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A Dune (2021) film editing project by krausfadr
To inquire about this edit, email krausfadr at gmail dot com and include the word fanedit in the subject line.
Goals:
Improve overall image contrast
Remaster the 5.1 channel surround
Re-score a few scenes, especially the “leaving Caladan” montage
Use material from the soundtrack’s sketchbook but remix and refine some of the chord progression
Be more true to the book
Much less of the blatant expository from various characters
Duke Leto Atreides must be more decisive and commanding
Lady Jessica from the book was more outwardly in control of her emotions
Reduce Liet Kynes dialogue slightly (the Judge of the Change), make her a stronger character
Add blood VFX in multiple scenes
A more serious and dramatic tone for ending part one of this epic story
Change List (CONTAINS SPOILERS):
heil Palpatine!
Sorry fanedit.org was that way with/for you. 😦 Well, hopefully things will be smoother for you here as you seem to seek. May you reach your goals here (that all sound good!), get all your desired changes in place such that your result is nicely seamless and makes your version of the movie a go-to version over the theatrical release for most(/all?) who see your end result. 😃
LightWave = fun times with gfx for me 😃
Thanks WXM. OT has always been a great resource and a positive place to visit.
heil Palpatine!
Fanedit.org sucks because of it’s admins.
Fanedit.org sucks because of it’s admins.
Some of them are pretty good. And overall it’s a very good site with a lot of potential. But the tactics of a few admins can certainty make it unpleasant, for sure, when they overstep a reasonable level of authority.
heil Palpatine!
I agree on your assessment that the well-intending people on Fanedit.org can be very strict, especially TVs Frink. That’s kinda why I’m leaving the forums come 2022. New year, new beginnings. 😌
I have a feeling Reddit and this site will be where it’s at for me to showcase my ‘early bloomer’ fanediting skills. 🙂
“The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.”
-Sheev Palpatine, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Oh that’s great CamSMurph. I would love to see what you come up with.
EDIT: And I agree with FE’s rules and strictness. They need to be. But there’s a limit.
heil Palpatine!
Oh that’s great CamSMurph. I would love to see what you come up with.
EDIT: And I agree with FE’s rules and strictness. They need to be. But there’s a limit.
What part do you agree with in particular? It seems I myself may never agree with them. 😅
“The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.”
-Sheev Palpatine, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
krausfadr - are you sure you didn’t overreacted a little?
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krausfadr - are you sure you didn’t overreacted a little?
Sure that’s possible. EDIT: issues resolved
heil Palpatine!
CamSMurph I agree you must own the source and follow all the rules designed not to interfere with the studios interests. EDITED
heil Palpatine!
Gonna miss you over there. You had some great ideas. I didn’t agree with all of them, but I loved some of them. Sorry that you feel the way you do. I am very confused about what led to this and don’t think its my business to challenge your perspective, but perhaps you should give it a spell and reconsider?
Forever in search of that one movie experience…
krausfadr - are you sure you didn’t overreacted a little?
Sure that’s possible. But I don’t want to edit in an environment where admins think they have the authority to demand receipts for movies. They don’t. Assumed guilty until proven innocent is not my bag baby.
Fair enough.
In fact, I’d agree with above statement.
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@Artisdead I’m not leaving FE. I just don’t have an interest in posting my edits there.
EDIT: Sometimes it helps just to communicate. So I’ve removed my comments here about FE Staff.
heil Palpatine!
Hi, I am particularly interested in this edit.
As one who (of course not as the only one here I guess) has read nearly all of Dune including “The Dreamer …” and Frank Herberts biography, I have the impression, that especially Paul is not as he was intended to be. I would therefore suggest to change in particular following three scenes:
Also, I don’t think one can do anything about that, but unfortunately Chalamet permanently tries to look stern and serious for the gravity of the Dune-universe and all the philosophy in it (I guess), but you can see, that he only plays it in many of his scenes.
samultra thanks for sharing your ideas. Below are my initial impressions:
heil Palpatine!
@Artisdead I’m not leaving FE. I just don’t have an interest in posting my edits there.
EDIT: Sometimes it helps just to communicate. So I’ve removed my comments here about FE Staff.
