The Golden Idol said:Laserschwert said:Here's the current state of my so far edited sequences (no CGI-changes or color-correction yet, just plain editing):
Video is in DivX (crappy), audio in AC3 (5.1 surround, not so crappy)
I have no sound when I watch these videos.
That's why I've linked to AC3filter... you need it installed.
Regarding the changes:
I wasn't sure about how to handle the pants-rip-gag...I've shown my edit to a friend and he thought that Mutt's "Oh shit..." wasn't necessary, since he threw the knife onto Indy's shoulder on purpose. And that's where I'm unsure, as I thought that maybe he didn't do it on purpose, and he almost threw it too far and out of the truck, so that's why his heart skipped a beat ("Oh shit..."). I even thought of making the "shock" a little longer, and affecting both Mutt and Indy by intercutting his reaction shot (or reaction-"shit"), and then going back to Indy dropping the knife behind him. This makes the pause a little longer, making it look like both freeze for a second, out of shock. So, what do you guys think: Did Mutt hit Indy's shoulder on purpose, or not?
I must say, Mutt going for the blade of the sword first never bothered me... it made me think that he wanted to test if the blade is sharp, and that the thing is not just decoration (since it came in such a nice box ;) ). I'll have a look into the shot to see if it could be changed. By they way, complimenting myself I must say that I like the way we now cut from Spalko drawing her sword directly to Mutt finding the other sword. Nice analogy there.
The monkeys... ah, those damn monkeys. I think we definitely need the shot of Mutt jumping from Spalko's jeep onto Indy's, otherwise the logical gap is too big. We've already lost him grabbing the skull-bag, so I think at least this part needs to be there. I'll try to either paint out the remaining monkey(s), or crop the image to lose them.
Other digital changes (like adding missing muzzle-flashes) will be done later.