Looks good! ETA for the finished product?
I still have a lot of audio work in a few places and want to wait for a few ideas from other editors/users for certain issues.
Crait Speeder Approach
-No “Salt” comment from solider.
-Rose no longer reminds Finn to put his stabilizer to the ground.
-Cut the joke of Poe’s foot falling through the speeder.
-Cut Rose looking at her medallion.
I was ok with the removal of the salt line, that part didn’t matter to me,
Need the Rose / Stabilzer scene. Clearly his stabilizer was not engaged, and then it transition to the shot all of them have their mono-skis out. Continuity error there my friend. It shows that those rusty buckets have to have those in order to have control.
I didn’t mind the foot thing at all, personally.
Medallion removal, I can take it or leave it.
“Because you are a PalpaWalker?”
While all of the edits and transitions are done very well, I don’t like cutting out Rose looking at her medallion, I think that should stay.
Hux Don’t Get Thrown Around
-Cut out entire conversation between Hux and Snoke’s hologram.
This information is repeated later, slows down the pace, and makes Hux look pathetic.
That was done smoothly! Good job on keeping Hux’s expression/reaction.
“Because you are a PalpaWalker?”
No Blue Milk
-Cropped 2 shots to give the idea that they are not heading to the shore.
-Removed entire blue milk scene.
Very, very rough test for an idea regarding Luke dropping the lightsaber:
Just a thought. The lightsaber right before Luke drops it is a bit low in the frame, given the action we are about to follow of it falling out of frame. I wonder how this might look zoomed in slightly and bringing the saber closer to center of the frame. Perhaps someone with the 4K copy could provide this single shot if this proves to be an improvement.
EDIT: I lied. Of course it’s not “just a thought.” I want it to be good so that I might use it myself. 😉
I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently.
I just tried implementing what you said but the only issue is that Luke’s head would no longer be in the frame. Is that what your meaning to go for?
If so, maybe I could shorten the shot so it doesn’t hang on a motionless lightsaber for too long or perhaps reorder some shots but I am very interested in getting this to a better quality as a cut.
Yeah, I wouldn’t want to decaptitate Luke or anything. I was just wondering if scooching the saber up slightly in the shot might help it feel more natural. As it is, a crappy theater could conceivably accidentally crop the saber out of that shot when it is projected.
If you tried it, then I’m sure it’s a dead end, but I’ll try playing with it when I have the chance.
I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently.
How about this? The challenge is cropping it to put more focus on the saber and centering it on screen, while also making sure Luke’s head is in frame:
Nice!
“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”
Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.
It’s subtle, but I think if that’s all that can be done it it still helps sell it.
I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently.
Hum… you know, the close up on Rey before Luke throws away the saber has a slight camera movement (a zoom). Could the same zoom be done to Luke’s shot ? Since the edit removes the saber throwing hence the dynamic of the shot, I believe a zoom which mimics the previous shot one would still give this dynamic effect that’s missing with the edit.
New Transition - https://vimeo.com/268628072
Here I cut out a small chunk of the movie for better pacing. The advantages of what was cut are as follows:
-There is no longer a definite time frame mentioned (“18 hours”). This helps imply more passage of time over the course of the film.
-The audience does not have to sit through the Porgs nesting in the Falcon and bugging Chewie.
-We get back to Rey and Luke quicker which is always a plus.
I’d love to hear what you all think!
Pretty seamless! I didn’t even realize what you cut at first.
Same here!
“Because you are a PalpaWalker?”
I have gotten some feedback that the new transition I made (shown a few posts above) feels a little rushed and that there should be more Resistance material. What do you guys think? I want to make sure the pacing works well.
I present the ending to one of the alternate versions of the release…the “Skywalker Lives” edition!
Well done, but I still don’t get why you would make him live since he’s going to stay dead during EpIX.
It’s just a fun alternate version that I am putting out alongside the regular version of the edit. Who knows, episode 9 might be terrible and this could be retconned in my head as the conclusion of the saga, or maybe ep. 9 can be edited to accommodate Luke living.
Really, it is just a fun alternative to the regular release of the edit.
Question for everyone:
In my revamped scene of Finn’s speeder getting shot out of the way, do ya’ll prefer the music cutting out right as he is shot or having the music extend afterwards? The two preview clips are below.
Music Cuts Out Earlier: https://vimeo.com/264181374
Music Fades Out Later: https://vimeo.com/271413864
Look’s like I’ll be having the music fade out later in the Finn clip, after getting some feedback on fanedit.org.
Here is a clip of removing Luke’s shoulder brush and the “right away sir” joke, all to make for a scene with more tension.
I present the ending to one of the alternate versions of the release…the “Skywalker Lives” edition!
oh god. watching this was so frustrating because if that was actually how the movie ended, it really would be THAT much better to me. like, it’d probably go up to 4th place in my ranking. oh god.
darthrush you’re a genius