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#302224
Topic
DRESDEN FILES - 2-HOUR PILOT PRESERVATION (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/302224/action/topic#302224
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Hmmm, so here's the dealio.

Much of the workprint consists of missing effects, shots with big honkin' text saying "Temporary Effect", or "Insert Shot of Cell Phone In Snow", blue screens, and overdubs from people that aren't the actor (or the even the same gender).

Now I can replace as much as possible with final DVD footage but there are some differences.
For example, I love the workprint's title-ing for location/time. It's cool and dynamic. The final TV version is plain white text and look ugly.

Btw, for you Jim Butcher book fans, you'll be pleased to know that Bob is a skull! (Ok so he's a CGI animated firey skull a'la Ghostrider (For 5 seconds and then it's just missing effect shots the rest of the episode)).

Anyway, the opening shot is longer with music in the workprint. In the TV version it's quick, and there is a much more violent storm in progress.
Oh yeah, and the final version of the shot looks so much better.

The question is, am I reconstructing the episode or am I reconstructing the workprint?
If the latter, then I have to ditch final footage when it doesn't match.
If the former then I should replace scenes from the workprint when there are better/completed final analogs.

And that's confusing as well since some shots look like the effects are more animatic or slapped together looking. Also, and I don't know if it's a deliberate creative decision or not, but some shots have some oddly tweaked color timing and overblown brightness. It could be the nature of it being a workprint or it could be to convey mood.


I would like to keep the soundtrack from the workprint. It's an interesting collection (and a bit silly): The Cure (Burn), ELO (Strange Magic, of course), Chris Isaak (Shadows In A Mirror ("I'm watching somebody's heart break in two..."))...

Thoughts?
Is anyone still subscribed to this thread?

Workprint:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9301/workki2.jpg

Final SFX:
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3008/finalph0.jpg
Post
#301901
Topic
Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas (Complete) - (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301901/action/topic#301901
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The Muppets really are plagued by editing nightmares.
I was sitting through the original Muppet Movie last night when I realized there were bits missing.

IMDB explains that there was a 97 minute extended version... I'm not sure where I would have seen it (maybe TV), but I remember some of the parts they describe.

Anyone have those scenes and want to take a swing at a reconstructed extended edition?
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#298750
Topic
DRESDEN FILES - 2-HOUR PILOT PRESERVATION (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298750/action/topic#298750
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Psycho_Dayv: It looks like it's back on you.

The Complete Season 1 DVD set does NOT contain the unaired pilot.
The DVDs have a couple episodes with an audio commentary and a few deleted scenes... that's it.

From TVShowsOnDVD.com:
I've received a few emails from people asking why the pilot episode wasn't included on the DVD set. Apparently the pilot was constructed from a few episodes, deleted scenes, and discarded material, and it wasn't a very strong piece for the DVDs, so it was left off. The decision to remove it from the set was made after the announcement.


We're going to need someone to re-construct this for us after all since Sci-Fi isn't going to.
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#295858
Topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295858/action/topic#295858
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I think Criterion would absolutely make a restored OT release if they could get the rights away from Lucas.
(Although I've never been a fan of their video quality. They're really better at extras than anything else.)

But what IS important is not IF Criterion would make a Star Wars release... it's that these are NOT from Criterion.

You might as well call it an Anchor Bay release or Fox or even Disney for all it matters.
Criterion is a company name and nothing else. To attribute them to the work done by the X0 people is just plain pointless.
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#292879
Topic
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292879/action/topic#292879
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Hmm, I don't see the scene you're referring to.
From the second Ron and Harry start to change back and start to flee the Slytherin common room, their hair appear to be correct, even in the deleted scene.
Can you be more specific?

For all the problems this edit has been having I'm again tempted to shelve it until the official release... just in case.

I'm just not understanding the need for a boxed edition when everyone knows there's 2 more movies coming.

I can't imagine it selling particularly well either (possible new extras or extended running time aside).
Who'd pay a premium for movies in an incomplete box set that you can already buy for half the price?
Odd decision.
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#292588
Topic
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292588/action/topic#292588
Time
Blargh!

The other day I ran into a problem with the SiLU source. There is a run of 6 minutes with a bunch of random pixels around the picture.
I was up until 5 am that night hand fixing and repairing my scripts to bypass the problem. (Unfortunately it meant losing 2 seconds from the theatrical edition I added back. Better that than an ugly picture.).

The technical: The ABC video is a raw transport stream passed via m2v files to avisynth (as mpeg2source), the x264-mkv source is passed as directshowsource.
After more than a week of editing audio in Womble, and generating multiple avisynth scripts that call each other and a bazillion trim commands I finished.

My encoding (OPV at Q18) took 5-6 hours (lots of slow codecs and filters are involved (delogo was worth it)).
And then...

"DirectShowSource is not frame accurate."
Did anyone know this?
Blaraghghghgghgh.
My scripts are garbage, I have nothing.

I have one idea to fix this and it sucks: convert a 720p HD video of 2 hrs 40 minutes to a lossless format. That's about 60gb (estimated)....
Then go back to the lossless video and find all my edit points again to find the REAL frame numbers.

If I want to finish this, it looks like I'm going to need a bigger boat.