adywan said:
The smile was a nod to the original Emperor who smiles at the exact same point.
I've given up on this video. No matter what i do there will be complaints. First the face is too static and that the original emperors face is more emotive, then i add the smile at the same point as the original Emperors smile and some motion to the face, then the face needs to remain more emotionless.
So that's it. No more videos. I'm spending so much time going back over videos i have posted trying to please everyone that i'm wasting time that could be spend on other scenes. When i get to the point that i'm pleased with a shot, i should stop there. I'm never going to please everyone and things just then get bogged down.
I'm pretty sure that some people thing i can perform impossible things. You have to remember that i can only work with what i have available with existing footage, etc. The only way i could do the emperor any better now would be to pay Ian to reprise his role in this scene and get him to wear a prosthetic that matches his ROTJ one. But we all know that this is never going to happen.
And AMEN Ady.
As the artist on this project, you are never going to please everyone, and sometimes no one at all. I've had to learn that myself.
Design by committee is the easiest way to insanity. Best to avoid such a thing altogether.
It is best to do as you see fit, and as you please. You have already given most of us every confidence that your vision and meticulous attention to detail in making this trilogy what it should have been in the SE, is in the best hands possible; a true fan with talent to accomplish his vision.
Seek counsel only among those who you trust in opinion. Let the rest of us wait patiently for the final result, which given ANH-R and what we've seen thusfar with ESB-R is beyond our own wildest imaginations of excellence.