Star Wars Prequels 35mm 4K Filmized Editions by Emanswfan (a WIP) — Page 24

DarthAbrams said:

For the opening sequence, can you use the Despecialized Fox and Lucasfilms logos? That'd really change the mood. :P

 I agree... very nice idea :)

Hmm, I didn't think about that before.  That could be a possibility.

I'm sorry again for delays in clips and preview images, I always seem to get busier with real life the more I want to work on this project.  I truly never intended for it to take this long.

In reference to making the CG look like stop-motion, I've considered that as well but I don't see at as a priority.  But, I could check to see how it would look with Dex tonight, and post results soon enough.

emanswfan said:

 But, I could check to see how it would look with Dex tonight, and post results soon enough.

 I can't wait, AotC is the prequel that will benefit most from your filmizing, I think.

No, it's fine you haven't posted in a while. You're awesome Emanswfan. I'm someone that sorta likes the prequels (I still see its flaws, however) and this is something I'm definitely going to watch, as the colors and stuff in the prequels were horrible.

emanswfan said:

Hmm, I didn't think about that before.  That could be a possibility.

I'm sorry again for delays in clips and preview images, I always seem to get busier with real life the more I want to work on this project.  I truly never intended for it to take this long.

In reference to making the CG look like stop-motion, I've considered that as well but I don't see at as a priority.  But, I could check to see how it would look with Dex tonight, and post results soon enough.

Every screenshot on here looks really impressive. 
 
Unlike some of the other comments, take as much time as you need and don't rush it; go through every shot as many times as you need to till your 100% completely satisfied.

I also recommend looking into DaVinci Resolve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqGUnxWZW4g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prBKjJnUtSA

I think the two posters above me somehow misinterpreted my last post.

"I can't wait" was obviously not literal.

Any updates on Dexter?

Would be nice if you could make a beta-version before TFA comes out :)

Working hard on TPM at the moment, of which I am much more confident in releasing a workprint version of within the next 2 months. ROTS is further down the line of being done with AOTC still proving to be the annoying one of the bunch.

I’ve been making great progress these last few weeks, I just feel like I want to complete draft versions for feedback instead of posting tons of screenshots and clips. With the workprints, I can have the feedback more organized in chronological order, rather than trying to sift through posts to make tweaks.

Yep. As I guessed, Attack of the Clones is much harder to do. I swear, it’s the ugliest of the Prequel Trilogy. The Phantom Menace has always looked fine to me, though.

Yeh, that reminds me I was thinking about making the electric field between Anakin’s podracer blue instead of magenta (actually that’s how I have it in the workprint version atm) but maybe it will seem like an obvious use of teal and orange color grading.

Each movie seems to have it’s issues, TPM has certain scenes where colors are horribly off from what they should be and seem harder to tweak for ironically having been shot on film and scenes where even regaining doesn’t quite fix the damage done by excessive DNR. AOTC has simply horrid color work, probably because it was the earliest days of digital blockbusters, making some scenes nearly impossible to make look pretty, most of which sections heavy in CG and greenscreen. Sections shot mostly practical outside seem to be easy enough to make look like filmic eye candy. ROTS has decent digital color work, the only star wars movie on the bluray set that has tolerable colors. The struggle is there is simply making things look practical and shot on film, being it is the heaviest in greenscreen and CGI.

In reality the majority of the work for workprints is technically done (like 60% probably), but there are large sequences that seem to be a complete pain to work with, causing me to go through numerous iterations. I’ll probably end up with some sections I won’t be completely satisfied with, but maybe my perfectionism will allow them to be at least noticeable improvements if not complete fixes.

I’m promising to get something of sorts out to see by the end of December, maybe I’ll post large segments compiled together that I’m confident in showing, and ready for critiques to perfect. I wish this wasn’t always taking me so long, and I had taken better advantage I had of the free time and lower stress life I had when I started this project.

The Podracer thing gave me an idea. Try changing the color of the electricity on the electrostaffs to more of the color of that electrostaff-like thing the Stormtrooper has in the new movie coming out.

DarthAbrams said:

The Podracer thing gave me an idea. Try changing the color of the electricity on the electrostaffs to more of the color of that electrostaff-like thing the Stormtrooper has in the new movie coming out.

Actually, I’ve had the electrostaffs that same light blue color since the earliest stages. Again, still not sure if people are fine here with leaving in some specific color changes, though I guess as long as they not major like the yellow lightsabers idea from way back.

No matter what you do, you won’t be able to make the CGI look like practical effects or make the story and characters feel like the originals. The only consistent aesthetic connection between the two trilogies is John Williams’ score.

It does seem odd to create a 4K version of these, they were recorded in 1080p, it will just be wasted gigabytes