8 hours was enough today. I’ve got construction workers outside my office window all week now so it’s tough to concentrate. I’ll try some more tomorrow.
I’ve played with the timing and you can stretch it to around 4 or 5 seconds before it starts to look weird.
Wow, MR, I’m beginning to worry about you. That looks insane. I’m sure the rest can be covered by foreground puppets or objects.
And lol @ just having them watch TLJ on a CRT.
I worry about me too!! Haha. I’m my worst critic so this isn’t anywhere near where I want it.
I think the puppet show should remain basic and fun, How about a gorilla walker firing a few bolts at Luke and have him kinda twist and bob up n down like he’s dancing to deflect them? Kids love that stuff. Could even add a few “pew pews” in there 🤣
It’s always the short clips that take the most amount of effort.
I’m gonna try redoing the tough parts first and build around that instead. We’ll see…
This is around 8 hours of work so far on the Puppet removal. It’s really tricky to get the pattern of the material looking like it hasn’t been clone stamped and mimicking the wind blowing in the background. It’s probably going to take another 10 mask layers to get right…
Man, I’m looking forward to what you madlads can do with real props and filming. Holy shit.
Wait!? Real props and filming? Okay, I’ll admit, I really haven’t been paying much attention to the thread due to completing the next audiobook in my Harry Potter series, but are we literally about to start going the Adywan route here for V2?
My intention was always to try and film a scene of Rey building her Saber using Luke and Leia’s Crystals and now reshooting two dice shots with kylo ten. Adywan is most definately an inspiration.
How is that even possible? Hiring actors and deepfaking them?
Yeah, I was going to film it in the style of the deleted OT scene when Luke builds his, Kinda over-the-shoulder feel with a close-up on the hands and Saber but Covid put a stop to that. Hopefully, still be able to film something in July. The Kylo shots I’m doing myself, Just waiting on the Dice to clear customs. I’ve got a guy making me a pair by hand.
I’ve been trying all morning to remove the puppets but the texture of the background material and the wind movements are proving extremely difficult to mimic. That little thing it throws and the stick is really tricky too…
Man, I’m looking forward to what you madlads can do with real props and filming. Holy shit.
Wait!? Real props and filming? Okay, I’ll admit, I really haven’t been paying much attention to the thread due to completing the next audiobook in my Harry Potter series, but are we literally about to start going the Adywan route here for V2?
My intention was always to try and film a scene of Rey building her Saber using Luke and Leia’s Crystals and now reshooting two dice shots with kylo ten. Adywan is most definately an inspiration.
Since there seems to be a lot more interest in the statue shot than I had thought, I’m going to give it another pass. In my eyes, as it stands now, it’s not quite up to scratch yet.
Sounds good, dude! Will you be attempting the previous shot too?
That sounds great! I’ve got a bunch of scenes I’m already working on but I could maybe try to make a clean plate for you if you wanna take the first run at it?
I would love it if a clean plate could be made, that’s a good starting point.
Cool, its 3am so im about to crash. Ill take a run at it tomorrow for you…
Actually, I vote for JJ Puppet 🤣https://youtu.be/8zDFOdV14O0
Moving the images digitally won’t cut it, they need natural 3D motion, I’ve got a good green screen at home, if I could create those puppets physically, I could move them around on sticks to make it look like it was filmed.
That sounds great! I’ve got a bunch of scenes I’m already working on but I could maybe try to make a clean plate for you if you wanna take the first run at it?
It might be good to have Luke and the walker falling which would explain why the kids are laughing.
Yeah, I’m with you on this. Do you have a high res version of the images you’ve used?
It’s in this thread! I had suggested it and found someone mocked one up. Not sure who let me see what I can find!
That’s the one. Really nice idea. Those simple shapes do symbolise TLJ very well. We could roto they toy from the little boy in TLJ, just need an image that looks like a gorilla walker.
That’s actually a really great idea. I think someone took a run at it before?
What story can be hinted at within 24 frames though? It’s hard to create Luke disappearing or light sabers etc. A gorilla walker would be easy but it’s tricky for it to be clear enough it’s Luke.
If we could pull this off, it would be like the defining moment of this edit. The money shot.
Urgh… Now I really want to try and do it!
What do you think of those images from that video? There’s a shot of each puppet with whitish backgrounds. It could be easy to use the puppetry tool to animate.
The background of the original shot would be fairly easy to content fill. There’s just one point where the wind blows the material behind that may be tricky.
There is also a shot of Vader, 3P0, R2, Leia & a Stormtrooper in one scene. Maybe just use that telling “A New Hope” story instead of TLJ?
Someone definately did something regarding this idea.
This was so close https://youtu.be/7HGy2ncM010
I’ve watched that original scene back 100 times and it looks so off. Have they actually covered something up with bad motion tracking? The more I see it, the more this edit needs to happen.
That’s actually a really great idea. I think someone took a run at it before?
What story can be hinted at within 24 frames though? It’s hard to create Luke disappearing or light sabers etc. A gorilla walker would be easy but it’s tricky for it to be clear enough it’s Luke.
I watched every tutorial on youtube to see how thry did Kylo’s effect but no one seemed to get the particles right. I’ve gone again the grain and tried something new. It’s now got energy and fire elements to it so it shows complete unpredictability and instability.
I’m glad it’s getting good feedback. These FX’s are a nightmare to do and take forever!!
And MR, that saber clip is gorgeous. Beautiful introduction to it!
Cool, I’ll redo the Cave scene when I get some free time, see if the new FX suit darker lighting… 🤞
I’ve actually never really analysed it that much. I just feel…
TLJ
Leia "we’re trapped and need help! Anybody? Somebody? Remember we saved the galaxy before?
Nobody “…”
Luke steps up and sacrifices himself against a handful of gorilla walkers and kylo.
3 kids talk about his epic fight on Canto bite
TROS (No mention of Luke or his legacy)
Palpatines is back and has thousands of star destroyers with planet killing weapons!
Everyone “for Skywalker!”
Doesn’t that mean it took Luke to for for everyone to get involved? Seems a little harsh.
Yeah, that’s kinda the idea but the particle settings are none, agressive or out of control. I’ve had to drop some down to 0.01 but even on parts where she’s climbing the tree, if really had to mask a lot of it out.
Did you notice the amazing effect Disney did at 0:28? Hadn’t noticed that until now. It looks really cool.
Crackling Saber update. https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1412710/action/topic#1412710
