ADigitalMan

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Post: #123322
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123322/action/topic#123322
Time: 15-Jul-2005 6:24 PM

Not sure if anybody is reading these or not, but at least it makes a good running blog of what I'm doing.

With HP3, I recorded (using all the professional equipement I own) many takes of my best impression of Sirius Black, but the edit just didn't sound believable to me. So I'm nixing adding that line. Oh, to have the original film elements. Three words Alphonso! Just three words!

With regards to the Common Room scene, I tried to cobble together the intercutting footage mentioned above, but it didn't have the impact it needed as Ron awoke. For the audio, I tried mixing the "Come Out, Come Out and PLAY!" line with one of Ron's screams as The Grim dragged him beneath the Whomping Willow, but too much ambient noise (and music!!!) in the center channel kept me from getting a clean edit. It was a good idea, but hackey in the implementation. So I nixed the idea altogether and came up with a different approach.

I then took the unmolested scene and hacked a couple of large chunks from it. I removed Ron's dialogue and the McGonagall/Sir Cadogan/Neville dialogue from the scene. Placing it elsewhere, it now starts after Dumbledore's dream monologue and starts with McGonagall assuring the Gryffindor's that Sirius Black is gone but will probably try to return again. Cut out the Crookshanks bit between Ron & Hermione (because that comes much later in the story line), and have Hermione sit by Harry who is brooding into the fire about how Sirius was here, close enough to touch, and he could have killed him. Cut to blackness for about 10 frames as the music leads out, then cut straight to the falling leaf and Sir Cadogan's introductory scene. After this scene, then cut to Snape barging in to teach in Lupin's absence. This edit abutts the two deleted scenes together into one larger deleted scene and ties up the plot points introduced pretty nicely.

With regards to the Great Hall deleted scene after the first trip to Hogsmeade, I added a fun sound effect when Harry eats the candy that Ron brought back from town. Whatever was supposed to happen was left undone in the deleted scene, the palette open. So I searched for an appropriate sound effect that works extremely well.

I'm generating my 5.1 mix right now. After I clean HP2 off my drive, I'll mux and burn HP3 and then get started on the new book. Woo hoo!!!

Post: #123319
Topic: Which of the 6 films is your favorite?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123319/action/topic#123319
Time: 15-Jul-2005 12:04 PM

My list looks exactly like SWFanBoy's, above.

Post: #123109
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123109/action/topic#123109
Time: 14-Jul-2005 5:41 PM

Two things to say:

"Damn, Jackie!"

and that Sanchez collection makes one feel, umm dirty.

Post: #122891
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122891/action/topic#122891
Time: 13-Jul-2005 5:44 PM

Working on this extended Azkaban cut. I've been able to reinsert four of the five scenes after converting to Anamorphic (now that I know how to do that). I'm a little concerned about the Common Room scene, as it needed a precursor to set it up. This cut scene shows all of Gryffindor in the common room in the middle of the night, with Ron having awoken to the sight of Sirius in the room.

I Frankensteined together a scene featuring clips of Lupin's dialating eye intercut with a couple of shots of Sirius from elsewhere in the film. It's only a few seconds, then cuts to Ron waking up from the "spiders" dream. It makes his awakening more like a dream, but in reality, Black was right there in the room looking for ... well, we know who in the end. Point is, I'm not sure my intercutting dream sequence comes off well at all.

I considered cutting the scene drastically short and reinserting it after the Castle is locked down, but (a) you lose all that good Sir Cadogan footage by doing so, and (b) Scabbers is noted as being missing. This is way too early in the film for that plot point. The scene is better off being restored between Hagrid returning from Buckbeak's trial and Harry reading the Marauder's map in bed. It sets up why Harry was up so late studying the map, sets up why Peter Pettigrew is on the map, etc. etc. It's a good scene, but very incomplete without a proper setup to the scene.

Meanwhile, I could use the help of somebody great at voiceover work who is familiar with the movie. I want to get three words into the film as described in my first post in this thread. Somebody that can do the same voice that Oldman did. When he shouts "The map never lies!" I want to add "We made it!" immediately afterword. If anybody (especially you Brits) can record a believable version of this line to match the movie, I can mix it into the track with very little effort. These three words make all the difference between a great film and a perfect film.

edit: A clip of this cobbled edit is here. Feedback is appreciated

Post: #122895
Topic: ITS DONE - HOCKEY IS BACK< THEY MADE THE DEAL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122895/action/topic#122895
Time: 13-Jul-2005 12:00 PM

No hockey for 6 months, and did anybody really take notice?

