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My Academy Review:
2001 really needs trimming in my opinion and @"holyalamo" 's edit successfully does that and adds in a few artful surprises, using the footage in new ways . This is as close to outright enjoying (and not being bored by) 2001 as I've got . Thanks! I spotted a couple of glitches that need fixed but when those are sorted this is ready to go. Here are the two I spotted:
There were a few points that worked okay but I thought they could be better (you don't have to fix/change these ones, just my optional suggestions):
On the subject of that bone shot, you might be amused by this 2001-bone match cut clip I did 3-years ago :
2001 really needs trimming in my opinion and @"holyalamo" 's edit successfully does that and adds in a few artful surprises, using the footage in new ways . This is as close to outright enjoying (and not being bored by) 2001 as I've got . Thanks! I spotted a couple of glitches that need fixed but when those are sorted this is ready to go. Here are the two I spotted:
01.27.18 - At the end of the montage of black swirly shots, you left in one frame of a big pink/blue eye, that flashes before you cut back to old David. This a technical glitch right?
01.30.09 - Before the start of another montage you cut from old David's POV, to old-old David on the bed for only 6-frames, then the montage plays, then back to the same shot. Again surely this is a glitch? Move the montage 6-frames forward, so it's sandwiched between the POV and bed shot and it'll look fine. Or alternatively move the montage back a few seconds so it plays comfortably somewhere in the middle of the bed shot.
There were a few points that worked okay but I thought they could be better (you don't have to fix/change these ones, just my optional suggestions):
00.00.00 - Beginning immediately on frame one feels odd to me. You could do with some studio titles, some black screen and silence etc, something t ease the viewer in.
00.02.29 - This fade down and up felt borderline too quick to me. Just a couple of seconds longer and it would be smoother.
00.03.29 - I can see what you are trying to do with the two flashes to the obelisk, timed with the music but they're too quick IMO (see clip below).
00.04.41 - I think replacing "The greatest match cut in cinema" with a simple cross fade is going to be a controversial decision but it works technically and I can see why you did it and what you were going for (matching the rotation of the station to the bone). Perhaps you could try something like this test clip I did:
It's rough, so you could make it better I'm sure. I used your audio and timing. I slowed down the bone shot 50%, sped up the station shot 25% and adjusted the zoom and cropping of the two shots so the bone exactly matches the angle of the rotating station at the point I made the cut (and more closely the speed too). So it's got the essence of what you want and the the spirit of what made the original match cut so famous. I've also extended your two flashes of the obelisk by a factor of four, from 7-frames, to 28-frames (anything less than 24 frames/1 second, usually looks too fast a cut. See what you think?
00.07.23 - This cut works fine but it could be even smoother if you brought up some of the door sound before the music melts away, so the listener doesn't even notice the cut.
00.14.25 - This fade from the meeting to outer space could be smoother if you gradually brought in the music before the meeting shot ends.
01.23.25 - I love the way you slashed down the length of the massively overlong stargate sequence but maybe reducing the trippy FX flowing past the viewer from about 2-minutes, down to about 10-seconds is perhaps too short. Cut back to it once more perhaps?
On the subject of that bone shot, you might be amused by this 2001-bone match cut clip I did 3-years ago :