Update

Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets have been updated. They are sharper and crisper, with a few impovement tweaks here and there.

CamSMurph said:

Hey, bro! If you plan on recolouring Fred and George’s joke shop in HBP, you might want to have a look at this incredible video by GamesDirect!

https://youtu.be/HHxF2PrgzsA (Perhaps not exactly like this, but brighter and more vibrant to contrast the darkness of the rest of the film.)

Thank you for that video, Cam. I’m already done color grading half the movie and agree with almost everything the YouTuber said. But I think he went a little too bright in the midtones.

vranir said:

Thank you so much for continuing this very long project!

One question based on an initial skim though: is the volume range the same for all of these? It sounds to me like Order of the Phoenix is significantly louder at all times than Sorcerer’s Stone (not sure about the others).

I tried to play the two of them right after the other on my home cinema system, and couldn’t hear much difference, except that the dialogue is a little bit lower on SS perhaps.

JEDT: A google search revealed to me that many have complained on Reddit that Sorcerer’s Stone and CoS have worse audio than the rest in the series, and many complain about the dialogue. Now, for me, when I go through my audiomixes I focus a lot on audio and have certain filters applied to make them loud and crisp. However, that’s not to say that the main differences would still be there. So yes, OotP and SS might be a tad different in overall audio level quality. Now that I am aware of this, perhaps I will lower OotP on a re-render in the future with about 5-10% or vice versa. I need to listen to them back to back and see if it’s actually necessary as well. I mean, the volume button is a wonderful thing, but then again - as the perfectionist I’m trying to be, I’d love for it to be as balanced as possible.

Thank you for pointing it out, Vranir ❤️ (By the way, I’m halfway through your Rings of Power edit and loving the cuts and pace thus far).

Thank you, my friend! Greatly appreciated! ❤️

Hmm, interesting thought. I’ll look into it later this week for fun, and if it works it works.

Update

Sorcerer’s Stone has been updated visually to look more clean, like PoA and onward. It should fit even more smoothly along the other films now than what it already did. A lot of the noise and background grain from the original film should now be very smooth.

Thank you, my friend! Greatly appreciated! ❤️

Hmm, interesting thought. I’ll look into it later this week for fun, and if it works it works.

Update

Sorcerer’s Stone has been updated visually to look more clean, like PoA and onward. It should fit even more smoothly along the other films now than what it already did.

honestabe said:

Thank you so much for the hard work in these. Truly much appreciated.

Out of curiosity, does OotP edit have any deleted scenes incorporated into it?

Thank you. For the fans, by a fan.

Yes, there are two.

OotP - Ultimate Edition

is now released, with subtitles.

Alohomora!

Cheers, my friends!

And thank you, Cam! ❤️ Glad you enjoyed.

EDIT: And yes, OotP is a more streamlined edit, but it has a good 4-500 alterations.

PMs sent.

UPDATE

Goblet of Fire Ultimate Edition now has an updated version to compliment OotP Ultimate a little better as well as fix some annoyances / issues either found by me or the community.

These include, but are not limited, to:

• Harry’s nightmare sequences touched up, and are now more smooth.
• The opening is a little bit better paced.
• Removed a brief blink-and-you-miss-it skull in the opening WB Logo from the original opening sequence.
• Harry’s nightmare sequence after the Yule Ball is edited to be more like his nightmare sequences in OotP.
• Color graded some orange-toned scenes to be more yellow, to fit better with the continuity that came before (CoS & PoA Ultimate Edition)
• Tightened up the “Deleted Scene” of Severus, Karkaroff and Harry to give the film more urgency in the middle portion.
• and more…

OotP - Ultimate Edition

will most likely release tomorrow. The edit is more of an achievement in sound editing than anything I’ve done previously, as my main issue with the film is the lack of it feeling like a Harry Potter movie. Now, with the new soundmix - that both allow OotP to have its own musical identity from Nicholas Hooper but also have the continuation of all previous, established themes of the franchise, as well as promote upcoming traces of HbP and DH themes, turns this into the shift in tone that I want it to be.

My other gripe with the film was that certain aspects were too quickly glossed over, like Neville reminiscing about his parents’ death after Bellatrix escaped or the escape from Azkaban (where are we? What’s happening? What is this place?).

