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#99220
Topic
Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/99220/action/topic#99220
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sounds cool!

i'd offer to send those dvds to you, but it looks like you've already found a way to obtain them.
how might i acquire a copy of the final product? is this going to be passed around by you to a few people and then uploaded somewhere?

if so, i am a member of myspleen.net and would be more than happy to start up a torrent there. a lot of ot.com releases tend to appear there, and i've been itching to contribute something for a while...
Post
#99122
Topic
Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/99122/action/topic#99122
Time
there is some great behind-the-scenes esb/rotj footage in the old 1980 and 1983 specials that myspleen.net released a little while back.

Clapperboard - The Empire Strikes Back Special (a lot of hoth battle stuff)
http://www.myspleen.net/details.php?id=1926

Horizon - How To Film The Impossible (a lot of death star battle stuff)
http://www.myspleen.net/details.php?id=1945

the second one has a lot of things related to masking and overlaying images like starfighters over paintings, starscapes, and eachother.
it also has an explaination for this error:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/cypher35/oops.jpg

sorry if you already know this and i am wasting my breath here, i just thought i'd bring these two sources up because they are both excellent quality and would make a good contribution to a behind-the-scenes / deleted scenes dvd like the one you are creating.



I really love this idea, and i don't mind waiting for it if it means you have more time to perfect the final project. I especially like the outtakes and behind the scenes stuff you threw in (like david prowse's original lines before the dubbing). It's like watching an interactive behind the scenes featurette while watching the movie itself. It kindof reminds me of those pop-up features that tvland used to do, where you would be watching an episode of the brady bunch and little text bubbles would pop up pointing out continuity errors, or interesting facts about the production or storyline.

Although there aren't as many deleted scenes from esb and rotj, i think it would be cool to have a similar thing done with them. Just like this one, it could walk through the movie, throwing in deleted scenes, outtakes, and "making of" snippits where applicable and throwing in interesting notes in the subtitles.


I have a few small suggestions if i may... i would really like it if you could manage to include the text at the bottom as a seperate subtitle track. It would probably look a lot smoother on most dvd players and the viewer would then have the option to turn it on or off the second time through. I have a little bit of experiance with dvd menus and subtitle mapping, and i wouldn't mind helping you out in that regard if you need it. I tend to have way too much free time and this sounds like a productive way to spend it for once. it's your project, so it's up to you.

Also, at the risk of sounding too picky, you could probably reduce the line in the deleted magic preview where you talk about "had it not been for one minor character saying 'hold your fire', the entire trilogy would not have taken place" You could probably leave it at that without the long explaination that you offer immediately afterwords. Any one who's seen the movie before would know what you are talking about without a need for an explaination.