AALENFAE'S PREQUEL TRILOGY EDIT
A conservatively ambitious fan-edit
Cat's been out of the bag for a long time - I'm working on all three prequels. Here's a brief rundown of prospective and/or completed changes to these movies.
I'm using the phrase "Conservatively Ambitious" to describe my edits. What does this mean? Well, it means that I'm not planning on radically changing the stories and plot points of these films. I'm working under the assumption that the movies really aren't so bad. They just need to be refined. But they need to be refined RADICALLY. So these edits are very ambitious. There are tons of audio/visual changes in addition to strict cuts, and what makes up a "typical" fanedit.
The Phantom Menace
Overall/Nonspecific Changes:
-Color correction overall. TPM is disgustingly faded and dull.
-"Real" on-set sound effects to make CGI environments feel more real
-Classic music and sounds where applicable. (TPM is the best of the prequels for classic-sounding music and sound effects, interestingly.)
-Redubbing Neimoidians. (This will be me. I do weird voices pretty well.)
-Redubbing Jake Lloyd. (I NEED an actor for this. Maybe a woman who can do a boyish voice?)
-Limiting repetitive/obvious exposition.
-Limiting STUPID Jar Jar as much as possible. Jar Jar's presence itself isn't bad. It's just his stupidity (or at least unbelievable stupidity) that ruins his character.
Army of the Republic (Attack of the Clones)
Overall/Nonspecific Changes:
-Color correction everywhere. Mostly on Kamino and Geonosis. And removing stupid oranges and cyans.
-More prominent, real "on-set" sounds. To make CGI environments feel more realistic.
-Recoloring blue blasts to red.
-Classic sounds and musical cues where applicable.
-Limiting bad CGI
-Entirely removing Anakin/Padme romance. It's possible. Believe me.
Revenge of the Sith
Overall/Nonspecific Changes:
-Color correction to better match an OT feel. Less yellows and cyans.
-More prominent, real "on-set" sounds like we hear in the OT (Clunks, bumps, footsteps)
-Recoloring blasters. It's almost impossible to recolor EVERY blue blast, as that would take ages. But many (if not most) of the blue blasts are now green (in space) and red (on the ground).
-Recoloring/reanimating lightsabers to match OT colors and appearance. This includes making them glow and flicker more.
-Lots of classic sound effects and music where possible. Mostly ANH music and sounds.
-"Clicks" added to Clone Trooper dialogue to sound like ANH stomtroopers.
-Limiting CGI by reframing, replacing, trimming and cutting superfluous CGI
-Generally trying my best to create an OT feel.
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Aalenfae's RotS Edit Image Gallery
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