ImperialFighter said:
Today's thoughts....
I forgot that there is also an earlier model shot of the Falcon inside the asteroid slug, just after Vader says "I want that ship, not excuses" and his chamber closes.... This is a shot showing it's lit-up underside from a low angle. This time the two lights at the front of it are actually white light (like when it first flies down through asteroid cave) rather than red light.
There are inconsistencies throughout the original trilogy concerning these, but I wonder if it is possible to either have these red too, or perhaps CHANGING from white to red (or vice versa) during this brief shot, which would explain it a bit, and ties in with the next interior shot where Han is doing something and 'shutting things down'?
Today's thoughts....
ImperialFighter said:
Going back to perhaps adding a red 'light' dot to the end 'close-ups' of the Millennium Falcon model at the end- It might look really good to also add the two red 'lights' to the front ends to, to also match the look of the Falcon as seen on the platform of the 'floating city', and when it blasts off from there. I think these would really help to make these shots look even better, and add to a sense of realism if they tie together more with the earlier platform shots.
Going back to perhaps adding a red 'light' dot to the end 'close-ups' of the Millennium Falcon model at the end- It might look really good to also add the two red 'lights' to the front ends to, to also match the look of the Falcon as seen on the platform of the 'floating city', and when it blasts off from there. I think these would really help to make these shots look even better, and add to a sense of realism if they tie together more with the earlier platform shots.
I forgot that there is also an earlier model shot of the Falcon inside the asteroid slug, just after Vader says "I want that ship, not excuses" and his chamber closes.... This is a shot showing it's lit-up underside from a low angle. This time the two lights at the front of it are actually white light (like when it first flies down through asteroid cave) rather than red light.
There are inconsistencies throughout the original trilogy concerning these, but I wonder if it is possible to either have these red too, or perhaps CHANGING from white to red (or vice versa) during this brief shot, which would explain it a bit, and ties in with the next interior shot where Han is doing something and 'shutting things down'?
I would really like this red 'lights' issue looking a bit more uniform across the board during 'Empire' if possible. I think Han must have decided to upgrade his beloved Falcon a little, during his time with the rebels since 'A New Hope'! ;)
As far as what I said above about perhaps having the two 'front prongs' red 'lights' CHANGING....I've realised that the 'white' ones come on as the Falcon first enters the asteroid 'cave', so if you do have them 'changing' while it's 'parked' in the slug's belly....it will of course be from WHITE into RED!
Also, can we just have the ONE red light at the side of the cockpit 'arm', as is shown in certain 'close-ups' of the full-size prop at times, such as when C3PO scrambles aboard so not to get left behind in the ice cave? And could you remove the WHITE 'lower' one that is seen in the background during Leia talking to the crowd of orange-clad rebels....along with removing the RED 'lower' one that is now there when snowtroopers set up their gun emplacement in front of it, during the scene in the ice cave? If you DO decide to add the single red 'light' dot to the side of the Falcon (and red ones at the front too?), during the 'fleet' shots at the end, then the whole thing should be a bit more uniform over the whole movie now.
And my absolutely final :) thoughts on red 'lights' anywhere is this - I reckon on the shot of the Falcon actually 'landing' on the 'floating city' platform....that the red ones should come on at that point to match the shot of it soon after, where Han is walking towards Lando....and because it would 'add a little something to the shot' too. The red 'lights' would come on just off-centre of the two prongs, and either come on just at the point where it fires it's short 'jets' briefly....or just come on immediately a the point where the 'jets' have gone off again, and it has subtly jerked to FULLY being on the platform, where they would only be seen for a brief moment before the shot cuts to the next.