adywan

ImperialFighter said:

Sure looks like a 'carbonite' surface to me.  Great stuff!

Inspired use of good 'ol plasticine for this.  I've never tried spraying it before, but I take it any paint applied to it will not react before you're done filming it?

 Once the sculpt is complete, it will be cast and a resin duplicate made and then painted

Andy Serkis' role in TFA has now officially been confirmed. He will be playing a  character named Supreme Leader Snoke (click image for larger view).

team_negative1 said:

Harmy,

Can you comment on the 4k clip we sent you. You seem to be the only one that can play it at full resolution.

 Erm, are you sure about that? ;)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/4K-restoration-on-Star-Wars/post/771936/#TopicPost771936

I don't know how they can say that Negative 1 is no longer part of the team. It's so easy to see he is still active, and posts with the team account. Proof...

Negative1's original style of posting, it's always been very distinctive:

Negative 1 - original account in 2012

Team Negative 1 - posted May 20th 2015

That is the same person.

 I have a team working on the Revisited edits, yet each one posts using their individual accounts and i wouldn't dream of setting up an account solely for the team.. Team Blu also post using their own accounts. So why should team negative1 be any different than the rest of us? It's ok on places like facebook when you have your own page, but here it is one account per person.

It also gets confusing when they are commenting in other threads outside of their own. Who the hell is actually commenting because their opinions and writing styles change throughout a thread. If they are to be allowed to keep their team account then they should be limited to posting in their own threads and be forced to use their own accounts when they comment or post anywhere else.

Ronster said:

how is it lit though?

Are they both LED Lit?

Your 4k screen is probably LED lit right (even if it's upscaling) the lighting of the LCD panel is really where the enhancement comes.

 Both are LED lit.

Ronster said:

And of course if you have 4K content then you really will notice the difference then but it really only works with Larger screens effectively.

But if you are just watching Standard HD upscaled then it's really not the same. or even terrestrial tv signals. So it all depends on what you are using it for.

For what you are doing Ady the 4K tv is a great choice, but you are not the average consumer

I think the best way to put it is if you are using high end visual apps or Gaming it's definitely a good choice but if you are watching Blu rays or TV or even current generation gaming  a standard LED lit LCD delivers in a living room environment and is a Good Purchase.

Like i said before, i played both true 4k and 1080p upscaled on the 4kTV, side by side with the native 1080p TV. The only reason i have a 4k tv for my monitor and not my main TV is for 2 reasons; 1- having the extra desktop space while not having to run multiple monitors is great and 2- because the TV was a steal at the price i paid , but as i already have a 46" Tv as my main one, i certainly don't want to go smaller, so i am waiting until i can afford a larger one and the $K Blu-rays emerge. Not worth spending all that money when the content isn't there.

You say i'm not the average consumer. But who is? The 4K TV's were selling like hot cakes when i got mine. There were 2 people there purchasing one when i was. The guy at the store said he was surprised just how many they were selling. When the 1080p TV's are around the same price for that size (branded not generic ones) then you must be an idiot to buy a 1080p one that costs the same price as a 4k one.

The thing with Blu-Ray is that many people couldn't see much of a difference between their DVD's and the Blu-Rays. now a lot of that is down to the studios releasing crappy print scans, not from negatives ( some even using theatrical prints which is ridiculous)  of the films which don't really show HD to its ability. But 4K on the other hand is an huge leap from DVD. 4k cameras are coming right down in price and even smartphones have 4k cameras.

And, as for going into a store to judge the TV's, well thats not always a good thing to advise someone to do. Unless they will allow you to alter the settings on the tv's you are comparing and they are feeding the same signal, then it's a waste of time. If they are paid to promote a certain set, then more often than not that will be the one that looks the best in the store at that time because the deliberately degrade the others.

Ronster said:

What you need to bear in mind is that there really is little or no point having a 32" 4k resolution screen.

It's only when you get to larger screen sizes such as 50" / 65" / 80" / 103" / Edge Blended projection / Large Video walls and LED walls that 4k resolution comes in to play and really does add a noticeable difference.

You need space to have something this large to enjoy it and that is something that a lot of people now days don't have...Also think about how far in distance you need to be from it and how many people it is trying to serve.

So 4k resolution is actually Borderline living room viewing really depending on how big your living room is.

you will still get a great picture at full HD on a 42" or 46" screen. Yes you can still transfer a source scan at a higher resolution and compress it better, sharper and cleaner but in reality it's only when the pixels become apparent as dots on a large screen we need a higher resolution to compensate for this.

If you have a small screen with 4000 pixels you would just as easily glance over it as a HD signal as the detail would be too small to discern unless you put on microscopic goggles.

Read this...

http://www.cnet.com/news/why-ultra-hd-4k-tvs-are-still-stupid/

 I have to disagree with this. I have an LG 42" 4k tv that i use for my main computer monitor. I'd seen mentioned many times that you can not see the difference with 4k compared to 4k at a regular tv viewing distance. So i decided to compare this myself. I placed my 42" 4k TV next to my 46" 1080p samsung tv. I had some 4k consumer shot material and converted the samples to high bitrate  1080p so i could play the same footage ( albeit one being 4k and the other 1080p)on both tvs via usb sticks. The difference was very noticeable sitting at approx 13 feet away from the TV.  The 4K won hands down. The picture was so much clearer. I had the downscaled version on the 4ktv usb stick too, which i decided to try. Upscaling was pretty good and did look better on the 4k compared to the 1080p. Now both sets had all enhancements turned off. No sharpening filters or anything enabled.

