Here's a couple more queries concerning your recent clip adywan, which I didn't have time to put in my previous post about it the other day. And again, here's the link to the comparison clip for easy reference -
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=862811780401072&set=vb.223279371020986&type=2&theater
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1. Your enhancements on the 'Bespin building/stormtrooper running towards the Falcon' shot seen at the 10 mins. 34 secs. mark are terrific. It's amazing how it looks now compared to the very dark look of the current footage. Good to see the re-colouration of the building and platform now matches with how things looked earlier in the movie when Han and co. initially met Lando, as well as the wall lights now matching. And it's also great to see that you've added the correct 'ribbed' vertical columns either side of the doorway too, to match the ones seen in closer shots of the doorway set design.
But what I'd like to ask is this - It's great that you've re-coloured the 'white'-looking walls either side of the doorway to tie-in better with the 'brown'-looking building in most of the shots now...but will you also be re-colouring the shot where R2 exits the doorway in smoke/steam at the 9 mins. 56 secs. mark too?, as there are still 'white'-looking wall sections in that particular shot at the moment.
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2. I remembered mentioning something ages ago about the 'pool of flashing red light' during the Falcon platform sequence, so I dug out my previous comments to check - see HERE
As I said back then, despite the 'reflection' from the small flashing red light not being in any other shots apart from where R2 opens the doorway to the Falcon platform, I think it works okay 'stylistically' rather than being removed. And it's good to see that you've now added the 'reflection' to the shot where R2 exits the doorway in smoke/steam at the 9 mins. 56 secs. mark too, to tie-in better.
But there's something else I'd like to ask about this now - would you also consider adding a subtle hint of that same flashing red 'reflection' to the scene that comes just a little beforehand, where Leia, Chewie, and Lando are at the doorway of the Slave I platform, only a few minutes before?
The merest hint of it could perhaps be shown at the very bottom of the frame when Leia and co. first run out of the doorway at the 4 mins. 46 secs. mark, just before the shot pans upwards a little to reveal the doorway's small flashing red light. And then further faint glimpses of the red 'reflection' could be added where the stormtroopers are firing at them at the 5 mins. mark just afterwards.
(I just reckon that the 'daylight' in the clip seems to have already darkened enough to be able to add a faint hint of the same 'stylistic' red flashing 'reflection' when Slave I takes off...as there's only 5 mins. or so separating the 2 platform scenes in the movie if the action is looked on as being in 'real-time' at that point...and this would tie-in well with how things look on the Falcon platform shots.
Or do you think the 'daylight' at the Slave I take-off is still supposed to be a lot brighter than when we get to the Falcon platform a little later...and that it would be too bright to see any red light 'reflection' whatsoever at this point?...even though it's a 'stylistic' kind of 'reflection' like the one seen on the Falcon platform. See what you think)
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3. As far as the small flashing red light that is seen above the doorway goes, it's missing altogether in the first couple of shots of the Bespin building when Han and co. first see Lando coming to meet them (those shots aren't in this clip, however)...but when we then cut to close-ups of Lando just afterwards, we can see the red light flashing in-between the 2 white lights either side of it.
(the thing is, the red flashing light does not seem to only come on when the doorways are open, as it's still seen to be flashing during the close-up Lando shots, even though the doorway has closed behind him again)
So could you add the small red flashing light to those initial 2 shots where it's currently missing, to match with the close-ups of Lando? Adding this light to them would tie-in with how the rest of the doorway shots look, as well as add a tiny bit of additional 'life' to both shots.
In addition to that, I see that you've now added a red flashing glow above the doorway in your great new 'Bespin building/stormtrooper running towards the Falcon' shot at the 10 mins. 34 secs. mark - it looks great, and it's a nice additional tweak since your earlier comparison clip of it, seen here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxPEuoqyTkM
However, the 2 white lights are flashing on and off too in your latest version, even though those lights are static in all the other shots in the movie, and only the red light in the middle is seen to flash on and off usually...so would you consider making those 2 white lights static again, and add the flashing red light in-between them instead to match the rest?...or was your intention to give this particular doorway shot a slightly more dramatic-looking flashing effect overall, seeing as it was the leading to the climax of the platform scene?