Aww, man, sorry to read about your difficulties over at FE.
I remain friendly with many members there via the PM system.
I ceased active participation at FE years ago, after pointless conflicts with an unhappy soul.
For onlookers, I’m sure some of our clashes were entertaining.
On topic. Kinda looking forward to your Dune, although the film underwhelmed me.
samultra thanks for sharing your ideas. Below are my initial impressions:
- I agree. If feasible I’ll remove Paul’s obstinance.
- While I agree in principle about the scene with Leto, this is the only real bonding moment between father and son, albeit not from the book. Perhaps it will work to remove Paul’s doubt here but still have Leto give the fatherly pep talk. I’ll take a look.
- In the book Paul says he’s a freak but not like a baby for sure. I want to keep the scene with his mom somewhat intact but I’ll try and reduce all his whining about being used. I’m on the fence about him yelling at her bc this is the movie’s lackluster replacement of in the book Paul informing her she’s a Harkonnen.
I very much appreciate your considerations and understand your points of view. I am sure, you will considerably improve the movie with your plans 😉
Please, have a keen eye throughout the movie about such behaviour, especially on Paul’s part, I may not have remembered them all.
EDIT: Sometimes it helps just to communicate. So I’ve removed my comments here about FE Staff.
Does that also include signatures that might possibly reference something 😉
Not sure if that was a before or after thing. If before my apologies for assuming. 😃
Good luck on your edit!
Edit: how did my autocorrect think before was “beige” lol
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Haha ah yes I forgot about that.
EDIT: Reverted…
heil Palpatine!
EDIT: Sometimes it helps just to communicate. So I’ve removed my comments here about FE Staff.
Does that also include signatures that might possibly reference something 😉
Not sure if that was a before or after thing. If before my apologies for assuming. 😃
Good luck on your edit!
Edit: how did my autocorrect think before was “beige” lol
🤔
Forever in search of that one movie experience…
@Artisdead I’m not leaving FE. I just don’t have an interest in posting my edits there.
EDIT: Sometimes it helps just to communicate. So I’ve removed my comments here about FE Staff.
You had decided to leave and had posted some not so nice things here when I made my post.
I am glad that it all got worked out. So…you will be releasing your morbidly delicious Hannibal edits there? You will be considering A better cut of Red Dragon?
Forever in search of that one movie experience…
I never left FE. I just had my faneditor status removed. But everything is all worked out now like you said. I will post my Hannibal edits over at FE for sure! Not so sure about starting a Red Dragon edit though.
heil Palpatine!
Samultra I rewatched those scenes you mentioned. I’m sure I can remove Paul saying he just woke up and not wanting to cooperate with voice practice.
In the scene with Leto it looks like it will be fine to remove Paul saying what if I’m not the future of House Atreides and leave the rest of the scene intact. I’ll see if I can remove Leto saying “either” when he holds up the ring. So Leto just says “I didn’t want this.” Instead of Paul doubting he’s the future of the House, the father is just assuming his son prefers to be a fighter. This will help bring it more in line with the Paul of the book.
And in rewatching the scene in the tent with his mother, I agree it would work much better without Paul shouting at her. I’ll plan on removing that. In fact, I will trim some of his squirming and kicking like an angry baby there too so he’s not acting like a little gen-z wimp.
heil Palpatine!
Samultra I rewatched those scenes you mentioned. I’m sure I can remove Paul saying he just woke up and not wanting to cooperate with voice practice.
In the scene with Leto it looks like it will be fine to remove Paul saying what if I’m not the future of House Atreides and leave the rest of the scene intact. I’ll see if I can remove Leto saying “either” when he holds up the ring. So Leto just says “I didn’t want this.” Instead of Paul doubting he’s the future of the House, the father is just assuming his son prefers to be a fighter. This will help bring it more in line with the Paul of the book.
And in rewatching the scene in the tent with his mother, I agree it would work much better without Paul shouting at her. I’ll plan on removing that. In fact, I will trim some of his squirming and kicking like an angry baby there too so he’s not acting like a little gen-z wimp.
I am blown away … this may become my favourite edit of the film (supposing more to come) 😉😄