Hello, first time poster. Thanks everyone for letting me join in the fun. It's exciting to see all the creativity here.
I am posting to say I have a work-in-progress edit of 2001: Space Odyssey.
Searching the forums, I see this is one that others have revisited.
For The Short Cut, I tried to evoke the emotions of the original, while updating pacing and editing to make it accessible. (After some debates on reddit about this, I see that it's a controversial goal.)
In practice, this means:
* deeply shortening the prehistory sequence. (The book is concise here.)
* shortening and in some cases removing the multiple montage docking sequences
* cutting back to dramatic tension elements at key moments (monolith in the prehistory sequence, HAL later)
* changing the timewarp / ending order considerably
* trims throughout
* a couple of title additions
* no added CGI, and no added sounds
The challenges have largely been with sound. The space sequence are all balletic with concert music overlaying, and taking out shots or sequences has meant considerable sound rework.
I have PM'ed an admin about this, so hopefully I'm following the rules here!
Thanks for reading,
I am posting to say I have a work-in-progress edit of 2001: Space Odyssey.
Searching the forums, I see this is one that others have revisited.
For The Short Cut, I tried to evoke the emotions of the original, while updating pacing and editing to make it accessible. (After some debates on reddit about this, I see that it's a controversial goal.)
In practice, this means:
* deeply shortening the prehistory sequence. (The book is concise here.)
* shortening and in some cases removing the multiple montage docking sequences
* cutting back to dramatic tension elements at key moments (monolith in the prehistory sequence, HAL later)
* changing the timewarp / ending order considerably
* trims throughout
* a couple of title additions
* no added CGI, and no added sounds
The challenges have largely been with sound. The space sequence are all balletic with concert music overlaying, and taking out shots or sequences has meant considerable sound rework.
I have PM'ed an admin about this, so hopefully I'm following the rules here!
Thanks for reading,