Harmy said:
1080p? Is ESB:R going to be 1080p now?
No, its a split screen comparison and i wanted to keep each video as 720p, so i rendered it as 1080p
Here is this years Revisited clip for Christmas. This scene is mostly complete apart from the overhead gantry matte shots( just after Luke gets his hand cut off), where i will be replacing the background matte and one close-up shot of Vader. This scene uses the Blu-rays as a source.
Now, because facebook have now decided to start blocking and deleting videos and i received warnings of a ban for uploading this clip and another last night, you will now have to download the video to view on your PC or TV. Same thing is happening with Youtube so this is the only option (Vimeo give me a lot of problems uploading). The video is approx 150mb and is a 1080p mkv file.
Just to let people know that there will be no more videos posted to either youtube or facebook, so the only way you are going to get to see any new videos is through direct download (but not through rapidhsare). I attempted to post a new video to both facebook and youtube and both have been immediately taken down due to a copyright claim. I had even put a link to a direct download from rapidhsare and it looks like one of the sites automatically contacted rapidhsare, removed the link and rapidshare deleted my upload. Looks like facebook is now using the same software as youtube. On both facebook and youtube the video was set to private and was for the 2nd and 3rd units only which would have been followed by the christmas clip for everyone else, but i'm afraid this isn't going to happen. Well not yet anyway.
Damn, i wish i'd seen this. I've been trying to dig up some rare interviews for a possibly commentary track for ESB:R. What's the quality like and is there any interesting stuff on there?
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
Saw "Hugo-3D" last night (fantastic flick! Film preservationists will especially love it). Before the film, they showed some 3D trailers, one of which was TPM and other prequel scenes thrown in. Have to admit, it looked fun.
How did the 3D conversion look?
Davnes007 said:
doubleofive said:
I read this on Facebook (and the ANHR thread), but I still have no idea what you're talking about. Perhaps a link to the YouTube video would help?
About 26 mins into the movie (just after we see AT-AT's through the binoculars, and just before a chunk of snow/ice falls on R2), while Trey says "Echo Station 3T8", his lips ain't looking right.
Right at the beginning of this clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igs2RpTZfik&feature=channel_video_title
yeh, he is saying a different line. the first word begins with an "F". I've done some mouth manipulation so it looks closer to what he is saying. It's not perfect, but looks much better than the original.
This program might be what you are looking for:
iamweasel said:
Hi,
First of all, great idea, IMHO a strong Vader is a great improvement to ANH. :)
I liked your videos, and I would like to make a suggestion, that (again IMHO) would make the choke scene perfect. Vader shouldn't release him in silence, it should say something like "Consider this a warning" or something like that. Of course, you will need to find the words in the movies and mount the phrase, but I believe that wouldn't be a problem. If you can't find it, you could try using that reading of the bible made by James Earl Jones. Luckily Vader has no mouth so he can say wherever you want. :)
Keep up the good work.
why not just move the line "i find you lack of faith disturbing" so he finishes this line right at the moment he releases him?
Alexrd said:
This may be old, but I noticed in this shot comparison that the blade is not aligned with the top of the hilt (on Luke's lightsaber). Can it be fixed?
Already been fixed:
I just posted a comparison in my ESB:R thread of a shot of the Hoth battle between the blu-ray and a 35mm cell scan from the original theatrical version.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/93945
The blu-ray is just one smudged mess. Anyone that thinks the blu-rays are top quality and that a scan from the theatrical version could never look as good really need to think again.
Added 2 more pics of the Hoth shield generator models progress:
I've had a lot of questions about why i felt the need to film new shots of the Hoth troopers fleeing the At-At's for the end of the Hoth battle, especially when the blu-ray is now out. Well i think this comparison explains everything:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/93945
The original shot is taken from a scanned cell of the original theatrical 35mm. What the hell have they done to the picture for the blu-ray? Its like one big smudged mess. There was no way i could use this shot.
Ziggy Stardust said:
I had no idea Orwell wrote a book called 1994...
