krausfadr

This SW project is cancelled. Details of why provided up on the main post. I am still active editing other projects and just released a Shazam edit that uses new Superman VFX at the end.
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Shazam-The-Magic-Edition-Released/id/86271

Hopefully my edit, Son of Krypton will also be approved by FE soon. Here’s a link to that:
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Son-of-Krypton-Released-A-Man-of-Steel-and-Batman-v-Superman-Fanedit/id/84505

The two shot is amazing. The cut made after the second puppet shot needs to be at a point before or after the whisp of white dust. That sudden movement doesn’t quite jive with the stillness in the shot of the kids afterword.

Cadavra said:

The puppet show (which is incredible) builds up how Luke’s sacrifice has inspired the galaxy, but the dialogue I’m talking about suggests that the galaxy hasn’t been inspired and remains as hopeless as ever.

Beyond that, there’s the simple logistical problem. Even if the galaxy is receptive now, that’s a LOT of people and ships to find, recruit, prepare, and coordinate in just a couple hours of “send[ing] out a call for help for anybody listening.”

The dialogue you are referencing shows POE has lost hope. It shows that Zorii and perhaps the galaxy have not:

POE: (sighs) I can’t walk out on this war. Not till it’s over. Maybe it is. We sent out a call for help at the Battle of Crait. Nobody came. Everyone’s so afraid. They’ve given up.

ZORII: I don’t believe you believe that. Hey. They win by making you think you’re alone. Remember? There’s more of us.

Further, removing the dialogue doesn’t solve the problem of gathering such a large force so quickly. You would need added scenes to do that.

Some things are meant for Ascendant, others for fanfiction.

A Shazam! fanedit in 4K with 5.1 Surround, runtime 2hr 04m

To inquire about this edit, email krausfadr at gmail dot com and include the word fanedit in the subject line.

Intent:
Even out and improve the lighthearted, comedic tone of this movie. Reduce the excessive expository. And most importantly, Superman should have a head.

This edit uses this video’s Black Suit Superman VFX for the ending, putting Henry Cavill in the movie:
https://youtu.be/0U6McoIeLfw

Clips:
Toned down the horror of this scene a bit and rescored so it matches up well with the opening horror car crash with Christmas music:
https://vimeo.com/552123990

Change List:

1. For the car accident scene, cut closeup shot of the injured dad and cut the brother’s line “you did this.”
2. Cut the police officer’s expository line, “That’s my lunch, kid!”
3. Cut the expository that Darla is a “big hugger” and Billy adding, “I noticed.”
4. Darla introduces herself without her foster mom introducing her first.
5. Cut Darla’s line, “It’s a tough subject for me.”
6. Cut Darla talking in detail about veganism to set up an unfunny joke.
7. Cut Freddy weirdly trying to look in Billy’s backpack and the bunch of filler he says afterward.
8. Cut the reference to Harry Potter by the woman being interviewed.
9. Cut the pushy researcher learning the truth and turning to dust.
10. Added VFX and SFX to the glowing door.
11. The Wizard now makes it very clear Billy is not worthy but is humanity’s only hope. The subtlety of the theatrical cut incorrectly suggested to many viewers that Billy was pure of heart, which muddled up the storyline.
12. Cut Freddy’s line about bullet immunity and Billy’s comment about being bulletproof.
13. Toned down the horror fest in the board room scene with the seven deadly sin demons. Cut the explicit head eating. Rescored with something more festive by Josh Groban to lighten the tone and put everyone in the Christmas spirit.
14. Cut away before the demon, Greed, starts closing in on and attacking Dr. Sivana’s father. Just his scream is heard now.
15. Cut Dr. Sivana in the elevator getting angry and punching the screen. This quirky scene is no longer necessary now that the board room scene is toned down.
16. Retimed and trimmed the school security guard moron joke so it’s more effective and doesn’t explain the joke to us.
17. Added a small portion of a deleted scene during the bus incident where a pencil rolls across the length of the bus floor. Upmixed the stereo audio to full, convincing surround.
18. When Dr. Sivana goes to Billy’s home, cut the line about it being a shithole.
19. When Dr. Sivana arrives at the carnival, trimmed some of his dialogue.
20. Trimmed the awkward pause before Santa yells for everyone to run.
21. Trimmed Freddy’s weird “power matrix” remark about Dr. Sivana’s weakness.
22. Shazam doesn’t give the little girl a stuffed animal.
23. Shazam breaks the staff faster without asking if Dr. Sivana wants it back.
24. When Darla says they should kick his butt, Dr. Sivana immediately attacks.
25. After Darla states she can move super fast cut the line about hyperspeed.
26. After Darla catches the girl falling she doesn’t say, “I caught you.”
27. Cut part of Shazam’s speech where he describes six of the seven deadly sins.
28. Darla (in adult form) doesn’t ask what a lair is. Little Darla uses words like moderate so she shouldn’t suddenly become stupid in adult form.
29. Cropped out Mary’s reaction to the lair (she’s about to be in college and wouldn’t be all giddy about a lair). The performance was also a little cringy.
30. Retimed the dialogue of the lair scene to best enhance the comedy while removing Darla’s dopey (but funny) punchline.
31. Used Movila’s brilliant VFX and sound work, adding Superman’s head into the final scene with a short line of dialogue.
32. Changed the end credits music after the first post credits scene to “I Believe I Can Fly.” Retimed the credits to fit the music.
33. Moved the second post credits scene (telepathic communication with pet fish, Aquaman joke) back into the main movie. It now replaces the scene in the real estate office.

Thanks heavyside. I agree with you on the grading. It was my first major regrade. It’s was HDR. And it was Premiere. I won’t repeat that again.