Post: #122813
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122813/action/topic#122813
Time: 13-Jul-2005 11:25 AM

Anybody have screen caps of the illicit Cameron Diaz video that popped up last year?

Post: #122727
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122727/action/topic#122727
Time: 13-Jul-2005 12:58 AM

Muxing 5.1 for HP2 while I sleep tonight. Once I get some new discs in, I'll circulate these two through regular channels.

Post: #122351
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122351/action/topic#122351
Time: 11-Jul-2005 2:25 PM

You're replacing all the Ewoks with Wookiees in ROTJ right? And Chewbacca is their god?

Post: #122194
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122194/action/topic#122194
Time: 11-Jul-2005 1:55 AM

I'm exporting my 5.1 sound for HP1 now. This is the easier of the two, as there were only seven scenes to restore. HP2 has 18 scenes, though I think I only put 16 in.

This would have gone much faster had I saved all my original files. I've gone back and started from scratch to get the 5.1 audio. I will preserve this one on Dual Layer to keep the video untouched, but the SL will likely be the one to get out there.

Post: #122193
Topic: The "9000" Saga Edit (outdated thread)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122193/action/topic#122193
Time: 11-Jul-2005 1:49 AM

Sweet! What are your "distribution" plans?

Post: #121970
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121970/action/topic#121970
Time: 9-Jul-2005 12:59 AM

I wish they'd reinsert the scene via seamless branching so I wouldn't have to revisit it. But here we go again.

I was this | | close to doing an extended cut of Gladiator when that got announced. Now I'm just going to sit back and wait for Ridley Scott to do the work for me.

Post: #121971
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121971/action/topic#121971
Time: 8-Jul-2005 7:06 PM

And we decend from awful lines like "Yuah naht sending meeee to da coolah" to the even worse "Yippie Kay-ay, Batbrain!"

Post: #121876
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121876/action/topic#121876
Time: 8-Jul-2005 5:46 PM

I'm capturing with composite, but only because I'm capturing from a VCR with no S-Video Output. If you have S-Video, use it. The signal will be far better in my experience. I've obtained a copy of King Kong/Son of Kong on LD that I'm sending to a laserphile friend along with the canopus. His capture will help make an educated statement on the quality of an S-video capture, but I'm expecting great things.

Post: #121875
Topic: Ultimate/Archival Editions of the OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121875/action/topic#121875
Time: 8-Jul-2005 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Really, those scenes make no sense. Vader and the Emperor at the end of ANH would ruin the cliffhanger of Vader flying off into space

RB, I REALLY hope you like what I did at the end of ANH when you get a chance to see it. I think I did a good job of handling this issue respectfully without screwing up the film itself, setting ESB to rights in the process as well.

If GL could see this maybe, just maybe, he might actually say "you know, that works a whole lot better." Not that he ever, ever, EVER admits his mistakes.

If Lucasfilm were to use half the stuff we've come up with on these boards, the general reaction to his changes would be far more positive. And if he'd just release the unmolested OT, nobody would care if he put Gungans and Ewoks into Episode IV for his Ultimate Archival Extreme Editions.

Post: #121572
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121572/action/topic#121572
Time: 7-Jul-2005 10:56 AM

Sad fact: about 90% of the quotable quotes on the IMDB listing for Hudson Hawk were entered by yours truly. About a decade ago I stayed up all night with HH in the VCR, a remote in one hand, and my laptop on my lap, getting each of those great lines down word-for-word and submitted. Probably half of the trivia came from me too.

Hudson Hawk, IMHO, was so far over the heads of critics that it moved faster than their brains (or pens) could work. They hated it because they just didn't get it. They showed up for Die Hard and got Moonlighting-meets-Airplane. I've seen that film probably a hundred times and I catch something new every time. And now, with the popularity of the Da Vinci Code, it seems more relevant than ever. They could re-release next summer and use a marketing strategy like Manhunter used after the success of Silence of the Lambs.

I can see the trailer now. Don Fontaine's bosso profundo announcing:

"Before Robert Langdon cracked the Da Vinci Code, Eddie Hawkins went in search of a cup of coffee. If you thought you'd learned all the secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci, you ain't seen nothin' yet."

Various clips of hijinks follow.

"And now, for it's fifteenth anniversary, see the movie that nobody saw the first time around. Catch the Excitement! Catch the Adventure! Catch the Hawk! Bruce Willis is .... Hudson Hawk."

Close with the quote of Richard E. Grant saying:

"If Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today, he'd be eating microwave sushi naked in the back of a Cadillac with the both of us!"

