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Another reconsolidation from this month to not only bring the overall size down, but also to fix some issues I noticed with the export of my first version. [https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Marvel-Studios-House-of-M/id/120681#1601295]
Like my ‘What If…?’ projects I remade and re-exported in October, the size difference was relatively small per episode – ranging from 200Mb to 700MB each, give or take. But when that leads to the season as a whole going from 23.3GB down to 20.6GB, it’s a more noticeable difference overall with hopefully no drop-off in quality.
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The problem with the exports last time specifically was, even though I was working and exporting in my usual 1080p size and resolution, the finished product wasn’t as crisp and sharp as my other projects – even though I was still using my normal settings.
I assume that was a matter of the source files chosen, because the ones I chose this time around with the new visual codec were just as easy to work with as the others before, and the exports definitely looked sharper and cleaner when I compared the two versions of each episode side by side.
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The only difference in the episodes this time around is the runtime. With the custom titles I created for the series, I lengthened them very slightly to get more out of the theme music underneath, and also give the audience more time to absorb the text amongst the other visuals after they fade in and before they fade out again.
The series still follows the same formula as my first version of the edit with rearranging the episodes to focus on real-world first until a natural stopping point, custom series titles, Hex second until a natural stopping point, then WandaVision titles. This was all to keep the “TV within TV” motif the series always had, and keep the references to the sitcoms each episode in the Hex took inspiration from – amongst everything else. As before: the ‘ankle bracelet’ deleted scene is included, the Photon/Skrull mid-credits scene is replaced by Wanda in Sokovia, and a Wanda-centred cut & custom ‘Multiverse of Madness’ trailer I put in, is at the end of the finale.
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As before, the first three episodes were very greatly helped along by the editor ‘Joshuabri’ and his ~102 minute chronological edit “WandaVision Part 1” he allowed me to use last time, and I held onto because it’s a good quality piece of work – so credit where it’s due once again.
The poster I made for this edit was based on a textless WandaVision artwork by artist ‘KahlanAmnelle’, so a big thank you to them for their permission to use this poster in my own work.
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Footnote: I am merely a self-taught editor and VFX artist here, as such, some areas might be visibly mostly good – as I have to be realistic with the footage in front of me and what I can do with it, of course. If you do have any particular notes and feedback, feel free to give me your thoughts, but please be constructive and don’t be an ass about it.