In an edit I did I really wanted Rey to say I am a Jedi. I even tried for I’m a Jedi (in TROS she says I’m NOT I am.) No sound bite I found matched up well. So I tried the uh sound from the existing dialogue and the result was less than satisfying. This was last year and I spent an obscene amount of time trying to make it work. It seems like this is the same result now. It just doesn’t sound quite right. With the way she really needs to say it the best (easy) way is to do it from a rear shot of her. Which is also less than ideal. It may seem like an uphill battle but the key here to make it sound and look right is finding alternate dialogue from Rey and digitally altering her mouth movements. No easy task to pull of convincingly.

Great idea Axlanian.

Ascendant keeps getting more and more interesting with tweaks like the puppet show, further extending Mustafar establishing shots, etc. I did notice in the force ghost scene, version 2 of jonh’s VFX was used. Unfortunately in Obi-Wan’s closeup his head looks very elongated. It just isn’t quite right as it looks like the credits of a 70’s movie on tv where everyone suddenly gets stretched. You have to be a little bit old to know what I’m referencing.

I used the old school shot of Obi-Wan from jonh’s V1, and would highly recommend using that shot or else or seeing if jonh can fix the aspect ratio of the head in his V2.

EDIT:
This is a trailer I made, but see Obi-wan at 1:34
https://videopress.com/v/o8GSNkz2

Updated Son of Krypton to version 1.1.

Various audio/video transition updates to make the edits more seamless.
Fixed minor audio sync issues.
Fixed an issue with the General’s sudden appearance as Superman was in the holding room.
Fixed an error where too much footage (non-IMAX) from BvS had been cropped.
Fixed the Colonel’s sudden appearance at a different part of the bomber.
Fixed studio’s color grading difference while Lois looked at the engagement ring.
Used tilt and scan for establishing shot of Superman’s memorial.
Used better cropping for Superman’s Memorial showing more of the crowd.

jonh said:

Hello everybody!! how are you?
how long!!! sorry for not helping lately! I’ve had a lot of work! (short films, vfx …)

this is a portfolio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7HsIGDixo8&t=3s. 😃

How’s the Ascendant edition going ?? 😃 I hope so! I am eager to see the progress !!!😃

Sweet Jesus that’s some nice VFX work.

If its “always” as mentioned then I’d think it is the source audio combined with your system. I notice in many original films I have to use the voice EQ feature on my sound system to hear the dialogue well. But if you have a few specific examples of the most noticeable parts I could take a look.

I’m still using oohteedees but I’ve definitely stalled. It’s hard to go back to Premiere when you know how much better resolve is.

The center channel. Raising it for just certain parts or pretty much the whole thing?

thanks for watching CMMAP. I really do like the limited Krypton sequence. And because we span from the birth to the death of Superman in 1 film.

thanks! yep that’s what I was busy doing. Did you watch it?
Some of the best parts were based on another fanedit called Man of Tomorrow:

1. the transition from MOS to BVS, great editing and music choices by JobWillins
2. the tornado flashback, again amazing implementation by JobWillins
3. the ending, no one could ever surpass what JobWillins did to end this

BrotherOfSasquatch said:

Damn, Dexter… That’s a great idea!

The only thing I would add is maybe find a way to combine MOS and BVS for that first movie. I know there’s been fan edits out there that have done that.

Then we can have a concise trilogy for Snyder’s movies. 😃

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Son-of-Krypton-Released-A-Man-of-Steel-and-Batman-v-Superman-Fanedit/id/84505

Change list updated. This edit is now released.

Jamesleaf said:

Does anyone have a guide on how I could crop this to 1.85:1? (Would fill more space than 16:9). I haven’t sourced a copy yet, but I may have to wait the blu ray release and rip a copy. I could go through the cropped movie and make note of all the scenes which which need re-adjusting. The whole movie seems like a long chore to do such a thing.
I’m a newbie to video editing, so this would be a slog.

Note that for most people’s tv’s, a 1.85 would not “fill more space” than 16:9 (which is 1.78). A 1.78 crop would perfectly fit a standard widescreen tv with no black bars at the top or bottom. A 1.85 would have slight cropping at the top and bottom of a standard 16:9 widescreen tv. The three main formatting options for a ZSJL edit would be to keep it as-is in IMAX format (1.33), crop to 2.39 to match Batman v Superman, or crop to 1.78 to fit a standard widescreen tv. I personally would opt for the 1.78 because this leaves as much of the original picture intact as possible on a standard tv, while not having black bars on the top or sides. It would also not be jarringly different from BVS should someone wish to watch BVS and ZSJL back to back.

If I were to edit this movie, here’s what I would do:

EDIT: here’s what I have done:
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Zack-Snyders-Justice-League-R-Cut-In-Progress/id/87087

poppasketti said:

Meanwhile, here’s a pass at recoloring the Tie Whisper to imply Kylo has other models after the first is destroyed. Sorry for the delay on this, I haven’t had much free time lately.

Looks great!

PM really sent this time.

thanks for the detailed answer. If at first you don’t succeed, reread the instructions! step 8 was not done properly. but I will check out how the HDR export looks a little closer. Because I didn’t do extensive grading after the Dolby Vision. Mostly just lessened the greens.

Edit: on closer review the HDR export is not good. So I went ahead and followed those instructions correctly.

44rh1n, I’ve successfully finished a 4K edit in Resolve using Dolby Vision and adding additional color correction. When I export the project, for example to an HEVC mp4, the final result looks beautiful. Note: the project settings are just as you specify (also the output is of course REC 709).

Here’s my question: when playing on a TV the HDR notification icon comes up signaling that this is HDR content. This this is just a flagging issue and this is fully an SDR export, correct?

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