Post: #121500
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121500/action/topic#121500
Time: 6-Jul-2005 8:26 PM

Wow. Thread killer, huh? Wasn't intended to be one.

I saw the official movie guide today at Borders. Way cool, though if I'd read it before I saw the movie, I'd be pissed. I do love the character twist at Bruce's party. I was really concerned about why Ra's Al Ghul was cast the way he was. I like how it all turned out. That's all I'll say for risk of spoiling it for anybody who hasn't seen it yet.

And if you haven't, instead of watching ROTS for the 72nd time, take a trip to Gotham next time you're at the multiplex. This movie renewed my faith that not all filmmakers are soulless bloodsuckers. Nolan clearly has respect for the craft of filmmaking and it shows in every frame.

Post: #121499
Topic: Capturing Live 8?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121499/action/topic#121499
Time: 6-Jul-2005 8:22 PM

AOLMusic has the concerts up online. I just watched the entire Floyd segment, and the McCartney/U2 number. Go to http://music.channel.aol.com/live_8_concert/highlights/turbo.adp for links to the songs and more.

Post: #121498
Topic: Babylon 5
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121498/action/topic#121498
Time: 6-Jul-2005 8:20 PM

I was really into the show during its run. The third season was some of the best written television of its time ... and perhaps ever. The writer known affectionaltely as JMS used to hang out online in the newsgroup and interact with all of us bozos daily. Back before the internet became a household appliance.

It's interesting just how many parallels there are to Lord of the Rings. JMS admittedly was all but writing Lord of the Rings in space.

Post: #121355
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121355/action/topic#121355
Time: 6-Jul-2005 7:33 PM

WinDV is freeware. Somebody on the videohelp.com forum recommended it to me.

Post: #121214
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121214/action/topic#121214
Time: 6-Jul-2005 12:29 PM

I drop my cursor on the frame where the cut should be made, highlight the relevant video and audio tracks, and hit the scissors tool. Then I find the end of the segment I want to cut out and do the same. Then I slide the area post-cut up against the area pre-cut.

Post: #121207
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121207/action/topic#121207
Time: 6-Jul-2005 10:53 AM

I haven't tried scenalyzer but I'm open to anything. I know that WinDV has been pretty bulletproof, as it's a no-frills package. I've found firewire drives to be more reliable than IDE drives when capturing. I've had dropped frames on my IDE drive, which have resulted in me trashing a capture and starting all over again.

I do wish the Canopus allowed for captures other than DV. I can't capture an uncompressed signal with it. I was unaware of that when I purchased it, else I'd just have invested in a straight video card. Still, it's been decent. The only truly crummy looking capture I've done so far is The Delicate Sound of Thunder. With all its slo-mo and smoke, the end result really didn't look good, even at 8000 kbits/sec. But with full PCM audio, I had to tell myself, which is more important, to hear the show or to watch the show?

Post: #121140
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121140/action/topic#121140
Time: 5-Jul-2005 11:51 PM

The KwikSpell scene is on the HP2 disc in region1. There were 18 deleted scenes total on that disc. I restored all but one ... of them coming across the car in the woods. That one ruined the surprise reappearance when Aragog's children started to attack Harry and Ron.

I'm going to do this all over again, though, as I wasn't happy with the audio sync.

Post: #121138
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121138/action/topic#121138
Time: 5-Jul-2005 11:48 PM

It's a pretty easy program. You have a timeline which you can drag the m2v file onto in one track, and two audio tracks onto for your AC3 files. Having two makes it pretty easy to set up crossfades and the like. Make a hard cut, drag the new clip from the first track down onto the second track, then extend the "borders" of the clips and create manual fades. I'm oversimplifying, of course, but a little experimentation (especially with right-clicking on everything you see) will unveil a world of options.

Post: #120992
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120992/action/topic#120992
Time: 5-Jul-2005 3:32 PM

Working on an extended cut to Blazing Saddles now. Almost done. Darth Editous has given me some good pointers on up-converting FF to Anamorphic.

Post: #120990
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120990/action/topic#120990
Time: 5-Jul-2005 3:19 PM

Hal, I use Womble MPEG Video Wizard, which is a slightly more robust program. I'm not sure if the export tool is the same as the MPEG-VCR, but if it is, the export window has four tabs, for [General] [Video] [Audio] [Monitor]. On the General tab, you can either "separate" the one designated output file into two files (a video file and an audio file) or they can be "multiplexed" into one file, where those two quoted terms actually toggle the function back and forth on the interface.