Besides from this, OotP is the best edited Harry Potter film by far and I wanted only to enhance it, not change it.

Hopefully this comes across in the upcoming release.

VERsingthegamez said:

Just got done watching it. Great edit overall. I did notice some subtitles missing like at 2:37:10. One thing that has been on my mind is, do you know what the slow piano music is at 59:30. I swear I’ve heard this in your GOT edits before,but couldn’t find it on ytp anywhere.

Cheers, my friend. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ll look into the subtitles.

was this HotD film I or II? 😃

😄

Finally Star Wars got their spine back! Brave decision!

This is a good day for Star Wars. First acknowledge the problem - and then course correct.

“This will begin to make things right”.

Brilliant! Please shout me a link Vranir and I’ll find a date to watch this.

Congratulations, my friend! ❤️

Completely agree. I think if the creators had thought it true they could have just put the white walker vision to one of his first nightmares and then focus on his guilt in the latter episodes and it would be a more emotional resolution to his season’s arc, and they could’ve had their cake and ate it too. Instead - as you point out - it was all left rather confusing and pointless. Hopefully fixed in the film.

Thank you, antani, my friend! Hope you had a great summer!

I also forgot to mention that mostly all fast-travel is restructured to feel like there is none.

House of the Dragon - Film II - The Wars To Come

is released, with subtitles.

Major changes from the main story/season:

• Alicent and Rhaenyra doesn’t keep meeting up in secret.
• Rhaenyra complains a lot less.
• Jahaerys and Baela are turned into more active players.
• Corlys have a lot of his scenes re-arranged to feel more included and important to the overall plot.
• Daemon’s story at Harrenhall is re-structured and have more urgency added to it.
• Daemon changes his allegiance back to Rhaenyra from PTSD and guilt, not from White Walker preminition.
• White Walker Weirwood dream is altered and takes place earlier in the story, and is left more up to the imagination than the original season allows it to.
• Fast Travel is restructured so that there is none.
• The pacing is very strict.

Besides from this, the season has been turned into a very intense and paced-up film narrative with a lot of montages to keep the story going and engaging at all times.

No worries. Sent PM.

adobewan said:

How goes film 10? I just finished binging these with my partner and cannot wait to see how you finish it off!

Hopefully before the end of the year. I need to be fully satisfied with the ending, and it is tougher than one would think. Although with the cancellation of Jon Snow show and the importance of prophecy and White Walkers in HotD I think the dark ending will be very fitting to end the (ongoing) GoT franchise.

maximus1781boi said:

I would love to view your GoT edits, what should I do?

I’ve sent you a PM. Just hit the chat bubble up right and you’re there.

PM sent. ❤️

CamSMurph said:

Where’s the clip gone?

Previous page.

Jimmy Chips said:

Great work as always!

Happy you liked the new clip, Jimmy! Cheers! ❤️

https://streamable.com/kn6v8j

In the original film you have no idea where you are, where the prison is or what is going on when this scene takes place. I wanted to fix that. It is also way too rapidly cut for my taste, and we jump from explotion to Bellatrix walking outside without a pause between the two. Also fixed.

Also wanted to keep the strong continuity of the music, with Voldemort’s foreboding theme from GoF (the previous film) to better bridge the two films in their sound design.

CamSMurph said:

Anjohan said:

Cheers, Cam. I think the downmix to stereo is the culprit here, but on the surround channel it is a tad loud (on purpose) on the front channels. I can lower them slightly so it won’t be too overbearing for anyone more audio sensitive.

Great to know! I just want to make sure everything is up to snuff! 😄

Which is why I always value your feedback.

Cheers, Cam. I think the downmix to stereo is the culprit here, but on the surround channel it is a tad loud (on purpose) on the front channels. I can lower them slightly so it won’t be too overbearing for anyone more audio sensitive.

Cheers, friends!

Dementor Attack

• Going for horror and terror.

https://streamable.com/kjs61b

Nightmare #2

• Going for PTSD and horror.

https://streamable.com/mcqc13

Cheers, guys. I’ve been so busy with the GoT edits and some shorter ones, but I’ll do some more work on OotP this week.

I’ll upload a scene or two as well.