Effects Shot Comparison
Few of my effects will look like FX shots. My hope is that a viewer who doesn't know the Superman movies very well won't notice that anything's been changed.
By the way, the shot above isn't finalized yet. More tweeking will be done. And this shot already took about 3x the time I though it would, which means despite constantly working on it, this project is behind schedule. I'm sorry to say that a February release is highly unlikely. I probably won't set any more deadlines. It will be released when I'm completely happy with the final product, no matter how long that takes.
For anyone anxious to see this edit, I'm throwing a test screening in San Diego on Saturday, February 24th. If you'd like to come send me a PM. It will be shown on a top of the line projection home theatre system with stadium couch seating, and afterwards I'll ask for your comments. Keep in mind this will be a draft version with few of the effects, and a temporary audio mix. This will probably be the only time I'll show SoJ before it's completed. And if you can't make it, I'm sorry but I won't be sending out copies of the test screened version.
By the way, this test screening is just the first part of my birthday film marathon, where I will be showing only films not commercially available in the US, including The Thief and the Cobbler, The Matrix Squared, and the uncensored Eyes Wide Shut, among others. If you come to the test screening you're welcome to stick around for the whole marathon.
Thanks for your support!
-T
p.s. If anyone has experience with After Effects, and wants to help out with this project, please PM me. I'm willing to farm out some work if it means I can release this earlier without compromising the quality.