned how much I LOVE Zig-Zag's feet after he steps on that tack in the street?
Also, be sure to check them out when he says "And now, oh greatest of the great," in the Maiden from Mombasa scene. His right foot curls around the steps of King Nod's platform. Love that. I just thought I'd mention it....