Hal 9000

https://vimeo.com/262980651
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Here’s the first instance of caretaker removal. I just might end up doing two versions: one with deleted scenes and one without, since I think their inclusion is dubious even if they were fully polished, which they aren’t. I like a few of them quite a bit, but I understand why they were cut and they aren’t 100% presentable.
If I don’t use the Rey caretaker party scene, I think the caretakers’ only plot related role would be lost and they’d be more effective on the cutting room floor. The tone of the Luke/Rey thread would be improved IMHO, since there’d be no real payoff to their presence anymore.

https://vimeo.com/262911517
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I tried to include a final, “Okay, I’ll hold,” prior to cutting to the loading bar completing, but the total drop off of the music doesn’t work right before cutting to the action kicking in the way it does for an extended Austin Powers joke.

I see your point, Dom. I’ll retool this when I am able and see if it’d be as seamless to retain a bit more of Poe.

I’d like to remove the analogy of a telephone call if possible, and have it be a somewhat dry thing on Poe’s part. Hux starts rambling, and Poe says a very minimal amount, just to keep Hux rambling.

Idea:
“This is Commander Poe Dameron of the Republic fleet, I have an urgent communique for General Hux.”
“Patch him through. This is Hux of the First Order. Tell your precious princess there will be no terms, cut to cockpit for a moment no surrender.”
“Hux?”
"This is Hux. You and your friends are doomed, we will wipe your filth from the galaxy."
Loading complete “BB8, punch it!”

I appreciate the feedback. I do like this version,

Thanks, seems like it might be the way to go. I like how Hux’s line, “He’s insane” reads more clearly as a dry bit of humor.

Here’s at least one candidate for a way to handle the SNL opening. This will most likely be all I can produce for today.

https://vimeo.com/262841015
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FCPX feels fucking ridiculous to me. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to remove a section of channel 3 (dialogue) and use channels 1 and 2 to cover over it.
I think I’ll give FCP7 one more go-round and promise myself that TLJ will be a relatively quick job, or at least a one-and-done with no V2.

Wonderful. I’m still just pre-planning. It’s amazing how quickly everyone else has moved. Says a lot about the movie, since there wasn’t much for TFA and what came came later on.

Sounds, well… sound! Thanks for that. If you are already carefully crafting a good execution of the transition, would you be willing to share a lossless version for others like me?
As usual, I want everyone’s projects to be the best possible; all I’d do is try to ape what it sounds like you’re going for.

I don’t remember which one, but there’s an edit which renders the line, “He could use the Force [] to create life.”

I like the idea of placing the Yoda scene immediately prior to Crait.
Would you mind waxing eloquent about the wrestling you’ve already done with this?

I saw that, thank you. I think it’s important that the Luke ‘moment’ scene be placed at the front end, since it lets us know he is not 100% resolved against hope. Helps it seem less abrupt when he oscillates his position later, especially the Yoda scene.

By the time I sit down to gather my thoughts and begin contemplating and planning what to do, people have already done so much.
In about two weeks, there’s already about as many prior edits for me to review as there were for the prequel trilogy after a decade!
I’m not quite ready to get the NLE fired up just yet, though. It’ll be my first real project with FCPX, and I already feel the pain of adjusting.
Also, I may not use as many of the deleted scenes as I initially thought, since I think RJ was right to trim the movie in most cases. We’ll see; it is hard to say how I may end up structuring things for this edit until I get started in earnest.

Looks like we have a problem with the “third lesson” deleted scene. Rey running across the landscape is clearly a temp effect and looks very unconvincing. Also, the final shot of the scene features a totally motionless ocean with no waves.

I’m betting someone around here could tackle the second of these, and perhaps that would be good enough to make it usable.

Macsvoltage said:

• Rose gets shot by a walker during the speeder scene and then. .

Lol. I’d like to see that! Could you post a few clips, perhaps?

TAS has been updated and everything is set in place. Feel free to download from any of the usual avenues. Thanks for your patience.

I’d love to see 2001 this way; I’ve only ever seen it on a TV screen.

Was this the case in the original, or just a problem with the SE’s CGI X-wings?
What route did Rogue One take on this point?

Yeah, continuity aside, the Death Star doesn’t play into the prequel story at all, especially not AOTC. It’s an unneeded cameo which muddies the water for no payoff. The ending of ROTS has the Death Star being built, and at least there it is relevant since it shows that the Empire is in place and that the OT is coming next, contrived as that may be.
What would be cool IMHO is to make the Death Star at the end of 3 look like the schematics from RO and ANH with the dish on the equator.

Very nice, though I would hate to lose the original music. Remember, though, that the filmmakers were careful NOT to do any foley for his footsteps. 😉

I plan on using the regular BluRay as my source, because I know my machine can handle it, the handful of deleted scenes I hope to use are presented in 1080p, and I cannot imagine ever playing it on a screen on which I could appreciate the difference in resolution.
Also I’m a curmudgeon.

DominicCobb, it turns out I had not yet gotten rid of the primary video source (ProRes file) for AOTC, so it will be relatively easy to make that change and reencode. I have all the audio ready and will get a fixed version addressing the errant astromech sounds and swap the two establishing shots (so at least the Senate building is in the first one, even if the focus isn’t on it).

THEN, I’ll have a beer. Maybe I’ll even post a picture of it.

Thanks; should be able to take care of that one as well. Very glad you watched the whole thing, and that you enjoyed it overall.

Thank you, and yes, I was aware of that less than ideal shot choice. The video is locked at this point, and I’m okay with that.

ChainsawAsh said:

It’s fine, TAS only has the one audio track. 😉

Thanks in advance. You’ve been more than patient throughout this.
The champagne will have to wait another few days.