Originally posted by: Doctor M
How many people here are doing/plaining on doing a fan edit? I think I've counted 3 so far.
Maybe you should all compare notes so as not to go over the same ground unnecessarily.

Also, THX, what are you using as the foundation if your Prologue?

Hi,

I am working on a re-edit of the Irulan Prologue. As she is speaking I am going to do a cross fade into the scene where
Reverend Mother Ramallo Speaks the Prophecy on Dune. I will have to use some shots of the hall of fremen and desert to extend it a bit. (I will reverse the action and cross fade so it looks a bit different then it will when re-shown later.) The original Script calls for the film to open with an extended version of the speech by Reverend Mother Ramallo, but I will have to use what is there. As for the T.V. version Prologue, I am doing a heavy re-edit of that. I'm working it in as part of Paul’s picture film book screen. I am overlaying a graphic over part of the Production Paintings to make them blend with the graphics seen on the film book shown in the current version of the film. This way it will look as if Paul is looking at a history lesson...

VIDEO SOURCES:

1985 Pan & Scan MCA Laserdisc / Force Video DVD of the Alan Smithee Version / U.K. Dune -- Two-disc Special Edition DVD (anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfer)

GUIDES:

7th Draft Script / Building the Perfect DUNE" by Sean Murphy (Video Watchdog No. 33 & 34) / and http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/

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