katie75
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Hey all.
So, as I work on my main fan editing project (as well as my first fan edit ever, which is a serializied edit of the Star Wars saga films into short films), I decided that since it had been such a long time since I had done video editing I needed to give myself a little practice on a smaller project first to get myself into a place where I could do my project. So I decided that I would do a fan edit of a fanfilm favourite of mine - Star Wars The Dark Redemption.
While I love this fan film, Ive also had my issues with it as well. The non traditional score in a couple of places (the opening crawl & the end credits specifically), the non traditional opening of the film, the opening crawl itself even, etc. So I decided to sit down &, for myself, see what could be done. Originally this project started out literally being only about redoing the opening crawl but I noticed a couple of other things as I worked on it so I figured why not go all out & do a fan edit.
So far, this is what i have gotten done:
1) Removed theforce.net title card at the beginning of the film.
2) Replaced the original theforce.net title intro with the 20th Century Fox & Lucasfilm logos with the 20th Century Fox fanfare playing over both.
3) Replaced the "A long time ago etc" shot with a clearer resolution shot of that same text.
4) Replaced the THE DARK REDEMPTION text that flashes on the screen & then recedes slowly with the more traditional STAR WARS to be more like the saga films.
5) Rewritten the opening crawl & added to the text to flesh out the crawl a bit more.
6) Created the new opening crawl using the Star Wars Crawl Creator on the starwars.com website & physically filmed the new crawl as it plays in the app using my iPhone. (the app on the website does not allow for one to save their crawl in any way so this was the only way to retain the crawl I done; I considered doing the new crawl from scratch using either Powerpoint or AfterEffects but after watching a few tutorials on how to do this on YouTube, I decided to just go with the official website's app & physically film it as it was quicker & easier, not to mention more accurate to how the crawls appear in the saga films & thus would give more accuracy in matching this crawl up to appear as close to those ones)
7) Replaced the opening crawl music that plays in the film with the opening crawl theme music from the video game Star Wars Dark Forces II Jedi Knight as it fit into the time frame & the speed of the crawl more appropriately (have had this game since its release & adore it, so its soundtrack is one that I had easy access to, along with various other games Ive purchased over the years)
8) Removed the pan down shot to the planet Kessel with the TIE Fighter flying by & approaching the Star Destroyer & then Slave I descending from the Star Destroyer's hanger bay & flying towards Kessel.
9) Replaced the above shot with the opening pan down shot from the fanfilm Wrath Of The Mandalorian to now have several Star Destroyers show now, with a shot of Slave I descending from the hanger bay of one of the Star Destroyers.
10) Added in new music 'Taris Lower City' from the game KOTOR to play after the pan down & as Boba Fett does his landing approach.
11) Removed the original rock song that plays over the end credits & replaced it with the more traditional Star Wars end credits music that appears at the end of every saga film.
So far this is as far as I have gotten with my fan edit & Im still looking at other changes that could be made (Im watching all of my Star Wars DVDs, as well as other Harrison Ford films, in an attempt to find dialogue that I can use to replace the actor who does the voice of Solo as the Falcon escapes from Kessel). I am using Windows Movie Maker to do all of this as it is the only program I have available to me right now, but I have managed to do quite a bit with it so far
While Im not planning on posting the finished edit here, depending on the level of interest in seeing it, as well as moderator approval more than anything else, if there is interest I can always upload it to Vimeo for people to view, but again, pending mod approval of course.
Any thoughts, opinions or input is most welcome
So, as I work on my main fan editing project (as well as my first fan edit ever, which is a serializied edit of the Star Wars saga films into short films), I decided that since it had been such a long time since I had done video editing I needed to give myself a little practice on a smaller project first to get myself into a place where I could do my project. So I decided that I would do a fan edit of a fanfilm favourite of mine - Star Wars The Dark Redemption.
While I love this fan film, Ive also had my issues with it as well. The non traditional score in a couple of places (the opening crawl & the end credits specifically), the non traditional opening of the film, the opening crawl itself even, etc. So I decided to sit down &, for myself, see what could be done. Originally this project started out literally being only about redoing the opening crawl but I noticed a couple of other things as I worked on it so I figured why not go all out & do a fan edit.
So far, this is what i have gotten done:
1) Removed theforce.net title card at the beginning of the film.
2) Replaced the original theforce.net title intro with the 20th Century Fox & Lucasfilm logos with the 20th Century Fox fanfare playing over both.
3) Replaced the "A long time ago etc" shot with a clearer resolution shot of that same text.
4) Replaced the THE DARK REDEMPTION text that flashes on the screen & then recedes slowly with the more traditional STAR WARS to be more like the saga films.
5) Rewritten the opening crawl & added to the text to flesh out the crawl a bit more.
6) Created the new opening crawl using the Star Wars Crawl Creator on the starwars.com website & physically filmed the new crawl as it plays in the app using my iPhone. (the app on the website does not allow for one to save their crawl in any way so this was the only way to retain the crawl I done; I considered doing the new crawl from scratch using either Powerpoint or AfterEffects but after watching a few tutorials on how to do this on YouTube, I decided to just go with the official website's app & physically film it as it was quicker & easier, not to mention more accurate to how the crawls appear in the saga films & thus would give more accuracy in matching this crawl up to appear as close to those ones)
7) Replaced the opening crawl music that plays in the film with the opening crawl theme music from the video game Star Wars Dark Forces II Jedi Knight as it fit into the time frame & the speed of the crawl more appropriately (have had this game since its release & adore it, so its soundtrack is one that I had easy access to, along with various other games Ive purchased over the years)
8) Removed the pan down shot to the planet Kessel with the TIE Fighter flying by & approaching the Star Destroyer & then Slave I descending from the Star Destroyer's hanger bay & flying towards Kessel.
9) Replaced the above shot with the opening pan down shot from the fanfilm Wrath Of The Mandalorian to now have several Star Destroyers show now, with a shot of Slave I descending from the hanger bay of one of the Star Destroyers.
10) Added in new music 'Taris Lower City' from the game KOTOR to play after the pan down & as Boba Fett does his landing approach.
11) Removed the original rock song that plays over the end credits & replaced it with the more traditional Star Wars end credits music that appears at the end of every saga film.
So far this is as far as I have gotten with my fan edit & Im still looking at other changes that could be made (Im watching all of my Star Wars DVDs, as well as other Harrison Ford films, in an attempt to find dialogue that I can use to replace the actor who does the voice of Solo as the Falcon escapes from Kessel). I am using Windows Movie Maker to do all of this as it is the only program I have available to me right now, but I have managed to do quite a bit with it so far
While Im not planning on posting the finished edit here, depending on the level of interest in seeing it, as well as moderator approval more than anything else, if there is interest I can always upload it to Vimeo for people to view, but again, pending mod approval of course.
Any thoughts, opinions or input is most welcome