I’m not the best at color correcting, but I’ve made some attempts to brighten the image and reduce the blue, and it surprisingly looks better.
I think Hal is justified in wanting to regrade the movie. It has the same problem as Attack of the Clones, where the entire movie has an odd blue-green tint. It is the way it was shown in theaters, but when you look at behind the scenes material the colors are much more natural.
That is true, I just imagine that this would be a hard process.
However, this would be a case of changing the film’s original look, whereas in the past you’ve tried to restore the original look.
The Original Trilogy had the problem with the poor color timing on the 2004 DVD and 2011 Blu-ray releases, The Phantom Menace had a strange pink tint in its 2001 DVD release, and was fixed in the Blu-ray release, but had a lot of DVNR issues with its picture. Attack of the Clones had an odd green tint applied to its Blu-ray release, and the rest didn’t have any problems whatsoever.
This color grading attempt for The Rise of Skywalker seems to be in line with how people complained and graded Solo since it had a dark muddy look to it.
Have you thought about someone grading this film? Many have complained on how much blue is seen in its look.
I gotta say, I’ve been watching the Disney+ versions of the trilogy, and I’m quite amazed by the video quality and remastered colors. I do wish they also did the same with the audio mix, rather than just reuse the 2011 mix. Somebody let us know exactly what the 4K home video releases are like.
I’m 100% all for adding some “For Skywalker!” voices to the end battle! I wonder if we could Tweet some TCW/Rebels VAs to record just that line in-character. They’re all stuck quarantined inside already, they must be bored, right?
Yeah, but don’t you think in a case like that you’d have to pay them? Not saying they wouldn’t do it for free, but they’re professional voice actors, rather than ones who are on YouTube and do it for fun.
I felt justified in finding rips due to having a Disney+ subscription, and will rip the physical disc once I can get it. No timetable with what’s been going on; we’ll see.
Okay, just curious since you used it as a workprint for Return of the Jedi.
I don’t mean to sound like I’m going off topic, but may I ask where you managed to get 1080p versions of the 4K Remasters of the trilogy from Disney+, Hal?
Just realised that Ridley’s Falcon cockpit shots are missing the middle beam in the window. It seems that in all other films the beam is there.
Adywan’s Revisited added in the center beam
Having used both Mac and PC, both feel solid to me. PC can be less stable simply because of the array of components available of varying levels of quality, but any build of decent quality parts will be as stable as a Mac. I use PC because that’s what I grew up on and Mac feels awkward to navigate, but that’s all personal preference.
I hear that Davinci Resolve has good video editing on par with FCP or Premiere Pro, maybe you could try that?
I totally agree with you. Nothing against Apple, but I prefer Windows computers, they’re much more user friendly in my opinion.
I guess this might not be useful for Ascendent, but rather than try to rescore the kiss scene, I wonder if it would feel more natural if you were to place parts of that track into one or two of the previous films? Like when they touch hands in TLJ, you could replace the Force theme, which I feel gets overused somewhat in the Sequel Trilogy, with a part from the Farewell track. You could retroactively establish it as their love motif.
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I’ll be honest, I really really don’t care for Reylo, but it is undeniably really hot. We should lean into that. - JJ Abrams to Chris Terrio
That could work!
Here is a concept clip I put together re-scoring this scene with Samuel Kim’s cover. It’s not perfect, but it’s worth a try to get a vision.
Samuel Kim’s Cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JGe5GAhOf4
https://vimeo.com/400027193
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Yub Nub!
Nah, I prefer Victory Celebration instead.
Hmmm… should I really remove the song Ben Solo was conceived to?
What was that anyway?
I’d love a still image (hell, or video) of Rey’s father with a third eye on his forehead.
Well according to the novelization, he’s apparently a failed clone of Palpatine, so why not. 😝
Eh… doesn’t seem to fit snugly. I don’t mind if anyone wants to reach out, but I don’t see this as particularly valuable. I would like, though, to gently fold in a couple bars of Across the Stars.
Ben and Rey still had a love theme that John Williams wrote. Across the Stars was Anakin and Padmé’s love theme, very much how Han and Leia had a love theme too which mashed their themes together.
I was thinking about also using Sam Kim’s cover of Ben and Rey’s theme to rescore the kiss. Nothing necessarily wrong with John Williams’ music in that scene, just feels a bit off at what’s happening on screen. It may help the actions feel less off and more in the moment.
I think it’d also be best if we remove Finn trying to tell Rey that secret of his, that being his Force abilities. It’s never resolved/answered at all.
Might not be right for Ascendant, but another member is working on a clever way to reuse those scenes for a different context. Maybe they will share it soon! Hopefully it will work.
Not sure what the new context would be. Making it seem that he’s into her seems wrong seeing where their story lines went.
I think it’d also be best if we remove Finn trying to tell Rey that secret of his, that being his Force abilities. It’s never resolved/answered at all.
Took a stab at implementing the original TROS soundtrack for the opening scene (excuse the crappy sfx)
https://vimeo.com/399199550
It needs some work, but not a bad attempt. Although, I have to admit, that fire ring shot seriously gives me a Lord of the Rings vibe.
I do agree, but maybe reduce Finn screaming her name a lot.
I like that! At first I wondered if ‘Anakin vs. Obi-Wan’ was a good fit but it seems appropriate. The music drop off helps accent Leia cutting in.
Is there unused score on the soundtrack that was originally meant for this duel?
I don’t think there is, except for the score for the second half of the duel that ended up in the film.
Here’s another attempt at rescoring the duel. This time, as Hal wanted to play with, I removed Finn and Jannah interfering and swelled the music as Ben walks through the wave as Jar Jar Bricks did.
https://vimeo.com/399031497
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Here is my second attempt at the opening, adding the Journey to Exegol track.
https://vimeo.com/398973768
PASSWORD: faneditAlternatively, we could keep the ship in there, coloring it black to match Kylo’s from TFA. Then we could also put in the deleted TLJ scene and have someone say in the background something like, “Supreme Leader, your shuttle is ready”.
Maybe, but it could start to feel more like a fan edit and less like an actual movie.
Here is my second attempt at the opening, adding the Journey to Exegol track.
https://vimeo.com/398973768
PASSWORD: faneditReally digging this man; keep up the good work. It be cool to show maybe an establishing shot of Vader’s castle if possible, but it great either way.
I was thinking about adding that as well, but it may get a bit too complicated with the opening in the movie since the castle barely at all connected with the wayfinder’s location on Mustafar.
