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Hal 9000

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#1374998
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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mrbenjamino said:

Cinefy said:

Hal 9000 said:

Okay, so here’s this. We can certainly give Poe a line or two from video games or whatever, and add a few more hollers from people sending in audio.

Y’know, things like “let’s give 'em hell!” and “ASS!”

https://vimeo.com/457355065

I still think that kid shouting “we believe in you Poe” is too loud, lol.

ouch lmao

Lol, I’m glad you said it. I like the line.

Those lines were edited nicely for how the original scene is.
I wonder if it might be bette to cut to Wedge at the same point we originally would cut to Poe, then cut back and hear “For Skywalker,” along with some other cries as the shot carries on longer.

Eh, probably not. It’s better to let the shot continue unbroken and then see Wedge before cutting to a different exterior shot.

Anyone know any good Poe lines to fit this situation?

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#1374886
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

Noted. I want to mail down the ‘blocking’ of the little sequence before I get into the grittier audio aspects. Does it feel right to have the extended shot play over what used to be a cutaway to Poe, then play out the equivalent duration longer?

Axlanian did a great job mixing the cries and yells to the old blocking of shots, so I’m wondering if it feels right to have a couple whoops, Poe can say something vague about “wow let’s go” and then a couple “For Skywalker”s at the same point in the music as before, followed by a bit more enthused chatter.

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#1374835
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Hmm, I don’t know. I think there’s no real continuity issue, as Finn can approach the other two from offscreen easily in that timeframe. Apologies because I can’t remember who off the dome, but someone has the idea to add a few faint footstep sounds to imply Finn is walking over even. The clip you posted, and granted that I’m watching with a hawk eye, feels edited as the dialogue doesn’t match their mouths, especially Rey calling out Poe’s name.

I dunno, I think what we got so far is probably as good as that little scene is going to get.

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#1374710
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

That’s pretty good! I’m not sure it’s totally believable for the trooper not to recognize these characters at this point, so it could be all right to leave the dialogue as it was. Lando kills him before he can report back or alert anyone else.

EDIT: Actually, the original line features him reporting back! Well, the first part can stay, just “hold it right there.”

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#1374667
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

^ I think it looks pretty okay. Doesn’t stand up to tough scrutiny, but that shot in particular looks pretty sharp and good to my eyes.

Here’s a version I like a little better, including Wedge instead of the tail end of the shot, breaking up multiple shots of a bunch of ships and allowing the music not to be cut up.

https://vimeo.com/457153375

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#1374657
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

Ideally footage where ships whoosh into frame from either the side or behind, for panning audio.

I think someone had sent in a recording “For Mandalore,” so I should try to find it. Like I said, send in a bit more of that sort of thing, guys!

And if anyone with more time or skill than I would like, I welcome some 5.1 audio with panning audio to hear ships coming from the rear channels and transitioning into the front, synced to the footage or not.

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#1374649
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

Anyone know of any clips from The Clone Wars or Rebels or Resistance where several ships enter frame rapidly? Maybe could lift audio for the couple ‘squadrons’ of small ships at the end of the extended shot.

I wonder if maybe reintroducing the Wedge shot at the end could let us cut away from the extended shot right before it gets particularly problematic from an audio perspective with the squadrons.

And Poe can still say “hit those underbelly cannons” via comm.

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#1374620
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

https://vimeo.com/457114176

Here’s the current state of this shot. I’ll probably move the “For Skywalker” shouts earlier, and would need a few more whoops and hollers.

It could use some more sound effects as ships woosh into frame from behind, and so forth. Mrbenjamino’s sound effects work well but more are needed.

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#1374592
Topic
Prequel Trilogy Deleted Scenes - AI Upscale (a WIP)
Time

Well, unless I want to introduce a generational loss across the entire trilogy by ripping the finished edits themselves, at this point it’d probably be easiest to manually trace and rebuild the entire trilogy by overlaying them by a guideline proxy video track ripped from the existing finished edits.

It’s just not worth it, not without the truckloads of free time I once had. Those FCP7 project files are houses burning down caught in suspended animation.