Oh wow yeah, I think I’ve seen a few takes go for dialogue removal on this scene, but the use of reversing the start of the kiss is actually a pretty effective way of portraying the regret over the kiss without the blunt “I shouldn’t have done that”. Surprised how well Portman’s expression works for that in this context.
Amazing videos! I honestly love this breakdown on your approach to editing, the vocabulary used showing WHY cuts can be made.
We will watch your career with great interest.
Episode 8: “I will not be The Last Jedi”
…wait
If you’re gonna put the Death Star near a planet, I’d recommend something like Coruscant or Geonosis. It’d be cool if it was a rather alien planet and not too Earth-like.
Geonosis could work, since it’s pretty remote. Coruscant would be kinda weird.
It’s a secret weapon, parking it outside of the Galactic Capital would probably be noticed lol.
To preserve the surprise of Vader being Luke’s father, Revenge of the Sith should end right as the Council confronts Palpatine, as to not show a sign of Anakin’s fall.
I was working on an HD version of The Phantom Edit recently, actually, just haven’t been in the mood to set up a whole thread for it lol.
he had yt channel and stopped uploading for copyright reasons
Yeah, but the channel seems to be wiped. I was wondering if anyone had any videos saved.
Sorry to revive a long dead thread, but does anyone have any record of this edit? I remember watching the clips a ton when they were available. I wanted to work on my own TPM edit inspired by it, but I’m severely lacking reference. Only one vimeo clip remains, the whole of the Youtube version being dead.
The main one I’m hunting for is the opening, the editing work was pretty masterful, but with the whole channel gone, poof.
I’d be willing to check out the rough drafts
Same, I was really looking forward to this edit, wonder why he went completely dark
Would love a link too
I can’t help but feel the color grading’s maybe a little too… much in a few areas. In concept I like the idea of trying to restore the original tones, but I can’t help but feel it maybe swings a bit tooo far into cyan/orange, not to mention being far too dark in a lot of areas.
I do love the new dialogue for the Viceroy though, both voiced and written.
Could I get a link to the edit please?
Damn, sorry to hear. This definitely sounds like it would have been interesting, hope it can be remade some day!
I’d love to check this out!
That looks great! The masking on the city is definitely the biggest issue, otherwise this is pretty impressive!
Sure, I’d love to check it out!
That’s fair enough reason, lol
No problem! I can’t wait to see your results!
I personally feel a pure AI voice is a bit too robotic to work in the long run. I wonder how good results could be if you tried taking your recordings of the lines and used a software like RVC v2 to generate an AI voice that uses your delivery?
So Jar-Jar is a spot where my edit is going to be a bit different than a lot of other ones. I’m keeping more of him.
I have two reasons for this.
He’s the comic relief in a movie that’s very stagey, stuffy, and serious otherwise. So he does have a plot function, but more importantly he has a pacing function. It was just overused in the original and a lot of it wasn’t as funny as it needed to be.
Him being clumsy, which he was banished for, and then helping save the day by being clumsy and rejoining the Gungans is a good character arc. So we need to see him be a mess throughout the film so his clumsiness can pay off in the battle.
I personally feel like a lot of edits over cut Jar-Jar and the Gungans. My goal is to keep enough of both of them that they have a real presence in the story and an arc, without going over the top.
That’s a fair look at things. I do agree some edits overcut on him, to the point where it’s a wonder why keep him at all.
I just always felt that one gag drags on far too long as “Anakin warns him not to touch the beam > He goes to pick up a tool, getting his tongue caught > Oh no, the pod’s gonna start up soon but his hand is caught > Padme helps him out, being the only person not blind/deaf enough to somehow not notice him through the entire conundrum”
Hence my suggestion to try cutting it down to “Anakin warms him not to touch the beam, or else his hand would be numb > Oh no, his tongue got caught instead! How hilarious”, or even stopping the gag as he walks away with his hand stuck, since the audience could assume he eventually unstuck it offscreen, instead of Qui-Gon and Anakin just not caring about possibly maiming him.
Here’s an extended clip from TPM. This features some 3PO removal, masking, music replacement, moving shots around, cropping and panning, etc. Pretty much every trick up my sleeve.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F89lT9WHKJ7EcEYZyW3sVW2iCcHF6Egk/view?usp=drive_link
The 3PO removal is pretty well done!
I personally would remove the jar jar antics though. At least heavily cutting it down to him getting his tongue numb. Him getting his hand stuck feels like the bit sorta dragging on far too long, with no real payoff.
I look forward to seeing this! Definitely looks promising!
I personally prefer the previous version. The noise on the newest one feels a bit too overbearing imo.
The CC looks great!