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Post by booshman on May 22, 2012 9:35:09 GMT -5
I've been tinkering with re-creating the end credits from STM/SMII. It proved more difficult than you would expect and required a completely different method than the opening credits. vimeo.com/42616310
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Post by booshman on May 15, 2012 0:25:05 GMT -5
Got to disagree about Lynn Collins. I've only seen her in two films, (Wolverine and John Carter) I didn't believe her in either of them. Saying that though, with a better director and script maybe I could be proved wrong. Her IMDB says she went to the Julliard. If I went by their performances in John Carter I wouldn't think very highly of James Purefoy, Dominic West or CiarĂ¡n Hinds, and I know they can be great when given the opportunity.
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Post by booshman on May 14, 2012 8:41:14 GMT -5
I just finished watching Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and what an utter bag of poope it was. I wasn't too impressed by the first one, but this was a new level of crap. Worse than Punisher Warzone crap. I could hardly believe it when David S Goyer was listed as a writer in the end credits. I hope he turns in something of a higher quality for MOS. His credits on IMDB are a real mixed bag of quality.
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Post by booshman on May 13, 2012 8:45:34 GMT -5
Yeah the mono mix for Terminator is much better than the 5.1 mix.
I do miss the green suit in STM that was present in some of the blue screen shots.
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Post by booshman on May 12, 2012 22:45:18 GMT -5
There are so many fan edits of all the star wars films on fanedit.org that i'm simply too intimidated to check out what they have to offer. I still have my 1995 vhs tapes of the original trilogy, which was the last release before the "special" editions. And I will never get rid of them lol. If you exclude the all in one edits, the prequels, documentaries/ reviews and grindhouse style edits, there aren't that many edits to choose from. For episode IV, I'd go with Adywan's Revisited Purist cut. It's got all of the redone effects and recolouring work, but without the new score additions or re-editing. It was taken off FE.org for not qualifying as a true fanedit, but you should be able to find it. That being said, nothing beats the original not fracked about with versions of the OT.
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Post by booshman on May 10, 2012 6:50:04 GMT -5
Although I still have a bone to pick with them over not rehiring the original Rhodey for IM 2 I thought the guy from IM2 was an improvement over the first Rhodey. He always stood out for me as a weak link in IM1, and didn't convince me as a military man. I would have preferred someone a bit more buff and war hardened over the 2 that we've had though. Speaking of not being convinced that someone was a military man, I thought Tim Roth was laughable in TIH. Swaggering around with his hands in his pockets, I didn't believe him at all.
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Post by booshman on May 10, 2012 0:48:33 GMT -5
I've not used this scene in an edit yet Matt Superman fans may recognize where the "He, he..."woman came fromYou know you're a massive geek when you know where this "He, he..." woman footage was from before even watching the clip. Ok so I have to hand back my massive geek license. Where is it from? It's from the pilot episode of Lois and Clark, when Clark stops an out of control bus. The shot in the opening credits when he leaves a hand shaped dent in the front of a bus is from the same scene.
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Post by booshman on May 9, 2012 0:33:24 GMT -5
He did a great job on that scene. I miss the music for the build up in the scene like the other edits like boosh and cam . I've not used this scene in an edit yet Matt Superman fans may recognize where the "He, he..."woman came fromYou know you're a massive geek when you know where this "He, he..." woman footage was from before even watching the clip.
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Post by booshman on May 6, 2012 0:36:27 GMT -5
Everything looks like absolute poop except for the Superman 3 shirt rip shirt. I think it might just look good by comparison, this was all the bottom of the barrel gear they had. I think my favourite is the T-shirt with JHN on it, it's absolutely terrible. Utter bizarreness but is the figure intended to be Chris?? Can't identify it from any DC range and it looks like an angry version prototype....hmmm... I have no idea, it is an oddity for sure.
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Post by booshman on Apr 26, 2012 1:40:40 GMT -5
Anybody else look at those sleeves and were thinking "Smallville finale"? ;D I saw the crossed arms and thought Lois and Clark, then I looked at the belt and thought Superman Returns.
