Watched the first episode so far and I took some notes
One thing that really stood out watching this edit was the difference in filming style between Andor and Rogue One. In Andor shots linger and I think it does alot of the heavy lifting in establishing tension. I found myself wishing that the camera would linger on the reactions of characters here for that same reason.
The rescoring changes the overall feel immensely and it does feel like a much better story, especially with the removal of easter eggs.
Couple of notes if you’re looking for any points to improve:
- If the noise made by the imperial ship passing by Jyn at the start of the film was a bit longer i think it would help with establishing tension, still amazing as is though
- The Yavin 4 Alliance intro didn’t really fit imo. The one when they were leaving fit really well though. Maybe something tied to Mons music idk.
- The Jyn Flashback was immaculate.
- Entering Jheda had a really cool music backdrop, it felt like the world had a unique vibe. It might be cool if when entering the city that type of music or that music was in the background to connect the two scenes.
- I’d recommend cutting overt signs of Saw’s people before the attack. Both Jyn and Andor notice somethings about to happen just from seeing somebody on a rooftop already. So removing overt shots of people hiding helps establish that they are both observant.
- Something about Chiruts fight music felt off, I’m not sure what though.
- At the end of S1 episode 3 of Andor there is this three minute swell which works really well. I think something like that could be cool from about 40:20 to the end.
This whole thing is amazing, ty for making it.
