Michael Arndt never saw Star Wars? That’s a complete lie lol. He did a video essay on Star Wars!!
Gosh I love the colors!
RIP
He hasn’t been in the movie at that point? It would confuse the audience, I think, and would seem incredibly out of place.
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There is nothing in the text of the new films that there’s a Hayden ghost or that Jedi Rocks exists. Quoting shots from the SE isn’t at all a declaration of support from the filmmakers.
The memorial video?
While TPM is the best prequel movie, its ending is sort of incredibly boring. I don’t like the whole Victory Ceremony scene.
Most sets had mostly practical elements? Compositing was mostly done to extend sets rather than as a substitute for them entirely?
That scene was shot on a bluescreen during reshoots, judging by Ewan’s wig.
What???
Here is a portion of my Phantom Menace edit:
There are countless specific changes but I can run through the major stuff:
What do you think?
Tried to emulate 4k77’s look with Menace.
And here’s something that I’m proud of:
I feel like adding more of a ‘base’ would also enhance the effect. More buildings near/around the platform, maybe?
I’ve always thought it would be a cool idea to edit the Prequels to look like they were shot before the OT. That is a nice step in that direction, I think.
I really wanted an Attack of the Clones equivalent of the dark side caves on Dagobah and Ahch-to.
I think it’s fun to show Anakin getting killed by Vader.
Here’s something that I’ve been messing around with:
Sound design is hard.
I tried to tighten up the fight and reduce on-screen presence of digital stunt-doubles and odd motion blur.
My main problem with it is that Han truly doesn’t believe in the Force in ANH while Chewbacca had fought alongside the greatest Jedi of all time.
I’ve completed every shot that had a Lightsaber ignited in the rain.
If anyone wants a high quality version for their own use, PM me.
Here’s something I’ve always wanted to see.
Steam coming off of the saber!
Here’s the first bit of Obi-Wan on Kamino with that same mentality:
Obi-Wan has a problem in this movie where he tells strangers his entire plan? Instead of being a detective, and seeing where his suspects go with things, he gives them more information? Why would he tell the Kaminoans that Sifo-Dyas was killed? In this clip, it’s clear that something’s wrong with what they tell Obi-Wan, so the audience can stay invested. ‘Why is Obi-Wan confused?’. Later, when he talks to Mace over skype, is when the audience can learn.
I also cut off the beginning of the scene because it wasn’t needed. We don’t need Obi-Wan to tell the prime minister his name, the audience already knows who he is!
I also removed the unrealistic waterfalls. They’re a distraction.
JEDIT: Another clip:
Here’s the introduction of the army:
In keeping with the idea that Obi-Wan is lead through a mystery in this movie, You don’t actually know that they’re clones up until this point. The Kaminoans don’t mention the word ‘clone’, they only explain that they have an army in the previous scene. The audience finds out when we cut to the shot of all the identical children.
I removed the name ‘Jango’ and instead referred to him as 'The Bounty Hunter, Fett".
The cut from Padme to the Army suggests that while she’s having a fun time with Anakin, her mind is also on other things. I always wondered why she looked sort of upset at the end of that shot?
I also thought that Obi-Wan smiling at this weird mystery-army didn’t fit with his character and made no sense? Also, at the end of this scene, I might cut back to Anakin and Padme, or I might cut to Jango’s apartment? I feel like the spot I left it at is a good ‘cliffhanger’ for a scene transition, but I feel like we haven’t spent enough time with Obi to justify cutting back to what Anakin is up to.
Also: I plan on adding more dialogue to the shots of the clones.
Who could have guessed that the guy who made countless videos on why Brie Larson, Disney, and Kathy Kennedy are the devil made a bad edit.