Fleabite said:
Here was my original synopsis for the edit-
This is my re-edit of the pod race sequence for what I hoped would be a larger project that laziness has prevented me from getting into at this point. My idea was for the prequels to have been made in a world where George Lucas had made all six films in order and thus Phantom Menace would have been originally released in the mid-1960s. I wanted to give it that sort of a feel by utilizing some of John Williams earlier works into the music track (which has necessitated an all new sound FX track that I have barely started. I have the music and video portions complete, however).
Great! Those sounds would definitely be useful then! It might be an Idea to add a bit of 'noise' to certain bits of dialogue, to make the sound seem not as 'clean' or 'perfect' as it is in TPM.
For instance, in close ups the sound would be clean. But in further away shots, the sound would have noise and other things.
Something to consider.
Have you thought of fading the music into each other a little more quickly? It's very distracting hearing several different pieces of music during a scene.
Also, if you are making the film seem to have been made in the 60s, have you thought of adding other sounds from things like the original star trek or something like that? This sound would be great for when the engines start working again, but that's all up to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgz_poC0V8Y&feature=related
You can find a lot of the original 60s trek sounds here: http://www.trekcore.com/audio/
The story itself is self-contained and episodic. Qui-Gon Ginn arrives on Tatoonine alone as a Jedi recruiter after hearing rumors of a young pod racer with extraordinary abilities. (I get the sense that Qui-Gon finds the whole racing concept distasteful by one of his facial expressions).
Liking it so far...
There is no dialogue and the whole race involves only Anakin and Sebulba and clocks in at under three minutes.
Excellent, the original podrace is way too long as is.
Not sure if anyone will like this but I thought I would put it out there in case anyone may want to pick up the ball and run with the concept. It is my thought that since the prequels are so full of flaws it would be feasible to cut them into pieces and salvage the good parts. The missing story points would simply add to the mystery that the PT is missing. Not everything needed to be shown or explained. It was so much better when I was living during the OT era and my imagination had to fill in the blanks. George was not able to make those details more appealing than my imagination did all those years ago.
Sounds groovy, look forward to seeing the finished product
:)