Star Wars: A New Hope DEVASTATOR EDITION (V.2 a WIP) — Page 19

That guy with no name said:
Do you mean this shot?

Comp (WIP)

Here it is with the lightsaber:

ignore the color issues.

That looks fantastic! I hope that you include it in V2! 😀👍🏼

That guy with no name said:

I flipped it because I replaced the earlier shot of the destroyer with the one from ESB;

Y tho

G&G-Fan said:

That guy with no name said:

I flipped it because I replaced the earlier shot of the destroyer with the one from ESB;

Y tho

Because why not.

FWIW I agree. If the original shot of some speeders and people going by that originally opened the scene didn’t have so many foreground antics added in, I’d like to use a version of it without the silliness but with the SE backdrop so it fits in a bit better. I’m not unhappy with what’s in my current version, but it’s an area ripe for improving upon.

Ronster said:

Hal 9000 said:

FWIW I agree. If the original shot of some speeders and people going by that originally opened the scene didn’t have so many foreground antics added in, I’d like to use a version of it without the silliness but with the SE backdrop so it fits in a bit better. I’m not unhappy with what’s in my current version, but it’s an area ripe for improving upon.

I think guy with No name has done a good job and I don’t want him to feel people are asking too much of him… But yeah good what he did here, but also we can pick fault with the original film… Why is the top of the moisture vaporator missing?

That could mean that the shot should be cropped?.. I know I saw an alternate angle more from above that did not have to deal with the landspeeder shadow animation and probably not the missing top of the moisture vaporator but they went with that angle probably to see what could be achieved and perhaps fell out of their depth a bit in 1977 but you know I guess innovation whilst having mistakes included, is better than no innovation without mistakes and playing safe. Pushing the envelope was what it was all about and that rings true for Special Edition also, but in a bad way. The CGI was put center stage over the film especially here in this part.

If this shot was commissioned today it would be more about the top of the moisture vaporator probably more than anything else I reckon.

As time as gone by CGI although a very essential and useful tool in the box of tricks It’s maintained it’s big front and center accolades but also slid into the background and kept itself subtle. The big wow factor is now gone…

The telegraph poles and wires in the background are a good thing too they don’t detract from the shanty town Mos Eisley…

It’s not missing its top, that’s just a type of evaporator:

V.1

V.2 (rough blockling)

That looks wonderful!

Very nice!

V.1:

V.2:

Very nice.

Death star explosion final.
should I keep the camera shake or leave it out?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10AQ9f32QcPWHY4TyeDdHmMx8P_n3Gcvt/view?usp=sharing

That guy with no name said:

Death star explosion final.
should I keep the camera shake or leave it out?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10AQ9f32QcPWHY4TyeDdHmMx8P_n3Gcvt/view?usp=sharing

No camera shake, please. No offense, but it feels sort of “amateurish”. Big explosions being accompanied by camera shaking has never really been a part of Star Wars’s visual language.

StarkillerAG said:

That guy with no name said:

Death star explosion final.
should I keep the camera shake or leave it out?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10AQ9f32QcPWHY4TyeDdHmMx8P_n3Gcvt/view?usp=sharing

No camera shake, please. No offense, but it feels sort of “amateurish”. Big explosions being accompanied by camera shaking has never really been a part of Star Wars’s visual language.

The’re very apparent in the prequels though.

Hey, I looked through V1 and LOVED it. I’ll be using this as the main base of my private custom SE edit, it’s wonderful work 😃

Just a few technical notes for the upcoming V2:

• the Greedo subtitle at 49:47 has the word “sign” misspelled to “sighn”

• the shot of Luke running down the prisoner hallway at 1:13:27 is frozen on one frame

darthrush said:

Hey, I looked through V1 and LOVED it. I’ll be using this as the main base of my private custom SE edit, it’s wonderful work 😃

Just a few technical notes for the upcoming V2:

• the Greedo subtitle at 49:47 has the word “sign” misspelled to “sighn”

• the shot of Luke running down the prisoner hallway at 1:13:27 is frozen on one frame

good catch.

+1 against camera shake. It works for ships and fighters to shake on impact, but it doesn’t feel right for the camera to, let alone for this shot. IMHO

Here it is without the camera shake.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_VCDj02M7jkH2cGui_z_SX42ISB2Qi4/view?usp=sharing

That guy with no name said:

Here it is without the camera shake.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_VCDj02M7jkH2cGui_z_SX42ISB2Qi4/view?usp=sharing

Yeah, it’s way better without the camera shake. Weirdly, it almost feels like less shaking gives it more impact.

By the way, the explosion effect is great! Sorry if I sound too critical, you’re doing some amazing work.

StarkillerAG said:

That guy with no name said:

Here it is without the camera shake.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_VCDj02M7jkH2cGui_z_SX42ISB2Qi4/view?usp=sharing

Yeah, it’s way better without the camera shake. Weirdly, it almost feels like less shaking gives it more impact.

By the way, the explosion effect is great! Sorry if I sound too critical, you’re doing some amazing work.

no that’s fine!
also is it a good idea to add yavin prime:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Gnhr2FR510iicJuWtiod2oPVGQEehI6/view?usp=sharing

Yeah, I like it too. Adywan also added Yavin to that shot, if I remember correctly.

The explosion with no shake, plus Yavin in there looks great!