I think it would've been more appropriate to ask this in "General Star Wars Discussions". Ask Moth3r if he can move your thread over there.
This thread needs more visibility, kudos to you, cause it's a great project.
I'm using your ANH transcript for my current preservation.
Hahaha that's priceless!!!!!! :D
Yeah, it's maddening.
I showed my mom the depiction of an "adenoid face", i.e. an atypical appearance of the face caused by enlargement of the adenoid, and asked her
- "Who does this drawing remind you of?"
- "That looks just like little Matthew"
- "You know why? That's called an adenoid face."
- "Son of a..! Those hard headed ignorant pricks never listened to me, did they? always thinking it was the fault of some stinking allergy!"
CP3S said:
The fact that the internet still gets jollies from pointing this out so many years later leads me to believe that Canada has a better school system than the US (and maybe Italy ;), and are better educated than us.
Burundi has a better school system than Italy.
I may be exaggerating but I've helped my little 11 year old cousin with his homework and they are teaching him NOTHING.
To stay on topic with things we'd like to bitch about, my little cousin not only has to bear the fact that his parents are divorced, his mother being an ignorant lower class bitch, his father (my uncle) an ignorant good-for-nothing doofus; the boy also has a really bad speech impediment, and as a result he writes things the way he says them, and nobody corrects him! I've told my uncle to get the boy to a logopedist, or at least take those damn adenoids out, cause poor Matt breathes like a pug, but he doesn't seem to understand or care about the importance of correct speech during the formative years. They're gonna beat the shit out of him in middle school.
You catch on pretty quick.
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but your audio mix just doesn't work.
For two reasons, one is because you just took the sound/effects track from the completed movie and it just clashes with the picture, you can hear where the "ambiance" of the music changes because there was supposed to be a cut to a reaction shot or some footage of the aliens or whatever, and it's just distracting.
Two is because in some spots it's just too loud and you can't hear the set audio.
My suggestions: if you're gonna use the music from the movie, just use the cd soundtrack, ditch the sound effects (it's supposed to be a workprint, I'd say even the music is out of place!) and if you can, run all the set audio through a limiter/compressor.
It will help keep the voices at the same level (obviously try to avoid distortion).
I used this method when I edited a two hour show shot in a theatre, the actors didn't all know how to carry their voices, and some of them almost whispered, so the guy at the audio mixer just went crazy going up and down with the levels, and I had the insane job of making everything all match. Even after Eq and noise reduction, a compressor at the end of the line is what saves your ass.
The first song is called "Diga Diga Doo" and it really sounds like it was the direct inspiration for "Cantina Band #1"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O8zchAuQ_o
The second one is "Madhouse", I used it because I thought this one had the most appropriate tempo and phrasing.
Ryan, I don't know if you've read this topic, I think it could be very useful
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-The-Temp-Track/topic/12014/
In regards to the cantina scene, I had done a rough "temp track" clip a while ago, it's on page 2. You might wanna take a look at it, mostly for the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALpdZHkOtHE
Great!
I used this matrix:
Ryan McAvoy said:
You sir are already on the credits list for this project.
TV's Frink said:
Leonardo said:
I think the old woman (from scene 24) could be intercut with footage of the speeder
FTFY
Yeah, no swallows though.
Ryan McAvoy said:
Yes I'm aware of the SE Lucasfilm logo bleed through. Gonna fix that.
What shot is it from 2001? Quote me a time. Got it!
Problem with intercutting the anchorhead woman with the speeder is that the speeder footage isn't from anchorhead. Maybe if I could use a mos esiley approach shot instead that would intercut better.
Also need to get higher res shot of the teaser SW logo.
Thx for the feedback.
No problem man.
Is this hi res enough?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48x_gLYo2QI
I was thinking you could reverse it, so that instead of coming towards the screen, it recedes like the proper logo. Maybe matte out the "copyright 1976" thingy at the bottom.
Also,
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3Wlp4clLq4dRkQteXJGYXFXb28/edit
Glad I could be of help. I was interested in seeing this.
I noticed the SE Lucasfilm Logo under the old one during the fade out, you might wanna cover it with a black matte or something. Same thing for "A long time ago". I know you're just using the SE for the audio, just take out the video part or disable it. What software are you using to edit this?
Suggestion: the shot of the escape pod falling towards Tatooine could be replaced by a shot from "2001 A Space Odyssey". The framing seems very familiar.
I think the old woman (besides the voice acting*) could be intercut with footage of the speeder, like this:
*I'm currently listening to clips from the GTA games, maybe one of the pedestrians has a quote you can use.
Link doesn't seem to work, it just opens the pic in another tab.
You know, I actually spoke with idiots who believed that was for real. Nay, what they actually saw was the sloppy superimposed text of the italian version that said "APAXSEMPRE".
[A.P.A. is an acronym for Pro Gun Association, the "X" stand for "For" and "Sempre" means "Ever"]
Many Simpsons fans from this country have a quiff from all the jokes that whizz right over their heads.
Trailer is online. I repeat, trailer is online.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3Wlp4clLq4dOVZ5NmN2ZS16T0E/edit
Don't be shocked, they used to do that. My father's generation (people born in the mid 50s) remembers such times.
Mindless rubbish.
JEDIT although I must say if it were for any other movie studio it wouldn't look too bad, that font is cool and I'm a sucker for minimalist looks. But as a new logo for 20th Century.. it just sucks ass.
A request:
does anybody have the original teaser trailer in high definition?
I mean this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEDFGzqMgpI
I remember there used to be a full HD version on youtube, but it has been taken down.
Also, here's a couple of samples of my 5.1 upmix.
Could anybody tell me if there's any problems with these?
Hahah that is fucked up.
But at least it's interesting to know there are chicks like this around.
I've regrown my beard too and it's looking fairly decent, the moustache now is actually the longest I've ever let it grow and when I wake up in the morning it's all curled up in a handlebar.