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Post #677015

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poita
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Audition sides turned Fan Film for original trilogy
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Date created
10-Dec-2013, 7:07 PM

Not sure which forum it would be best to post it, but I really enjoyed it. Nicely done, it looks like it was a lot of work.

I don't have any sound, so I am going strictly from the visuals, I may be missing some key information that is in the audio, so keep that in mind with any of my advice!

I enjoyed the 'bedroll' transition, the lighting around the barn door edges looks great, as does the blowout transition of the opening door, and I was happy to see a 70s era vertical wipe! Nice attention to detail.

As for constructive feedback, the vertical wipe, while very Star Wars, is a little too fast. I would also talk to your colourist and regrade the film, some shots need to match a little better, and some could really be enhanced by adjusting the colour to match the mood of particular shots. e.g. the opening shots, the shadows are long, so it is obviously the end of the day or early morning.

Making it the end of the day fits with the drama of the injury, maybe they have been on the run/escaping after a day (days) of action, so the mood fits the end of the day timeframe as well. This would be enhanced emotionally by a darker image and sunset colour pallete, to enhance that feeling that the day is quite literally setting on them, and quite possibly setting for the last time on the injured warrior. (Don't go too warm if you want a colder feel to the potential death/peril of the injured character, but the end of day feel could really work emotionally and visually)

Some tweaking to draw the eye where the director wants it to go would also lift some scenes a bit. You have a really deep depth of field, so that makes it harder to do, but a good colourist can still lead the eye to where it should go. A very mild vignette can help here.

I would probably add some grain to get the original trilogy feel and make it a little less sharp. The original films were shot very soft and with soft ambient light/low contrast to try and capture an older hollywood style. Your colourist could help achieve that look.

I really enjoyed it, is there any more?

Great stuff!