The only problem is they're not going to care enough to steal from Ady. The Blu Ray release was enough proof of that.
I didn't mean constant flow of update. I mean a regular flow of updates. Even one or two screenshots a month since he started working would be more than enough.
Oversaturation isn't a good thing at all. But going so long without any updates is a little tiring.
Even if I know it will be good work, I can't say I'm currently "pumped" or anything.
Even now (let alone 7 years ago), CGI doesn't look real. At least not for things that aren't real, if you know what I mean. Something really commonplace might actually look more real in CGI because we're trained not to pay attention to natural details. Something like a massive city-world with a huge dome building and a spaceship will look fake unless it's real - like a model.
I don't think A New Hope would work for me. They don't really have any usable angles of the Blockade Runner.
But in the end, yes. It is a pretty insignificant shot.
He was just responding to another video on my vimeo channel, is all.
(Avatar, that's good work for a start. Now you can try adding more motion to the layers - remember that the original had all those pulses)
Speaking of after effects and stuff like that, I've just been looking through my project folders and realizing that I've gotten a lot better at After Effects than when I started, and a lot of my work is already beginning to look dated. I'm probably going to have to go through everything I've already done and start revising.
But also, I think anticipation can lose its shine as well.
It's important to keep the anticipation high, and a good way of doing that is showing tantilizing screenshots and such. The lack in updates and sneak-peaks lately has left me un-excited as such.
I don't care about wampas or anything, but I'd love to see another savory screenshot or two from the edit.
You're right - in the OT, the shot would be very steady. But in the OT (and Phantom Menace, if we're going to be truthful), the shots were mainly done with models - which, by nature, already looked real.
Almost everything in RotS is CGI. And even though we have a relatively smooth shot like we might see in the OT, everything looks fake. The only way to make it look LESS fake is to make the shot appear as though it was filmed on-location. In order to do that, I added the wobbly camera effect.Though I'll go back and forth and see if it's really needed so severely.
The best option would be to entirely re-composite the shot with actual models, but that's far from feasible, haha.
I've since re-cut that scene, and the musical cues are a little more in the "spirit" of the characters now. The music transitions are also cleaner now.
Thanks for pointing that out!
(I don't think I can stabilize the wheel without things looking awkward. But either way, RotS lacks a lot of physical interaction with sets, so even if I could fix a goof like that, I'd probably keep it. Just to retain as much of the "realness" of the movie as possible - it really needs that real feeling.)
I'm still looking to change the helmet, yes. But I'm not sure if I'M going to do it. I might get a more professional 3D guy to do that for me.
As far as the camera shake is concerned, the idea was to make the shot look like something that was actually filmed in real life - where the camera man would be hanging out of a helicopter. In the original, it's much too smooth to look like it's real.
I've only removed camera shake from scenes where camera shake is inappropriate. Because in real life, the camera does indeed shake at times. Just not nearly as much as it does in RotS, where most of the camera shake is added digitally for "action" purposes, and not realism.
Yeah, try Vimeo. They're very lenient with copyrighted material.
Speaking of videos, I have a new one up.
Enjoy!
Ah yes, I think I see what you're talking about.
I'll see what I can do about that - thanks for the input!
Stay tuned for more updates in the future!
No, it's alright. If you'd still like to do a test for me, I'd love to have you "audition" for the part still.
On another note, I've fixed the bad link to the video:
http://vimeo.com/38182090
And I've uploaded some new pictures.
Alright, I've found myself a Palpatine.
Thanks for the suggestions and volunteers!
As far as me being absent for a long time, I'm finally posting a new video - pretty much just a finer-tuned version of a previous clip:
http://vimeo.com/38182090
No, that's alright. I want to hear from as many people as possible.
It doesn't really matter, actually. I'm basically doing a monologue, and I wanted him to start out as Chancellor Palpatine, and gradually become Emperor Palpatine. But if he's emperorish the entire time, that's alright.
Darth Ender, would you mind doing a test for me? Just some random lines maybe?
Hey everybody! Sorry I haven't been posting. I've been really busy.
I'm still working hard on RotS, but I've hit a stand-still.
I need a voice-double for Palpatine. Can anybody here do a really good impression of Palpatine? Or know somebody who does? It'd be really helpful!
As long as people are posting cuts and such, I thought I'd post what I just finished last night - a mockup for Anakin's ghost appearing personally to Luke, and not with Obi-Wan and Yoda:
http://vimeo.com/36883170
Ah, yes - how he knows. I've actually moved this scene to after Palpatine's reveal. Though it's hard to see in just one unfinished scene, I want to depict that Anakin is already sort of in-league with Palpatine's before he "officially" turns.
Last night I moved the "plot to destroy the Jedi" line to earlier in the scene, and it seems a lot less like he's delivering an obvious line.
I've also intercut some more Anakin musings, as well as Palpatine communicating to him through the Force. It both further justifies Anakin's action, and pads the scene out so it doesn't feel so rushed. I think it works pretty well, and I'll have an updated clip up fairly soon.
Yeah, it's definitely rushed. I'm working on finding shots to flesh out the timing a little bit more.
This video was really a proof-of-concept rather than an actual finished edit. I just wanted to see if I could pull off something like this.
I'm actually thinking of using "we must move quickly if the Jedi Order is to survive".
I already used it, but I had trouble making it look like he was actually saying that line with the camera so close on his face.
http://vimeo.com/35617637
New (entirely incomplete audio and visuals) video!
I mainly wanted to test this idea I had for these scenes. Thoughts?
Some great discussion going on here, and I would love to respond to it all.
Just know that I am carefully reading everything you all are saying, and new ideas are already marinating in my mind.
I'm posting to let everybody know...
I'm finally heading back to college, so work on my edit will resume!
I'll have new videos up within 48 hours, hopefully.
I would do anything for the lost scenes that were filmed, but ultimately cut.
I've heard rumors that the first cut of RotS was something like 4 hours long. All that lost potential.
But I'm not quite sure what you're suggesting here.
If I understand, it sounds like a montage of passing years, which I'd normally agree too if it weren't Star Wars - where something like that is unprecedented. RotS already suffers from a style that's too far removed from the originals.
More droid factory silliness! I'd say that's a must.
How's this?
Pardon the extreme slapdash nature of this mock-up. I didn't feel like spending forever on it.
The way I currently have it edited, I make her die from injuries inflicted by Anakin.
I think the best way to do it would be to think of a long-term condition that's brought about by Anakin's attacking her.
^Also, remember it's Star Wars, so science doesn't really need to make sense here.