I think that some introductory dialogue from Ackbar is necessary here, since otherwise there is only a radio effect to imply that he’s speaking to the fighters. There are some other options for introductory dialogue such as ‘all groups’, or you could combine ‘all’ with ‘ships’ which he says during the TFA briefing.
It was part of V1. The attack on the Oscillator in V1 occurs where it did in the original movie - in the middle of the lightsaber battle. It probably needs to stay there because of the environmental destruction that happens as a result.
This scene juggling really highlights how there are tradeoffs and islands of stability in fanediting. There simply is no one best place to put this ‘damaged but still functional’ scene, since you’re breaking up the musical continuity of the film one way or another.
It’s really good!
The only issue I sense is with the music cutting from the space battle to Finn and Rey, since there are two similar chords right next to each other. Even though the music overlaying the distant shot of the Oscillator is correct, it feels off in this short scene and the transition just makes it worse. Would it work to use the music from the Ackbar shot and simply extend that through the rest of the scene? The ‘weapon will fire in 2 minutes’ dialogue is of similar length to what replaces it.
Here is the original line taken from the central channel of Despecialized, and also the final version which has been slowed down and filtered to remove most of the music and give it a radio sound:
https://mega.nz/#F!qAMwSDhS!OzuT_qoynTS0j3fH_e7UbQ
The reason I removed the whole thing was that I still felt the absence of the first half of his line. But I think it works equally well with the whole, half, or absent line, so I’ll leave it to someone with stronger feelings to decide 😉
A real attempt at bringing ‘all craft’ in line with the rest of the dialogue:
https://vimeo.com/223086082
Password: kraft
I figured taking out all the dialogue of the other pilot helps to simplify the scene, and if we can make the Snoke scene fit after the Oscillator breach this scene will fit right back in where it used to be.
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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Good addition.
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Wonderful fantasy. I didn’t care for most of the songs - they didn’t fit the tone of the movie very well - but the dialogue is exceptionally well written and the visuals are often beautiful.
One out of one unicorn.
I have been told, on two wholly separate occasions, that I remind people of Prince Lir.
I try to not be insulted by this.
At least you don’t remind them of King Haggard 😉
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Wonderful fantasy. I didn’t care for most of the songs - they didn’t fit the tone of the movie very well - but the dialogue is exceptionally well written and the visuals are often beautiful.
One out of one unicorn.
I never knew that.
(searches internet)
Fascinating.
Looks very promising. The Death Star walls still vary in color, but that is expected since my regrade didn’t go for strict adherence to a standard color, opting for a location-by-location color shift instead. The only other significant change I see is that the bot has less saturated skin tones, which makes sense since the bot probably doesn’t prioritize skin tones.
I should note that 5 or 6 of the test frames are from shots that I altered with color from another source, so the bot probably wouldn’t have been able to replicate that look anyway (see the R2 and 3PO shot and the trash compactor shot).
From here
This got worse the longer I looked at it.
“R2, stay and watch over the camp.”
(nervous beep)
Astonishing difference.
Glad to hear it! I enjoy reading your Star Wars scripts but original concepts are a more exciting proposition.
Could anyone post some of these frames from the Amazon version?
One does not simply re-post the top rated comment of the BirthMoviesDeath article reporting this news.
I really like the filmic contrast, and most of the shots look wonderful in terms of color. There’s only one real issue for me, and that is in the blues. The holograms and Obi-wan’s saber have too little luminosity, leading to strange gradients with the surrounding colors. The Federation ship interior also takes on a strange blueish green tint. Here’s an example of a shot that doesn’t benefit from this grading in my opinion:
It also seems like the reds are unnaturally dark.
Some shots look phenomenal though, such as this one:
The soft pinkish gray walls with blue panels really works.
Here’s a comparison shot, to hold over until this video preview finishes rendering.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/213242
Tangential, but it’s amazing how much detail went into a set that was only seen in a few shots.
Guys, we have a new winner for The Sword in the Stone!
The Amazon WEB-DL is 1080p, has no logo, and fewer artifacts than the best HDTVrips around; better bitrate too.
And, of course… no terrible DNR like the BD.
WEB-DL: https://i.imgbox.com/98T7RJPa.png
HDTV: https://i.imgbox.com/VtAhDHRS.pngWEB-DL: https://i.imgbox.com/dCUK2Hza.png
HDTV: https://i.imgbox.com/1MDlTE0O.png
Excellent!
I don’t know how the color looks on 35mm, but I have my suspicions about both of these transfers. To my eyes there is a lot of hue shifting, resulting in unnatural colors. I looked at some lobby cards to get an idea of what this could have looked like, and came up with a single correction for both images:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/213210/picture:0
This one is rather red, but at least the chair and the bone aren’t green.
I like the sky blue and olive green look of the lightsabers. The warmer tones truly sell it.
I bet that the 3rd reference (Death Star Hallway) is working at cross purposes to the other Verta frames, due to the amount of blue in the frame. I wonder, what would happen if that was removed from the algorithm?
^Tisk tisk, Neverarbot. You clearly don’t know me as well as you think you do. Those examples are much too blue.
😉
Here’s the final color with contrast altered to match the bot:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/213084
The colors are very similar to your TechBot in most respects.
This is also one of the shots that has blown out highlights on the Blu-ray, which I have fixed for this project.
