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Post #375020

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Kevinicus
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Transformers The Movie: Resparked (Released)
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Date created
28-Aug-2009, 5:09 PM

Here's where you can get my Dewbot clip:

 

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/8/28/2557691/dewbot.0001.mpg

 

Edit:  Sorry for the multiple posts.  I watched (or skimmed through) your cut tonight.  We definitely had some of the exact same cuts, even on some that I didn't get the idea for from your list.  Even some of the things I ended up keeping that you cut out I thought about or tried doing.  Most of those I decided against were just because they didn't feel right to me afterwards (the classroom scene for example, having the kids laughing without Sam being shot just didn't work for me, and it's unfortunate that that footage is where Sam starts talking about his report). 

There are some definite differences too, especially now that my cut is about 7 minutes shorter than yours (I keep finding crap to cut!).  I know when I get to ROTF I'll be using different software.  Using Nero is frustrating since it limits what you can do, particularly with audio a great deal.  Nero doesn't allow you to overlap or shift or any of that stuff without going through a ton of trouble to create a 2nd audio source, and even then it's not simple. 

I did prefer how you cut Frenzy's movement from the plane to Barricade better than mine, and I forgot to change that before I burned my Blu-Ray.  I suppose I can run it all over again tomorrow, that's what BD-RE's are for I suppose.  Finally got my menus to work, sadly I had to remove the animation of the buttons and make them stills.  Don't know why it doesn't want to work with audio and animation at the same time.  That's Nero for you.

Oh, I just remembered, your issue with "I'll drive, you shoot!"  I went about that a different way that only involved one cut.  I didn't bother with "shoot, shoot" (it's very short and I didn't want to bother trying to line up the audio to make it work).  Anyway, I cut from the first shot of Mikaela shifting the truck to right after she says the drive/shoot line and she's goes in reverse.  I don't think the shot of the truck coming out of the alley and then lining up in the street is really necessary.

 

Edit (again):  Well I learned a little more about Nero last night and found an easier way to deal with some of the audio problems.  So I was able to trim a little bit more (fixed the issue I had with cutting more of the school scene - no more kids laughing), and perfect a few cuts a bit more.  Right now I've been able to cut right around 20 minutes from the total length of the film.  That's a far cry from the 4-5 minutes I had originally.

 

Anyway, I have no idea about how to get my version out for anyone to view.