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revel911 said:Was curious how the updates are coming? Sorry to ping you about something so trivial, just excited to see the next version of this edit.
revel911 said:Doesn't the flashback with Luke have him also with a green saber, so it shouldn't be reconned.
Agreed. If I can keep character development, I want to trim more. Not sure if its possible, but I might see if I can get away with an idea I found here...revel911 said:I am still hoping you can remove planets from the story as a way to reduce whiplash of "where are we now?"
revel911 said:What if in addition, they went back to Jakku or Tattooine where they found the knife. Maybe just remove the planet name, do we really need 3 dessert planets?
You know I am in for a rewatch @Wakeupkeo!
I am so crazy excited to watch your "An Old Fear - The Anti-TLJ Edit (3h59m) removes Canto Blight and the "Slow Chase" plotline." edit! You have no idea.
What is the overall time for the shorter release?
I want to do two watches for you for that edit (sorry if I focus on the second edit, but you know how much I despise those two plotlines), first pass to just see how the story connects and make sure there are no glaring errors (which I doubt there will be). I am going to do that edit in VR, so I can watch it in a theater like setting. After that, I will do a second viewing on the PC with nicer headphones, so I can review scene transitions and check for sound cues/pops.
PS. Hoping you are able to get the saber handles fixed one day.
PSS. Love the new Saber colors. (On the saber bounce after knocked out of hand it is back to blue.)
I'm a little late to the party, but this sounds interesting. Can I view this per chance?
I haven't watched this edit but I've toyed around with Kylo's mask in my edit. You could track the cracks and color correct them by desaturating and bringing the exposure down. It's not an easy or perfect fix but it would be easier than trying to track mask on a green screen. Just getting the lighting and camera angles right would be a nightmare I would think!PS. About the Kylo mask, what if we acquired a high quality one and a green screen? Then could we match the cuts better through pics and rotoscoping?
I haven't watched this edit but I've toyed around with Kylo's mask in my edit. You could track the cracks and color correct them by desaturating and bringing the exposure down. It's not an easy or perfect fix but it would be easier than trying to track mask on a green screen. Just getting the lighting and camera angles right would be a nightmare I would think!
Agreed- not sure its worth that much effort, I think I can find the shots needed within the TFA footage and mess with those before trying to match lighting and camera angles. The saber handle changes may end up needing that, and I am not sure its worth it at that point ha ha This is just a hobby.I haven't watched this edit but I've toyed around with Kylo's mask in my edit. You could track the cracks and color correct them by desaturating and bringing the exposure down. It's not an easy or perfect fix but it would be easier than trying to track mask on a green screen. Just getting the lighting and camera angles right would be a nightmare I would think!
I just watched both edits because something felt off in the Anti-TLJ edit and was seeing if it was in both cuts, it was. My biggest complaint is that the action comes in and out if the movie and rather than feeling uplifting, it feels daunting. I kept wanting to find a way to cut the Crate scene, but can't figure out how. It's the one scene that feels too much. I wish it was on a dessert planet, so the planet was not wasted. I was also thinking, would it be better by cutting the flight portion of the fight vs just having the team feeling trapped?
Do we just leave Luke's story stay unfinished? I have seen edits that tried to make Luke not transparent, so not a Ghost.
For your edit though, why keep it as one long film? Splitting as two movies will allow the mind to settle between action sequences. Now, if you did go that route, I was thinking of a perfect cut spot. The natural spot would be at the end of TFA, but I think it should go further. I would go to write after Luke agrees to train Rey and then it cuts to Ren going to meet Snoke. As two films, you could use both titles and set up better that New Order is hidden fleets (way to introduce either the emperor or the fact that more power is coming) and that the rebels are on the run after blowing up Star Killer base.
If there was a cut scene of Snoke's ship in space, you could then pan down post Star Wars Intro straight into Ren in the elevator to meet Snoke as the beginning of the second movie.
Doing this will help settle the tone of the relationship between Rey and Luke, while also ending on still a win. This will then start movie 2 into action.
If you want to stick to 1 movie, your cuts are good for the material you have. The pace for the second half of the movie is at blaring speed.
SO many of your edits are exquisite, which is why "out of place" scenes stick out more than ever.
PS. About the Kylo mask, what if we acquired a high quality one and a green screen? Then could we match the cuts better through pics and rotoscoping?