Feedback Wanted: So I wanted more Alderaan...

Forgive me for my uber-noobiness for I am new to all this. I remembered once seeing a really scenic few scenes of Alderaan from a video game trailer (which you can see here). I liked them and thought they may be useful for anyone wanting to include more footage of Alderaan in their fanedits, of which surprisingly little exists.

So I’ve hastily tried to try and make the cgi look a bit more cinematic. I had a quick go and here’s my shot: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/163917. I know the shadows are too dark before you say. Personally I think the only shots that would fit into current canon would be the peaceful shot and then the shot of the clonetroopers.

Any views/tips welcome 😃

I’d keep the colour but not letterbox and/or crop it so that faneditors can use it however they please. The old republic trailers actually have a lot of stuff that will make it’s way into my edit.

Darth Lucas said:

Looks pretty good. But too much letterboxing for a 2.35:1 aspect ratio film.

Yeah I got my measurements a bit wrong. 😕

I’ll just leave it as native so anyone can do whatever.

So I tried again and I think I’m happy with the result. http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/163947 only thing is I might have gone a bit too mad with the pink tint, but I think it fits the planet’s scenery rather well, as well as of course fitting with the piece of actual Alderaanian footage we get in Ep3, which is at dawn.

You can download it at 1080p (I sharpened it a touch too) here.

Onwards to the other clip…

MalàStrana said:

It’s cool, but I don’t really think it could really fit in a movie, at least in its current state (still does look too digital). Maybe with some “grain treatment” it could be used in a fan edit of ANH to show the surface before it gets wiped out.

Yeah, personally I’m going to eventually add film grain as well as a 2:35:1 aspect ratio. In terms of where it could be used, I was actually thinking of the first part being used as a cutscene for one of the deleted scenes (seeds of rebellion) which while officially occurring in Senator Organa’s office on Coruscant, wouldn’t be hard to transport over to his home planet.
Also adds to the whole Alderaan is the home of democracy and the rebellion with the Organa family.

The clip of the early empire could maybe be used near Order 66, or just generally in that last section of Episode 3.

Just my suggestions, if anyone else has some feel free to share

Here is the finished stuff, I’ve put it in a zip with two clips, I’ve included some of the sounds from the trailer. I applied some film grain too and corrected the Empire clip to give it a tad more color.

If anyone desperately wants it in 2:35:1 PM me.

EDIT: I just included the cinematic cropped versions in with the package for those who need it.

dkeighobadi said:

Here is the finished stuff, I’ve put it in a zip with two clips, I’ve included some of the sounds from the trailer. I applied some film grain too and corrected the Empire clip to give it a tad more color.

This looks really good, dude! I don’t know how and where I could use this, but I’m looking forward to the possibility of it once I start editing AOTC and ROTS Okay, looking at it again, I’m not so sure if the film grain would fit really well with the prequels, especially since I can crop it myself on Final Cut Pro, but well done, still

Thanks! I’m looking forward to your edits anyway so yeah 😃 it was only some basic DaVinci stuff I did, and I’m a (complete) noob.

In terms of the film grain my ideal prequels would probably have film grain added to fit in with both the OT and TFA, giving it that SW style. (Note Hal9000)

That’s why I’m kinda waiting atm until several radical edits, such as yours, and others eg Sheepish’s and emanswfan’s which have greater colour correction etc come out and then I can mould them to my tastes. That’s really the background to all this.