STAR WARS - EPISODE I - The Ancient Lore [V2] [IMPROVED Version] — Page 2

I think I found a better and more natural solution than the original dialogue idea.

As far as that FakeYou site. It can produce decent results, but i find the GitHub release much better and more powerful. Sometimes the voices can be rendered almost robotic through the site, requiring a lot of post-render work in Audacity and Vegas.

However, audio trickery - and especially dialogue - is always difficult. It took me nearly two hours just to produce this snippet - and I don’t know if it will work, but here it is:

https://streamable.com/oxwbrf

Great to hear that it works. I will remove the following “Padawan” on Qui-Gon’s second line to smooth things out, on suggestion from Fanedit.org.

Naboo Aftermath (Beta)

https://streamable.com/ha8ja8

Will need some more work. Any suggestions would be good.

I will probably add some dead battledroids, but I wonder if any dead civilianz would be too harsh?

evansj1983 said:

I love this! I remember AlaskanSandman trying something similar and was sad it wasn’t able to come to anything. I always feel like we need some sense of what has happened to the later line “our people are suffering” hits home more.

I agree. I think if we see how bad the state of the planet is when we leave it the first time, all dialogue about it will hit home even harder.

Sirius said:

Yeah, maybe dead soldiers would be good, since that is more of a royal area (I think). One thing I think could be good too is changing the color of the sky, or at least put more smoke in the sky area

Agreed.

Great suggestion. Will do so.

T-202 said:
I really dig this, It fits perfectly with the more hostile Takeover of Naboo you set up in V1.

Always appreciate feedback. I am glad you feel the same. I hope for the Naboo Invasion to hit really hard for the audience.

Overall, this is good. But the random flames clearly pasted onto the scene look out of place and tagged on… the stairs are burning in that one scene? My advice: Stick to the smoke, especially the one in the background. That looks really good for the most part.

Vidmaster said:

Overall, this is good. But the random flames clearly pasted onto the scene look out of place and tagged on… the stairs are burning in that one scene? My advice: Stick to the smoke, especially the one in the background. That looks really good for the most part.

Yes, agreed. As stated it need work. It was more about “setting the scene”. Thank you for your feedback. I am happy that you find the smoke effect to be working.

mrbenja0618 said:
I like the clip, the flames a look a tad off, but I see you say you are still tweaking, but the concept works. I wish there could be a way to make it more atmospheric that matches the mood of the scene. Maybe more gray and overcast over mostly sunny with scattered clouds, but that would be a load of rotoscoping work.

Regardless, I’m deeply interested in this. Also, why does Qui-Gon have a purple saber? Was just for the sake of change, or is there a deep cut reason? haha

Suggestions always appreciated.

Qui-Gon have a purple saber for two reasons;

• One is that it fits him more than Mace Windu, as Qui-Gon is more of a rogue Jedi and therefore also not on the Council
• and he is the obvious main character of this edit, and therefore it gives him a more unique approach

PodracingThisIs91 said:

Anjohan said:

I think I found a better and more natural solution than the original dialogue idea.

As far as that FakeYou site. It can produce decent results, but i find the GitHub release much better and more powerful. Sometimes the voices can be rendered almost robotic through the site, requiring a lot of post-render work in Audacity and Vegas.

However, audio trickery - and especially dialogue - is always difficult. It took me nearly two hours just to produce this snippet - and I don’t know if it will work, but here it is:

https://streamable.com/oxwbrf

The “You are not his padawan anymore” bit sounds funny with headphones (cheap ones), a bit too robotic and with a diferent ‘tone’. With the laptop speakers is barely noticeable. I think I can tell doe to the prior headphones listening and wouldn’t have noticed otherwise

Hmm, I can not reproduce this issue with two different headsets on my own end. I suppose I can’t prevent the line from being 100 percent on all audio devices, but what I can do is try and even out the volume levels and perhaps even clean them up once more. I will see what I can do.

Naboo Aftermath

https://streamable.com/3jfgyl

Anjohan said:

I’m trying something on a whim here, and I am interested in whether this approach is working or not.

https://streamable.com/gov9qd

I am simply trying to create better conversations and some humour between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon. I think the first portion works very well (up until “is going to be the death of me”), and the latter about 80%.

I’m trying to achieve a few things through this dialogue:

• Obi-Wan is inpatient and a little whiny, much like most Padawans are (Anakin will be). But with decent humour and irony.
• A little gab at the original film premise (diplomatic mission)
• Obi-Wan hating the planet, that he will once end up living on
• Qui-Gon trying to keep his Padawan’s mind focused on the Force and the ways of the Jedi.

I quite like the witty banter, the voice work is very convincing too.

I do kind of find it odd that Qui-Gon calls a diplomatic mission boring considering it’s literally the Jedi’s main job, but I can’t say I didn’t laugh.

Sirius said:

I liked it, the only thing I found a bit odd was the fire springing up on the floor. Maybe just a smoke there would be good. Or you could set the fire somewhere else, like in the trees or in the ship.

In the second sequence? Or the first with the stairs background?

G&G-Fan said:
I quite like the witty banter, the voice work is very convincing too.

I do kind of find it odd that Qui-Gon calls a diplomatic mission boring considering it’s literally the Jedi’s main job, but I can’t say I didn’t laugh.

Hehe, happy to hear that! Let us call it sarcasm with a dash of irony. I always felt that Qui-Gon has very static, sarcastic humour in the films. Call it clever humour (for instance: “the ability to speak does not make you intelligent”).

The fact it made you and others chuckle means it must be working. Thank you for your feedback.