;-)
that'll teach me to post at that time in the morning. Now fixed.lol
Problem solved ;)
ray_afraid said:
Wexter said:
I think some sound effect could be used to make it clear that Luke was sucked into the vent.
I'll have to check, but... Isn't there already a 'sucking' sound when Luke gets sucked in?
yes, there is already a sound effect when he gets sucked in. I've always thought it was pretty obvious that he gets sucked into the vent. It's something i've never had a problem with and, until now, i'd never heard of anyone that thought any different. I don't have a problem with the way this scene is so i will be keeping it the way it is. Well apart from flipping Luke as he is falling in the first 2 shots because you can clearly see that Luke has been reversed due to the fact that suddenly its his left hand that is severed.
I blame George Orwell for writing a book that's now 27 years out of date ;)
Added a couple of pics of the snowspeeder models progress:
I watched the "making of" programme on Saturday. It looks pretty good.
You should have other folders with the BDMV folder because they are part of the AVCHD structure. Certain players require these folders to be intact in order to play the disc when burned. The only thing you can do is burn the BDMV folder as i instructed earlier and hope that your Blu-ray player will accept it. You can't burn this to a single layer DVD so you will need to burn it to a DL DVD+R.
The only other thing you could possibly try if your player won't play it after burned is to load the M2TS file into TSMUXER and build a new AVCHD structure
Another ebay shop with Star wars costumes:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Cosplayying/_i.html?_nkw=star+wars&submit=Search&_sid=208208342
Clone Trooper helmets:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-Clone-Helmet-1-1-scale-PROP-COSTUMING-HELMET-/220886327462?pt=UK_Collectables_SciFi_fantasyCollectables_EH&hash=item336dd9e0a6
aalenfae said:
I am now working on the Obi-Wan vs. Anakin duel.
Does anybody know where to get (relatively) cheap, but accurate Obi-Wan and Anakin costumes? I'd really rather not pay tons of money, and the current footage won't cut it for an epic duel.
On a similar note, I need affordable Clone Trooper costumes, and most importantly a Commander Cody.
I don't know about getting clone trooper costumes but this ebay site has some really good costumes that are pretty cheap.
http://stores.ebay.com/costumebase/_i.html?_nkw=star+wars&_fsub=all+categories&x=24&y=12
Histeria said:
corellian77 said:
doubleofive said:
True. While Matt Wood says his voice is in all 6 movies, no one has found him in any of them so far, as far as I know.
I thought I read somewhere that Matt Wood and another person helped voice Obi-Wan's new scream in ANH. Anyone else remember this?
People may not want to hear it, but I believe the "other person" is Ben Burtt.
No, according to the "sounds of Star Wars" book, where the new howl was first heard it was Matt Wood and Dave Acord. Here's what it says;
An interim crow sound was first tried before Burtt arrived and recorded Wood and Acord in the parking lot behind the Tech Building. "He sourced it from Dave and me yelling," Wood says, " We screamed and screamed. I was trying to model mine off this terrible cheesy element that i love from a Disneyland ride, The Haunted Mansion: ah, ah, ahooooaah!"
So he knew that it was a "terrible cheesy" sound and he still thought it was a good idea for the howl. Enough said.
Progress report:
The shield generator parts are now all finished and ready to cast. Work has started on the Dagobah miniature set and while this is in progress i will be working on the snowspeeder model (a modified version of the kit i purchased off ebay cheap) replace a few background shots and also the full scale Han Solo in carbonite front section that will have the correct shirt and also the Asteroid canyon.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/star_wars-1119-commercial.html
there should be other folders with the BDMV folder (ignore anything within these folders as these are the root structure of the AVCHD).
what folders do you have?
Is the file you downloaded a ISO file or is it just the folders?
You will need a free program called imgburn.
ISO: Open imgburn, select "write image file to disc", select the ISO file and burn to a DL DVD+R
Folders: Open imgburn, select "write files/ folders to disc", import the folders (BDMV etc), change the UDF to 2.50 in the "options" tab, then burn to disc.