- Post
- #295843
- Topic
- My Episode III Re-Edit (v 2007) (Completed)
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295843/action/topic#295843
- Time
leaving mustafar
I would say remove the shot of the Naboo starship [or whatever it is] flying towards camera, or reorder the shots. the way it plays feels kinda weird. maybe try show Obiwan and Threepio and then that shot? there have been a lot of clips posted and i cant really remember exactly what each person has tried...
Overall i think i prefer not to wipe from obiwan leaving mustafar to obiwan arriving at polis masa. that might just be me tho.
the birthing
Here's a crazy idea, Why not have obiwan actually say 'Don't give up Padme' at some point?
Overall it works well in a 'trimmed down' fashion although I think the usic should probably be toned down a little towards the end...
the vision montage
the Quigon and Obiwan flashback is a great idea. However given how god damn creepy Yoda looked circa TPM maybe you should use his voice with a visual of something else. maybe young anakin?
I like the hazy effect but it seems a tad too blurry.
I really don't like the Anakin Sith eye shot here because none of them were around to witness it.
And this might just be me but it seems very wierd for yodas voice to be so 'echoed' when it is his own voice in his own flashback. I guess the same with obiwan, but it's really noticable for Yoda. Where he recalls his discussion with Obiwan about Anakin falling to the dark side...
The "don't give up padme" shot seems wierd here too. Unless we tap into the notion that it was not a vision that anakin had of the future but rather something he intercepted [Sidious] - But that's probably too complex to get into without anything to really back it up.
What might be great is if you created a similar shot using footage from actual "birth scene / death scene" . kind of like from a butterfly effect perspective. the future event still happened but played out a little differently due to characters actively trying to prevent / alter a set future.
It just seems very odd for a character to have a flashback to something they did not witness but from a perspective of someone who did. Like tapping into the mind of that person.
the quick shot of Luke in tatooine just doesnt seem to fit well. I like the idea of it. but it just doesn't feel right. Maybe as part of a longer montage, possibly coupled with shots of leia, although as i understand it you are trying to excise her from rots...
Maybe intercut Yoda meditating with the birth. Bail could interupt him with the news of her death. With the birth of Luke Yoda could then sense his presence and 'see' his future briefly. You'd have to trim yoda and bail from the birth scenes tho in that case.
What I'm getting at here is that there are great scenes and maybe theres a better way to bring them into the story and give them context rather than showing them for the sake of seeing them. Keep in mind that in the OT the audience was often moving along with the characters and only finding out things when they did.
All of the Alderaan stuff is fine as it is IMO and wouldn't really need anything more than minor tweaks. overall a fine effort but could do with some polishing.
I'm working on some ideas of my own for ROTS but it's all pretty rough atm. I'm a little out of the loop right now. I might go back and look at all the clips and thing we've all dicussed, try to get up to speed again.
Could you tell me what type of filtering / effects you are using on your flash back scenes? I'd like to experiment myself and i like the style...
Keep it up 