This is the part of the edit where I look at what works and what doesn't ... and think, what INSANELY COMPLICATED THINGS can I create ... which shots can I animate, what new shots can I create, to make this work?
This is the part where I go insane ... again. You may recall when I did this on part 1.
Gasp!
This was a pan & scan shot, where you didn't see Tack or Yumyum's hands/elbows on the sides. You may recall my earlier attempt at this shot, which looked ridiculous.
This entire shot has been entirely reanimated by myself, frame by frame. I drew a new mouth on Tack, drew a new elbow on Yumyum, a new hand on Tack, and a new right hip. I redrew Tack and Yumyum's hats a bit. I cut out Tack and Yumyum to place them on a new backdrop. I did some other things. All this in Photoshop, frame by frame, whole shot.
Yep. I'm insane.
Lovely, huh?
Let's talk witch scene.
The entire witch scene has only been released on DVD in pan & scan, since it was cut from the Miramax release.
I decided, as you know, to convert it to widescreen anyway. Here are the final results.
Pan & scan witch placed on a new background by me. Her spotlight is keyed in from the workprint over the background. The background changes lightness and color as the lighting changes.
Same shot ... Her hands are now keyed in from the workprint at the sides, and placed over the new background.
Same shot. Suddenly it starts moving! Combination of new moving background (matchmoved to match the real shot), pan & scan DVD and workprint. The background changes lightness and color as the lighting changes.
New background drawn in for pan & scan Calvert shot, not in the workprint.
New background drawn in for pan & scan Calvert shot, not in the workprint. Shot cropped to widescreen.
New background drawn in for pan & scan Calvert shot, not in the workprint. I created an image of the eunuchs carrying the treasure box ... you don't see much of it, but it's very detailed, taken from various screen grabs ... and I animated that into the shot using keyframes. It moves.
This shot used to be only in pan & scan. Yep. I created a new background for it (from other screen grabs), and matchmoved it to the moving pan & scan shot ... panning down as the Thief falls. It transitions to the Miramax shot invisibly at the very end.
This shot isn't in the workprint either ... the pan & scan image is placed over rare footage from the Calvert WIP.
Two originally black and white shots have been colorized with a blue sky and brown hand.
Pan & scan shot placed over workprint, seamlessly.
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