If so, cool beans, as it's just good to see *some* kind of flashing red light shown in that final shot of the building now! :)
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4. Coming onto something else now - your new shot of Luke hanging from the 'Vane' walkway at the 8 mins. 10 secs. mark has turned out excellent too. And good to see that you've removed the 'strip' that runs down the right-hand side of the chasm, seeing as it wouldn't have been visible from that view-point. I just wish that Luke's lightsaber had originally been placed a bit nearer to his right hand on the walkway, to make it more obvious...as I remember never even spotting it's current position amongst the other debris for years, and wondering how Luke got it back after he crashed out the window...until you pointed a large arrow at it ages ago! :)
But would you consider 'yellowing'-up the big 'flashing' railing light a bit, so that it ties-in better with the vividly yellow ones in the rest of the movie? It's always bugged me a little how dull-looking the railing light in this particular shot looks compared to other shots of the railing lights...but no biggie of course.
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5. And here's something to do with your marvellous new 'Vane' shots - on the initial 'zoom-in', I can just about make out that we no longer see the couple of tiny, white vertical flashing bits on the railings area of the walkway which are wrongly evident in the original. It's a very minor thing, but good to see that only the tiny yellow lights atop the railing are flashing in your version.
But another couple of strange white bits are still seen at the same kind of position on the next, closer shot of Luke walking along the 'Vane' at the 10 mins. 45 secs. mark...except they are static now. They are on the first vertical railing that Luke moves past on the walkway at the very start of the shot, and are noticeable as being static white blobs compared to the yellow flashing railing lights either side of them.
I've no idea what they are, but they shouldn't be there, so would it be possible to remove those 2 white bits from that shot too?...as they are nowhere to be seen on the railings in later shots of the duel, nor are they seen on the side of the 'Vane' when it's seen from a different angle, either.
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And here's a last few musings I've got concerning this clip -
Seeing as the issue was recently brought up again, I agree it's best to keep the 'flipped' shot of the '2 stormtroopers firing' as it is, for a better 'flow' of showing who is firing at Leia just before she runs out towards the Falcon...but I don't really feel that re-'flipping' the 'R2 and Chewie running in corridor' shot would badly throw the look of things off at that point.
I'm not spotting anything to do with the set layout that would throw things out by the time we immediately cut to R2 reaching the doorway, nor when we then cut to the next time that Chewie is seen firing at other stormtroopers.
While we're certainly used to seeing R2 and Chewie moving left to right in the current shot, I reckon we'd soon get used to seeing them going the other way, while keeping the previous 'Lando and Leia running' shot as it is, and also keeping the following 'R2 reaching the doorway' shot as it is too. (for instance, I very soon got used to seeing the 'Stardestroyer firing at the Falcon' shot going the other way in 'SW:Revisited' compared to the original, even though the change seemed initially jarring)
I'd been hoping to see this particular 'flipped' shot reversed since a long time, considering how noticeable the details on R2 and Chewie are as Bingo said. But if you strongly prefer the current 'direction of movement' more than seeing the details reversed adywan, and you really feel it would look wrong to change to a 'camera angle' that shows R2 and Chewie moving from right to left at that point instead, then fair enough and cool beans once again. Hell, it's not like I ever noticed any of these 'flipped' shots until my umpteenth viewing anyway! :)
Then there's the new 'zoom-in' shot of the 'Vane', which is a triumph in motion - I really liked the original look of the 2 sets of red lights at the bottom of it in that shot, so I kinda wish you'd removed the middle red light from the underside of the structure during the shot where Luke is falling, rather than adding it to the 'zoom-in' shot...but I gotta say, I absolutely love how those red lights and the ones at the top of the 'Vane' now flash on and off! Really brings additional 'life' to the shot, along with all your other enhancements. :)
It's just too bad that certain other trivial things will still have to remain unfixed due to various difficulties...such as the 'gate doors' that shut behind Luke inside the 'Vane' missing a few shots later (I'll just imagine that they 'retracted' again offscreen for some reason, before we see that section of the set again!)...or such as not being able to re-colour the prominent group of 6 dark 'vent' circles seen through the 'Vane' window to red throughout, right up until Luke crashes out, to tie-in with the others (but there's one or two other dark-looking 'vents' in other shots too, so it's no big problem really)...but the overall effect of all your new enhancements in this latest clip are just fabulous, whether big or small. Even something as minor as the slight lengthening of Luke's lightsaber at the 7 mins. 13 secs. mark defininately helps improve the overall experience.
So, yeah...Wow again, and little details count for a lot! :)
