Well, wait. I suppose it doesn’t matter if it’s implied to be Hux there, in this new context. Does the shot have to be reversed to use that line?
I think I prefer the shots not flipped, and without Gleeson’s unmistakable (to me) “Fire.”
But the second firing mockup ain’t bad. We’d processed the overall idea and found it wanting in the past.
In the reading WAY too far into things department, I like the use of those two ‘control room’ shots in the firing sequence for what it telegraphs:
Now, in the ‘weapon charging’ scene, it goes from a propaganda speech to the brainwashed masses to seemingly two or three people overlooking… something, and pushing the buttons to begin the process.
Then, when we get to the actual weapon firing, we get some people scrambling to comply with orders, one of which looks somewhat uncomfortable with it.
Yeah… it’s the only instance in the entire movie they do that sort of “salute,” and we see them facing the (now) drainage from the star later.
As far as sync goes, there’s not any wiggle room whatsoever; the shot needs to begin and end in that spot with every frame it has. But I think it’s perfectly fine in a series of movies with stormtrooper footstep audio synced like this:
https://youtu.be/YLFhbLSl1CU?t=21s
That works flawlessly. Here’s the sequence at present, leaving no problem using the control rooms shots for the firing sequence:
https://vimeo.com/221300542
password: “wars”
Perhaps you could use the beginning of the Hux shot. (The ending has a nice graphic of the Sun being drained that’s more relevant to earlier.)
EDIT: NeverarGreat, would you mind sending the cropped shot? It’s not that I couldn’t do it myself, it’s just that… you already have. I may not have time to right away, but I will see if that longer shot would let me remove the two control room shots in order to save them for the SKB firing sequence. 😃
It’s a lot of listening to the same thing over and over, monkeying with volume levels, crossfade points and lengths, isolating channels, and then scrapping it because a simple uniform crossfade actually sounded better.
Hal I was reading a few posts back and you were iffy on weather to keep kyle knowing Finns number. The numbers are stupid. Good cut. My 2 scents
I agree, but it’s outside the goals of the project. This isn’t necessarily “Beautiful Finished Product Fan Edit of First Disney Star Wars Movie,” but rather “Simple Concept Applied to Movie (Can Be Source For Your Beautiful Finished Product Fan Edit of First Disney Star Wars Movie If You Like)”.
Yes, absolutely! Updated that post to include that. 😃
Update: While we are sorting out the proposed SKB firing sequence, I’ve applied sound effects to the “R2 hard drive” scene, and gotten Leia’s faltering shot after Hosnian Prime is destroyed to sound great as I said a few posts ago.
So, what remains:
Opening crawl (Sir Ridley)
Maz’s Castle sequence (Sir Ridley)
Deleted scene: Leia and the Resistance (NeverarGreat)
And possibly:
[Kylo Ren’s mask during second Snoke scene, and Snoke suddently standing (Pie in the sky, most likely)]
[Proposed SKB firing sequence (NeverarGreat; I leerily like it)]
Yeah… I don’t think those earlier FO control room shots from the ‘weapon charging’ scene can be removed, unless someone wants to rotoscope out Gleeson from this shot:
https://ibb.co/i2czHa
https://ibb.co/mTPPiF
NeverarGreat, do you think it’d be doable to remove those two shots from your firing sequence, or would the music need to begin at an awkward spot?
EDIT: At the VERY least, I can use this to let the musical cue plan on from the big planet explosion through Leia faltering. I love it as a mockup, but I’m leery of the reused shots, particularly the FO control room.
Anyone have access to halfway decent and/or isolated 3PO and BB8 gyro/motor sound effects?
No, I meant the First Order control room shots.
Approved! Haha. I’m going to see if I can’t comfortably excise the ‘control room’ shots from earlier in the movie.
Well, there’s only a few things to plug in for this thing to be ready. Those are:
New opening crawl (Sir Ridley)
Maz’s castle sequence (Sir Ridley)
Sound effects for Threepio and BB8 during R2’s new hard drive scene
Kylo Ren mask, and Snoke inexplicably standing, Fx for second Snoke scene (Would be nice, not gonna be a holdup)
I’m afraid my Mac is going to spend the better part of the day restoring from a backup, but that’s what I have on my list, and I don’t think there’s anything missing from it as far as what’s needed to finish the project. I fully hope and expect to have it out well ahead of Episode VIII, for everyone’s viewing pleasure.
Silly question, she remembers because of all the quality time they spent together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5UmTwj6Y18
FWIW, I wonder whether a good point to reveal Kylo’s parentage would be when Han first encounters Leia.
“I saw him. He was here. Leia, I saw our son.”
I sincerely look forward to watching your finished product, as the list sounds very sensible and targeted. I don’t have time at the moment to respond to each change, but many of them sound great and only a few seem ill-advised. It’ll have to wait for now.
Do NOT click on this link until you have seen the final episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdhRRf7hd4c
oojason said:
and then…
Request: someone, please digitally move the rock over to mostly obscure R2.
Something I threw together to commemorate the nullification of the Guardian’s prophecy:
https://youtu.be/8Ur1rhjGQ4Q
Sad to see the Guardian’s prophecy discarded, retroactively giving that episode an odd message about destiny. I’m glad they at least lampshaded it.
I can’t imagine what the final episode will be, as it seems 22 minutes is a cramped amount of time to conclude everything.
The score during Leia’s cutaway if fairly set in stone since it leads directly into Chewbacca roaring and firing at Kylo Ren. At least, as things are now. It’s hard to tell anymore since I’ve gotten more accustomed to hearing it this way than the original film!
Not sure I understand as that’s all they’re identified by until Poe gives Finn his name? I can see how initially it may feel out of place for him to just pull it out of the air but the way he pauses alludes to some use of the force that gives him this information. Anyway, it’s exclusion doesn’t effect the main plot but I feel it might hurt his character development a little as its another scene that’s helping establish his power with the force for the audience and as I said earlier, draws some parallels with DV which is part of the overall story.
It just seems weird to me for the big bad villain to even be concerned with a serial number. To him, I’d expect Finn to be “that one trooper.” I’ll probably undo the change, though, leaving it just about SKB and R2.
