[OotP UPDATE: Opening]
So this is the rough cut of the opening five minutes of the Order of the Phoenix.
Password: HP
[size=medium]Things to note:
- Opening color graded, to remove strong, unnatural blue nightsky and settle for a more natural blue nightsky.
- New SFX.
- Opening music altered to reveal Sirius and Harry's Theme from PoA - which the movie is all about, before transitioning into the (now darker) HP theme.
- Private Drive opening to continue our adventure where our previous one ended - the death of Cedric Diggory, and to set the dark tone for the movie to come. Opening extended 45 seconds.
- Transition into original opening sky through Private Drive window.
- Some color grading to the scenery, toned down a little bit of the strong sun colors. Very minor.
- Added a short, musical score from SS/PS to when Harry pulls his wand at Dudley.
- Added short, musical cues from Dementor's Converge soundtrack (from PoA) when storm occurs. I want to keep the scene going with a thriller-y and sound driven atmosphere like in the original, so few cues occur and then disappear for musical continuity reasons with the Dementors.
- Created Storm Clouds with Dementors from behind, to build up suspense.
- Color Graded Underground sequence to look even filthier.
- Extended Underground sequence (6 seconds) to continue building atmosphere and suspense.
- A lot of musical cues and new SFX.
- Added back in the Dementor SFX's from PoA, especially the ones when they are groaning (before attacking) and the one where they are sucking the soul out of people, for continuity reasons.
- Added Harry's Patronous theme for continuity reasons, although I created my own, darker version to fit the darker tone of the movie.