adywan said:
I've played about with the binocular shot. Here is the revised version. Make sure you watch the 720p version though because youtubes compression on the SD version is pretty crappy
http://youtu.be/HNfl0K3iRmA
EDIT: It still looks pretty crappy in HD. Here is a download link for the 720p mkv of this shot:
https://hotfile.com/dl/197542645/33e9732/binocs_revised.mkv.html
Watching this and the Revisited trailer sequence, this is a definite improvement. Looks a lot less CGI than before and now I can honestly say I feel it's an improvement over the original TESB binocular sequence, too. Thank you very much for looking into this again, Ady! You're awesome !
While a little snow being thrown into the air due to the shock generated by the AT-AT foot would be nice, I don't think it's necessary to render the whole thing again.
Mithrandir said:
Glass/Something in the cockpit would help to make it look more real.
That's a fantastic mockup! Hope Ady could integrate that idea in TESB:R. It's brief shot but feels very off...
I have a suggestion about handling the inconsistent AT-AT blast marks. Excluding the very obvious large one, that appears in the middle of an AT-AT while Luke's speeder is passing underneath it (the shot is from the perspective of Luke's cockpit), which would work best of being a result from the fire of the speeder, maybe the other could be generated by the Rebel turrets and portable weapons?
Once the speeders get into action, it seem that the Rebel ground forces have almost stopped firing at the Imperial walkers.
Which also reminds maybe, is there an AT-ST that gets hit and damaged/destroyed in the background by Rebel ground fire? Poor grunts on the ground don't get to do much on Hoth other than die...
EDIT: I see Ronster also proposed a similar thing, my apologies for repeating the idea, took a while to write the post. :)
Also, I know it's way, way too soon but... damn, I want a ROTJ space battle of Endor trailer now !