The journey from conceiving an idea for an edit to creating one varies from project to project. Some of my edits, such as my
Driver or
Planetfall, required minimal forethought before the editing process could begin. Others have required a lot more groundwork. An example of this is my forthcoming edit
Star Wars: Ashes of the Empire.
Before I joined this community all of the fanedits I'd watched had been Star Wars edits. With that in mind, it was inevitable that I would eventually take a crack at one myself. I've been wrestling with the idea for the past six months hoping to create a single film that blends aspects of episodes 7 & 8 but does so in a way that delivers something different. Last week I had an epiphany and finally began work on this.
Typically I wait until I have a relatively polished final draft sorted before seeking out a previewer. With this project however I wanted to get some early feedback on my fanmixed story. As Yoda said:
"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny." If I ever want to bring this edit into the light I knew I had to take this to the Jedi council itself.
Enter @"the scribbling man". Scrib has given me some fantastic feedback primarily focused on plot points that require further development and continuity issues/plot holes which have been created by blending the stories. Armed with this information I feel much better equipped to navigate the rest of this project. Regarding the feedback itself, it was clear, detailed, unbiased, and most importantly timestamped. And, as if that wasn't enough, Scrib even took the time to help me work on the text for my crawl.
Thank you so much for the effort you put into the feedback, you've certainly given me a new hope.