topdawg193 said:
I was just wondering, would it be possible to give a little more time to Spalko's closeup? It seemed to last longer in the last edit you did, and feel more fluid.
Also, when they go over the second fall, how would it be to cut the shot of the jeep-actually-emerging from the water completely, and instead cut straight to the shot where the jeep is floating on top of the water and the gang are climbing back into it? The cut from the-jeep-actually-emerging to the-gang-climbing-back-into-the-jeep felt like a big jump.
Yeah, for the first version I've slowed Spalko's closeup down towards the end, as I thought I need more time to sell the fact that the jeep drops all the way down the cliff. No that I've inserted the shot showing it go over the cliff (from below), I think I got enough time with that. I'm still unsure about the cliff-jump though... either I add a digital jeep going over the cliff (and splashing into the water) in the wide-shot, and use the "jeep-actually-emerging"-shot afterwards , or I keep it is now, with only having the splash as a sound effect during Spalko's close up, and showing the emerging of the jeep in the wide-shot (which is there... I wouldn't need to create a digital jeep, and I prefer that solution).
This leads to your second question, how about losing the "emerging-jeep"-shot after the second drop. The problem is, cutting from the drop directly to the gang climbing back in feels like an even bigger jump. In the original they've inserted the cliff-wide-shot inbetween to suggest the passing of a couple of seconds, but as I've used that wide-shot to get rid of the tree, the "emerging jeep"-shot is the only thing left to insert here that somewhat fits (but really only "somewhat", you're right, as it still feels like a jump between those two shots).
About keeping his "reverse!"-lines, I think they don't fit before the third fall... as soon as he says "three" and takes his hat down, you can see he's resigned... ready for the unavoidable... and I'm also unsure if they fit after his "One... two...!" lines...