addiesin said:
Andreas, going back to the voice acting idea, I had a thought. If you have trouble fitting new lines to the mouth movements/syllables of Jar Jar and other characters, you could have your voice actors record gibberish that matches the syllables and just use subtitles.
I think this would be a more elegant solution than 1, having new lines that don't match the mouth of the speaking character, or 2, using a real foreign language track that might make an uncomfortable viewing experience for any to whom the language isn't foreign. Plus, it alleviates a lot of the problems that come with dialogue replacement, and it wouldn't be out of place, since it's Star Wars.
As long as the person recording the gibberish is somewhat consistent, this should sound pretty close to a "language" that you could further distort with audio editing if you wanted. But anyway, that's the idea: subtitles! WITH voice acting! A real double-whammy.
Another idea, regarding your most recent post. Helping Anakin's character. It would be great if Anakin was actually shown using the force. Maybe he could be the reason the bet works out, or he could be shown closing his eyes before doing something impressive in the pod race, maybe with some Qui Gon voiceover of "use the force" or something.. this one is obviously a far less fleshed out idea.
Brilliant ideas, really. Great thinking. Both on the Jar-Jar, and the part about Anakin using the force. This is a must now, and will be looked into later tonight.
The other ideas about creating a parallel to ANH, and create a bridge between Anakin's forcepowers at the Pod Race and the Spacebattle at the end of the movie, are great suggestions. I already envision right now the force theme playing as Anakin is stuck into Sebulba's Pod, Anakin closing his eyes, and then the Pod's releasing from eachother and Sebulba dying. Oh, and did I say dying? Well, yes. Hehe. Let me explain:
As I started creating the rough cut for my edit early March and ideas were bobbeling, I implented the Force Theme on a close-up at Qui-Gon before the following shot of Anakin releasing himself from Sebulba's Pod, as if Qui-Gon used some of his force and helped Anakin. It turned out very powerful, and then I thought: a boy, who has been a slave all his life - witnessing his mother and himself having to do things no human should be told and ordered to do, would leave him a little scared and is probably one of the reasons he is able to do the evil things he does later on in life. He doesn't have a full understanding of wrong and right, and might do things out of boundaries for the people he love.
So in my edit, when Anakin - under the force theme - pulls himself from Sebulba's Pod, he intentionally pushes him so hard away that - with the lust for finishing the race, making his mother proud and getting the money to the Jedi he looks up to and promised to obtain for - kills Sebulba doing so. I thought this was very powerful, and kinda teases and showcases Anakin's lack of compassion for the people he dislikes, and what he is capable of doing for the people he loves.
Now, imagine that; but removing Qui-Gon force implications, and instead the showcasing of Anakin using the force to relieve himself from Sebulba's Pod and then killing him. I think this is going to be a very powerful scene, with the premise of a darker future ahead - when you look back at it from a standpoint where you know his fate.
Smithers said:
There is a scene in the pod race where a piece of anakin's podracer comes loose and he has to fix it with a magnet. Is it possible to rescore the scene to have more emotional music and make jake Lloyd just fix it with the force? And maybe have the "use your instincts" line in the background too. That would really reflect ANH and show how strong anakin is with the force even as a child.
I think the scene would be more powerful if it happens the way I mentioned up above.
However, the 'Use your instincts' line would be a great addition as it would make it clear for the audience that the force is what helped him out of the situation and that he is strong in it, and would also - as you pointed out - reflect upon what happens to Luke in ANH when Obi-Wan tells him to use the force.