Wow, I'm impressed with how much work you've done on the sound! How do you mix your sound? Is it with Soundtrack Pro? I haven't done any extensive sound mixing yet so don't know how to make a sound pan across channels as you have.
I prefer Marcus to Jango. I've always thought Jango sounds stupid. Though ideally I'd have him just referred to as Fett.
Trooperman, further to our PMs, do you know of anyone in the UK with the workprint who I could make arrangements with? =)
I can't really see a huge benefit in changing it from Jango to Django myself. But I'm of the camp that believes another Fett was pointless anyway. :)
Just found this while searching for sounds for my own edit.
http://www.starwars.com/vault/books/sounds_of_star_wars/index.html
"In The Sounds of Star Wars, an aurally astonishing and visually engaging book, New York Times best-selling author J. W. Rinzler reveals the illuminating history behind the sounds of the Star Wars universe. With behind-the-scene stories, photographs and sound clips, fans will discover the origins of sounds from their favorite scenes. An attached sound module with an exterior speaker and headphone jack lets readers listen to more than 250 unique sound effects. More than 300 photographs illustrate the Saga's many memorable scenes."
It would be a lot more straightforward (and less kiddy) if they'd included all the sounds on a CD, however I'm sure there's some technically minded folk out there who could jerry-rig a means to extract the sounds from the module (or just use the headphone jack to record directly). I'm assuming the sounds are of a decent enough quality if they've thought to incorporate a headphone jack.
This'd truly be my (and any fan editor's) dream come true, and would come in handy for any of Ady's future edits.
TV's Frink said:
I have to say that yellow has always looked very strange to me for some reason. And I forgot who suggested it before, but I love the idea of barbershop pole ;-)
Maybe as a special feature ;)
New voice is a huge improvement. Also, duel of the fates is perfect for an edit where Grievous is Maul. I don't know if you're aiming for that in your edit.
Haha I love the "HADOUKEN!"
Edit: N'awww Angel beat me to it.
Or Rainbow coloured lightsabers. They exist in the EU afterall :p
If I will be going with another colour for dooku, it'll be orange just to be different from all the other edits - JasonN's purple, Magnoliafan's yellow, etc
The logic there is that Dooku would be the first Jedi we see with a Green saber, so it's more ambiguous. One could say he could be seen to be walking the grey path rather than the narrow and dogmatic way of the Jedi or the oppression and subjugation of the sith.
Then when we see Luke with a green saber too, we think back to dooku and how he failed and we wonder if Luke will succeed.
Nevertheless, I'm still not sure about what I'd prefer. I do like the idea of ROTJ being the first time we ever see a green saber though...
Well I've cut out Palpatine's presence as well. I don't think we should know that he's evil either :p
Here's my attempt at eliminating the imperial march from my Episode 2 edit. We're not meant to know they're the bad guys yet!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpmf0SoD01U
Still don't know what to do about Threepio in the marriage scene though, as he doesn't appear in my edit.
Here's my attempt at eliminating the imperial march from my edit. We're not meant to know they're the bad guys yet!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpmf0SoD01U
I still don't know what to do with Threepio here.
Anyone in the UK here with the workprint? I've contacted trooperman and rather than have him send it, it would be cheaper and more convenient if there's a British member willing to send me a copy. I'll happily cover postage and disk costs.
I've got to disagree with you regarding the music when Grievous exits his shuttle. I loved the change in tone.
mrbenja0618 said:
Sluggo said:
*raises hand*
I gotsta question. If we coda the Grevious/Maul bit in Episode 2, would it lose anything for the audience when Obi-wan finds out in Epidose 3?
And more importantly, how does he realize?
I've thought about this a lot (which I shouldn't really be doing as I'm still working on Episode 2) but I think it would be amazing if Obi Wan realises it's Maul in the closeup of Grevous' eyes where he originally says "you must realise you are doomed" (redubbing Grevious and replace the eyes with Maul's)
Of course, ignoring the complexities of replacing the eyes in motion throughout the film, if you leave the scene with Obi Wan meeting him on the bridge (which 'TheCutter' has excised in his recent edit) it seems a bit implausible that he won't have recognised the eyes sooner.
Just came across this topic. Your cuts are all spot on. Well done!
vaderios said:
I mean stylisticaly speaking that could offer a confusion that these movies are like star wars or cheap rip offs that trying to catch the feel of star wars aswell.
See what happens to the EU and more specific to the games. They still have some starwars-y characteristics(lightsabers and white troopers) but they feel so wrong and cheap.
Isn't that what the prequels are like already? They don't feel like Star Wars to me despite the Star Warsy setting and weapons etc.
Yes it's from Kotor. It's the voice of a Duros. There were also Rodian and Bith voices to choose from (who also speak the same language - I guess they were lazy with the alien dialogue)
I'll play around with some audio filters and see if I can achieve the desired effect.
Well considering that this is Tatooine and a lot of parts are scavenged, one can assume droids are cobbled together from disparate parts - old vocoders from widely different droids etc. That's part of the charm of Tatooine. It's gritty.
Also we've seen 3 protocol droids in the saga, all of which have different voices, so I don't see it as a problem. Try not to think of 3PO when making a judgment on the voice. I just want to know if it works as the voice of "A droid".
Also posted in my own thread. I figure more people will see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecFqCjOuncI
Not a final version yet as I'm still not happy with it when the droid speaks for the second time. I have quite a few different sound files to play with though so I'll have a more thorough stab at it soon.
The subtitles I intend to add will explain that Anakin did come back to free Shmi, but left to become a Jedi. I'm seeing the droid as a disgruntled servant much like Kreacher in Harry Potter, so he won't be very friendly.
Having such a rude protocol droid may explain why Owen has "no need for a protocol droid" in ANH ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecFqCjOuncI
Not a final version yet as I'm still not happy with it when the droid speaks for the second time. I have quite a few different sound files to play with though so I'll have a more thorough stab at it soon.
The subtitles I intend to add will explain that Anakin did come back to free Shmi, but left to become a Jedi. I'm seeing the droid as a disgruntled servant much like Kreacher in Harry Potter, so he won't be very friendly.
Having such a rude protocol droid may explain why Owen has "no need for a protocol droid" in ANH ;)
As usual, very well done SSWR! :)
Haha! I love it. Boba Fett knows crap when he sees/hears it.
^This. I'm all for removing the current shots as the height of the AT-STs compared to the AT-ATs just makes no sense, however I'd love it if Ady could insert them elsewhere instead. Even if it's really subtle :)
Having said that, ROTJ is always accused of recycling stuff from the previous movies. This way, the AT-ST becomes its own baby, rather than borrowed as it were.