R2’s physics in ROTS is cartoony to me mostly because it is just so contrary to how we see R2 look and behave in all the rest of SW.
I’d still like to see a version of the scene, with Obi-Wan tossing the comlink at R2 only for it to realistically hit his dome sharply and clatter to the ground. As if someone threw a handheld phone at a metal refrigerator.
I think the first one feels too vague for the dramatic music, and the second way too vague. I think WP4 is gonna be the way this stands.
I don’t have a problem with the ‘ghouls’ line. It’s a quick expositional aside. I actually think it’s kind of funny some people thought he said “cool.” And now it’s a fun moment for it.
And I’ll leave the exploding fly…trooper (?) as is. The excessive explosion is this trilogy’s Grievous death.
Much appreciated, too!
Okay, just wanted to make sure it wasn’t originally as the mask pieces first appear.
And about the saber continuity thing: That doesn’t bother me and I don’t want to remove a scene just because of it or anything.
I don’t notice anything that sounds out of the ordinary with the mask sequence. To be sure, what you hear isn’t in the original, right?
I don’t know about a Rey Nobody cut’s version of that scene. I basically plan to just copy Dom for the relevant scenes.
That Poe shot is nice, but it seems like we’d basically have to swap it for another anyway.
And the PT and OT each have a movie with no capital letters in their crawl. Same goes for my edits of them.
Hmm, what audio issue do you notice on the transition into Dom’s Kylo vision sequence? Nothing sticks out to me.
And yeah, I guess Finn’s new first line does sort of reflect that 3PO line. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, but I hadn’t thought of that.
And I definitely do plan to use at least a little KoR dialogue once that material is ready.
Things like that Naboo shot being updated don’t affect A/V sync, that’s what my point was.
Could have him say, “You’re his grandfather” and that’s it.
“What Palpatine doesn’t know is… who are you?”
Zoidberg voice
Maybe it just sucks?
And with Dom’s TIE clip in my greedy mitts, I should in theory be able to sync-lock the edit anytime. Seems premature to do so now, since I’ll be waiting for a little while for at least stuff from jonh.
And this song keeps playing in my head when I type or see “cracklin’”.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=lXrcuv3G_7A&feature=share
Anyone wanna mock that up? Or I can whenever. But I imagine removing the line “you are a Palpatine” may be what we’re able to get away with. The later line feels like he’s expounding on it, not delivering a big revelation in that moment.
There is an added Wilhelm scream somewhere already. It’s the lesser known variant, heard for example at the start of AOTC.
Once the main edit is done and the resources are there, I will release a Rey Nobody version as an alternate. But I’m considering the Palpatine one the main edit.
Eventually, probably after Dom finishes his edit.
Probably so, yes. Pasaana actually had its own LUT.
Are you gonna do the duel of the fates Exegol thing you talked about, I had a pretty solid concept test for it awhile back
No, and not because it’s a poor mock-up or anything. It just feels weird in context, and works better as a clip. We hear these guys chant several times and they don’t sound like that other times. I just don’t think it really works and am leaving it out.
For the LUTs I will try bringing them down and finding a middle ground, for sure. I wanted everyone to see the main LUT applied at 100% first.
For Exagol they look great, everywhere else they are almost too much. It’s like we swung the pendulum from being too blue to being too red. You can see this especially in Kylo’s face, it almost looks like he’s sunburnt. I wonder what it would look like if the intensity was just brought down slightly. Another issue with the LUTs is that the movie becomes incredibly bright, almost too much.
Hold up, what?!
The way you described it is NOT how it looks when I imported the LUT.
Hal, I can’t view your workprint at the current time, but is this how you’ve set yours:
(This is in FCPX)
Yes, that’s right, except I didn’t use the alt LUT. Was that decided as being superior?
On a different note, Kylo’s new vision when he touches vader’s.
I like the addition of Luke, but I think a different shot, like of him holding the Anakin’s saber in a close up would work better than Kylo stabbing him. Honestly I prefer the one from the earlier workprint. It still works and I can see how Luke is important to Kylo’s journey, but I prefer the other one.
I’ll take a look and see about it.
Off-topic, but to tie the Sith Whispers to the Wayfinder earlier, perhaps at the beginning of the film, you could have Kylo hear the whispers after he’s killed all the natives, which prompts him to turn his head quickly around. It would also tie in nicely with the “chasing whispers” part of the crawl.
It’s more important to tie those whispers to the dagger itself, not the Wayfinder so much. And there are some other whispers already present when each person finds the Wayfinder.
Also, Hal, I noticed in the workprint that the scene when Chewie is introduced to Hux and Pryde in the restructured Chewie reveal is now missing. Did I miss something? 🤔
The scene didn’t make any sense or serve any purpose being moved that late so I removed it.
And, Chase, the LUTs are being evaluated like everything else. It’s easy to dial them back and I wanted people to see them and see how they work. I agree that they’re a lot of red and I may not have seen that as clearly if I hadn’t laid the LUT in at 100% to start with. No need to get edgy about that.
And about the 16 hours thing… It unfortunately is about the only real reason the characters keep pushing on so relentlessly, not going back to base and not staying to reflect for any length of time on Ach-To, etc.
Snooker told me that she plans to revise the Naboo shot after seeing it in context.
And on a personal note, this project continues to be worked on using borrowed snippets of time. Life is a 24/7 marathon in my home, and I’ve been getting some flack for even the average of like 7 minutes I spend at the computer for this, so I’m going to need to watch it.
What remains of the pipeline for this project is very doable, even if heavily segmented and slow.
The OP lists the few bits and pieces still needed from others. These should be things I can easily lay into place. The audio for the crackling saber is simple to do but will require time.
Once that’s done I will reconnect media in order to ditch my proxy rip with the better rip, crossing fingers that there’s no issue that would require manual realignment. Then I will slowly scrub through the movie in order to apply the LUTs properly, carful not to skip over segments that may show different settings and things like that. Then I can encode final output.
Burbin is doing subtitles, which will be immensely helpful, as I don’t know when I’d be able to do them at this point. Ash can do a DTS encode, and I should be able to sync a chapter file.
A group commentary can hopefully take place, if I can sell it and be able to make space for it that will also work with the right members’ availability. Good thing is that if we can do it at all, all we need is a ‘sync-locked’ draft to go on and we wouldn’t need to wait for the final product to get it done.
Dom just sent me his Rey vs. TIE sequence, so we might be pretty close to a sync-lockable point.
Maybe I’ll need to apply the general LUT only partially, maybe at 75% or something like that.
Well hey I’d welcome either one. I assumed you were planning to release a whole edit that way as a variant, but if only would have to put out that as a clip on its own I’d happily join it up and have a homebrewed modified copy of the edit.
Looks perfect to me!!
No cracklin’ saber. I want this workprint especially to be coherent and serviceable for viewing.
And as for oviniboy, GET BACK IN THE GARAGE.
It’s heading up now!
Right on both counts. Should be ready this evening, or possibly tomorrow.
