Ok, this covers the first half of the Interrogation scene. I'm pretty sure this works, but anyone who has a copy of the movie is welcome to check it out and give me some feedback. This covers minutes 22-23:10
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Rough draft of INTERROGATION CUTS - Part 1
- Cut FBI 2 (Paul) immediately after "in the middle of the United States of America". Instead of him saying "my country", cut directly to Indy saying, "What was in the steel box they took?", like he's cutting FBI 2 off.
- Camera goes to FBI 1 and there's a pause where he's looking at FBI 2 before he turns to Indy and says, "You tell us. You've seen it before." Crop out this pause and cut directly to him saying that line to Indy as soon as Indy finishes his question. (We'll need that cropped pause where he's not talking soon)
- When Indy responds to FBI 1, mute out his "Oh" as though he's surprised that it's about the Air Force thing. He already knows it is from the opening sequence, so mute the "oh" (his lips don't move) and have him start directly with "You mean that Air Force fiasco in '47."
- Earlier, after FBI 2 says, "my country", camera lingers on him for a second of silence. We need this second, which we might need to slow down slightly. After Indy says, "...fiasco in '47", he turns to FBI 2 and starts, "I was tossed in a bus with blacked out windows and 20 people I wasn't allowed to talk to.." This sounds too prepared and I don't like the line readings, so here's what I suggest....
- When Indy turns to FBI 2, and before he starts talking, we immediately cut to that second of silence looking at FBI 2 after he says "my country". We slow this slightly and overdub Indy's "I was" from "I was tossed in a bus.." (we can't see Indy's mouth in this shot but he's facing the right way) and then cut directly back to facing Indy as he says, "Hauled out in the middle of the night...", so now he says, "I was hauled out in the middle of the night...".
- Indy continues to "...and shown what? Pieces of wreckage and an intensely magnetic shroud covering mutilated remains?", but I say we cut him off at "magnetic shroud" and switch to that cropped second of non-talking looking at FBI 1 from a few steps above. This makes it seem like Indy paused after saying "magnetic shroud" and that we're looking at FBI 1's reaction shot to Indy saying this. Then we cut back to Indy saying, "None of us was ever given the full picture. And we were threatened with treason if we ever talked about it. So, you tell me, what was in the box?"
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Immediately after this, General Ross comes in ... and his first line is gonna be a tough one to figure out ... at least in my current tired state. So I'll pick this up tomorrow. Input and suggestions on this first part are very welcome.
Ryan