SpenceEdit

The Spence Final Cut made the Greatest Star Wars Fanedits page in what might be record time! Thanks for posting all your reviews everybody! I'm glad people seem to be enjoying it. Due to the warm reception, I feel that I must go back and do a version 2 that corrects some of the technical faults. If it's this popular, I want you to be able to watch it in the best way possible.

If there's any tech problems you noticed please list them here or on FE.org in a clear, concise list. I'll take a look at it.

There will not be any changes to the actual content of the edit, just fixing technical glitches. I'm happy with the way the actual edit turned out as it stands, and the only time I'll consider altering it is when the Blu-Ray comes out and only if it has some bitchin' deleted scenes.

I think you guys are right. It would definitely be an improvement.

I do have one concern though. I recently rewatched Shroud of the Dark Side, where Anakin is completely redubbed. It works for the most part, but the whole time I was watching it I kept thinking "there's no way that voice is coming out of that guy." I don't want to have that feel in my edit, as it'll just immediately take people out of the story. I'm going to do some tests today.

Good.... GOOOD!

I will probably be working on a fix of some of those tech problems with Rogue-theX this month and try to get that released. There will be no changes other than fixing the tech problems. The edit will remain the same.

The tech problems are not bad enough to ruin the movie, so if you'd like to watch it now feel free. Just know that they are there.

I'm also thinking of doing a new preview clip. I'm keeping a lot of the big moments and different things I'm trying as surprises, but I want to keep the interest level high while still keeping a lot of it close to the chest. Anything in particular anyone wants to see a test of? I've only edited through to the Podrace, but I'm doing tests of things throughout the whole movie.

What do you want to see?

Awesome!

I'm struggling a little with the podrace. The cutting on it is looking good, but I'm having music issues. Anybody got ideas of something kind of classical? It doesn't have to be just strings, but I do like that string quartet sound, most of the music is that. Help would be appreciated!

How about when Jar-Jar is helping Anakin prepare his podracer, one of those big cow things farts right in his face! That would be hilarious!

Oh... wait...

I'm gonna be "that guy" and ask you when I will be able to watch this. Very excited!

Haha I know, he's pretty badass in that Endor battle. Some of that Ewok stuff, without the silliness, comes off really brutal. I mean they are beating them to death with rocks. It's hardcore.

Thanks everyone for all the reviews both here and on FE. The rating stands at about 8.5 right now over there, which is fantastic! Again, if you are able to post a review over there it would be very much appreciated. The higher the rating, the more people see it. Especially if I can get the rating high enough to get on the Greatest Star Wars page.

Everyone who posts a review on FE, I'll try to send you a preview clip for Duel of the Fates that I won't be sharing publicly as a thank you.

I just kind of got into the TPM section. The photography of that movie is very flat, much more so than the other prequels. It's a little more diffcult to get good black and white shots. I'll have to play with it more.

I did manage to skip the first 45 minutes of the movie though, as I can have the narration explain that in about 30 seconds. Nice!

It's definitely being trimmed, but there isn't much I can do about making it not look CGI, because it is. I'm kind of alright with it, as it is the prologue. But yes, all of that is being taken into consideration.

I see what they mean about those death star shots, but like I've said before, the way it is now is geographical correct based on the movement of the fleet out the window. I couldn't justify having Bob do extra shots that actually don't make any sense. It took him a long time to do the ones they have, and they serve their purpose beautifully.

Thanks for all the reviews guys! Again, if you can post and rate on FE that would be fantastic!

I was going to wait and see if there was any demand for it.

Just watched that. Checked in with my socks afterward... it appears that they have been rocked.

That was a fantastic clip. What I'm curious to see is how you sustain that idea for an entire edit. I'm not doubting of course, I'm just not sure how you did it. Can't wait to find out!

I actually designed them to do that.

Told you DVD Architect was bitchin'.

By the way, we're up on FE.org now. Woo!

I played with some stuff like that, but it didn't really work for what I'm going for. It's supposed to feel like an old movie, a classic, and having bits of color just made it feel like Sin City. Plus I'd rather focus on getting the story right rather than doing special effects.

And yes, all of the audio is test audio. Not an ounce of it is final, and I have all of your feedback in mind.

That "flaring" effect is just for the prologue, to give it a different feel from the rest of the story.

I'm glad you enjoyed the clip, the response has been really good, and none of the actual movies have been shown yet!

I played with that clip a bit more, taking out some of the more "video game" moments, like the slow motion and stuff. In fact, it looks even more badass when those slow motion moments happen at regular speed.

I'm going to be a little tighter with clips and preview on this than I was with ROTJ, mainly because this is so different from a standard edit that I usually do, I want to maintain some surprises!

Why the hell didn't I think of that?!

That still wouldn't really help. It needs to be a scene that doesn't involve Luke or the Droids.

It's me actually!

There's going to be voice overs for the Neimoidians and General Grievous. Some by me, some by actor friends. I'm also doing Vader and the narration. Probably leaving Hayden in as Anakin's dialogue, though I'm still contemplating dubbing him myself. That can create complications with the narration though. We'll see.

I'll check this out when I get home from work.

Eh, let's go for it.

Duel of the Fates - First 8 Minutes Extended Preview Clip.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5T24H54B