The LG 4K TV was under £500 and they have since gone down to below £400. So comparable in price to a 1080p TV of the same size for a well known brand. 

Just finished the wash stage of the weathering on the AT-AT (click on image for larger size)

The smoke coming from the engines is still there. The original had this huge plume of smoke which suddenly shrunk in the next shot. So the amount of smoke coming from the engines now matches the following shot

Looks like we had a lucky escape when they decided to throw out George's ideas for the new saga.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/star-wars-vanity-fair-the-force-awakens/392669/?fb_ref=Default

Gwendoline Christie confirmed as Captain Phasma.

Captain Antilles, you beat me to it ;)

Here's the Facebook post:

https://www.facebook.com/swrevisited/videos/1086608811354700

And the direct link to download the video:

https://mega.co.nz/#!uR8FhYKY!smt3Mfx6k0QfWtutUhBz2NxrmH7MJ2VGBPrzYJue4PE

And here is the post explaining how to get hold of one of the dagobah trees used for the miniature set:

https://www.facebook.com/swrevisited/posts/1086179911397590

Just found this posted online.



Chewie looks fine in that shot.

On the VF website they are going to be posting more photos and video interviews on May 4th and , if you sign up to their newsletter, they will send you the photograph to your inbox

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/star-wars-the-force-awakens-vanity-fair-cover

ImperialFighter said:

By the way...while it was neat that adywan added in the 'missing spar' to the original STAR WARS Falcon cockpit windows, does anyone happen to know why the makers *added* it to the design of the ESB cockpit version in the first place?  Just curious.

 It was always there on the set of the cockpit for ANH originally , but it seems  they removed it when shooting the actors through the windows. Here is the original cockpit from ANH prior to filming:

you can also notice that the cockpit originally had glass in the windows too

Ronster said:

I don't do face palms but i do smash my face against a wall occasionally :)

Ok so the reason i called matte painting was because the shot at this angle while Luke hangs under cloud city.

That one is not a matte painting either ;)

Ronster said:

I suppose if i wanted to add some more insults and injuries to my current assessment and say this.

It is not a camera angle it is a matte painting!!!

So... it is just a painting with holes slapped on top of the footage, so I suppose you can let the camera men off the hook. but the matte painting artist has made a small boo boo :)

 That's not a matte painting.

digitalfreaknyc said:

I'm betting most people have never seen this before...
It was filmed September 12, 1978 at Fox studios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buRGuDX8Oek

It's....quite somethin'.

 It wasn't for the Holiday Special. It was filmed for the dance number as part of an entertainment program at the time. There was a video online years ago which had part of the program either side of the video, but i can't seem to find it. The only one i could find was posted in 2010, although edited to remove the segment of the show, but you can still hear the clapping at the end.

https://youtu.be/yO82BzjPvFc

kane1138 said:

muddyknees2000 said:

WILL build.

 .....a half cave set....?  

I don't remember seeing this before 2015. 

 This is for the Wampa shot and it was spoke about years ago. But i usually just mention the wampa because that is all part of that addition anyway.

TV's Frink said:

How about "respond to inaccurate statements?"

 Lol. There seriously needs to be a "like" button for when i see comments like that ;)

kane1138 said:

Indeed. Things keep getting added to the 'things left to do' list. It'll be done when it is done.

 Like what? I have added nothing to the "to do" list at all.

i was going through the force awakens panel tonight and, when they were showing some of the behind the scenes photos, one flashed on screen so quickly , i missed it the first time around. As no one seems to be talking about it, i guess most other have too.

But this happens right after the bit in the trailer when the TIE fighter is chasing them. So it is Rey or Finn piloting the Falcon during that chase scene through the crashed superstardestroyer and NOT who we think it is then?

digitalfreaknyc said:

adywan said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

adywan said:

If anyone is thinking about getting the package for all the special features, then you need to check that the site you will be getting it from has all the special features in the package deal. VUDU are missing at least 2 of the new featurettes

Which ones?

It seems like there's 1 new featurette for each film.

And what service has all of them?

 Well it seems they are just missing one featurette now. VUDU don't have :

"Discoveries From Inside: Weapons & The First Lightsaber"

Huh? It's the first extra:
http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/658276/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope-Discoveries-From-Inside-Weapons-and-The-First-Lightsaber-featurette

 It wasn't there until release day

digitalfreaknyc said:

adywan said:

If anyone is thinking about getting the package for all the special features, then you need to check that the site you will be getting it from has all the special features in the package deal. VUDU are missing at least 2 of the new featurettes

Which ones?

It seems like there's 1 new featurette for each film.

And what service has all of them?

 Well it seems they are just missing one featurette now. VUDU don't have :

"Discoveries From Inside: Weapons & The First Lightsaber"

I know xbox movies has all of them, along with a bonus trailer for the conversations feature. Not sure about any others

http://video.xbox.com/movie/star-wars-the-digital-collection-bonus/5e01de08-0100-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933

Although the xbox option is streaming only and doesn't let you download the movies. Itunes and google play are supposed to allow you to download and watch offline

If anyone is thinking about getting the package for all the special features, then you need to check that the site you will be getting it from has all the special features in the package deal. VUDU are missing at least 2 of the new featurettes

SilverWook said:

Did Lucasfilm have the foresight to finish those scenes in HD though?

 The Phantom Menace deleted scenes were finished in HD, but, with the other two, only AOTC had any of the deleted scenes with completed effects and those were apparently only done in SD unfortunately ( apart from the senate scene was was supposed to have been done in HD) .