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Post by booshman on Apr 25, 2012 1:26:18 GMT -5
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Post by booshman on Apr 21, 2012 22:36:04 GMT -5
Ah ok it's from S4. The were a few deleted flying shots of Reeve that I'd love to see used, but they're not in HD sadly. Only HD flying shot I can think of off hand is THAT flying shot lol. It's the take-off shot after saving Italy from the volcano.
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Post by booshman on Apr 21, 2012 11:16:35 GMT -5
Anyone know where the flying shot is from? I think it's from behind the scenes footage of S3. No, keep guessing, haha. Booshman, that's fantastic! The version I did keeps the first portion of Supes' running up the stairs, then 'blends' it to a quick flight out of the fortress, but this one is more graceful and feels more realistic by swapping it out. Curious... are you considering at all duplicating any of Selutron's idea to mix it up with "The Swarm" like he did? (I don't know where Selutron got the idea to mix it, but thought it interesting that some footage from STM I'd read was licensed footage from that movie, too, (some of the train stuff if I remember right) so it made good sense that it 'feels' like it belongs to STM/SII). Though.... if you're limiting it to HD footage, I do have doubts "The Swarm" will ever get that treatment.... I wanted to originally use the beginning of the shot as he jumps up to the next level, then have that shot transition into this one, so he takes off from the top step. It proved to be a bit more difficult than I would like though, as he takes off from the opposite foot, and the shots would need exact colour matching. I decided to just replace the shot altogether and try to match it up with the shot before as best I could. I moved his head to be facing down a bit more than the original shot, to match the continuity a bit better. It's not perfect, but for matching shots filmed 7 years apart (hint, hint Tyler), I think it works ok. Which footage is from the swarm? I heard Sel used some, but not being familiar with the film I wouldn't know. Is is the dust cloud that Supes inhales in his pre-credits sequence?
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Post by booshman on Apr 21, 2012 0:04:58 GMT -5
Here's a rotoscoped shot of Superman flying out of the fortress instead of just walking out of shot. There is some smoke and colour change that I haven't corrected (as Superman leaves the frame) at this point I want to get some feedback before investing more time on the shot. The clip will be ready for viewing shortly. vimeo.com/40761737
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Post by booshman on Apr 18, 2012 1:41:18 GMT -5
(Any 'new' rotoscope stuff planned for the Metro battle btw?) Nothing specific as yet. I think the editing will be in line with my last edit, but I'm open to suggestions for possible additions. Any ideas feel free to post them in my thread.
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Post by booshman on Apr 17, 2012 0:37:24 GMT -5
Is there a reason for 480p youtube videos and not 1080p? No, it's because they only uploaded it at 480p, likely still using just the DVDs. From the looks if the colour timing I think you're right. Selutron has some really nice stuff, in the beginning there was more of a 'holy poope that's amazing with the rotoscoping & all', but I have to admit that Booshman's work I'm more impressed with right now. Wow thanks cam, that's high praise indeed. Hopefully it will all come together into something that do the material justice. Really? You would think they'd jump at the chance to milk the cow a little more with the reboot coming out. Hopefully WB won't be as blind next year.
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Post by booshman on Apr 16, 2012 23:47:04 GMT -5
I agree that it is a subtle but noticeable difference. It's harder to make out though I think to to resizing the videos. You're right in that in some scenes it stands out a lot more than others. I'll take a screens so you can hopefully see a bit more clearly. edit: Here's a few screens.
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Post by booshman on Apr 16, 2012 10:10:30 GMT -5
I had a crack at colour correcting a bit of the home movies scene I posted earlier. The whole film is going to need adjusting scene by scene but I'm liking how things are going with this test. The top left is the blu ray. The bottom left is my initial CC. The right combination of the two. I think my initial CC went a bit too far into orange for the skin tones as well as the red on the suit, but the blue is better. Adding a bit of the original back in has brought the reds back in the suit and given a better skin tone, while maintaining the blues. The clip isn't up yet but should be shortly: vimeo.com/40457081
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Post by booshman on Apr 16, 2012 4:31:11 GMT -5
Jesus Christ, seriously? Yecch. Yep. Space station has a collision, cosmonaut flies off into space. Superman shows up and puts lost cosmonaut into space station...the spouts some poop about them being the real heroes. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by booshman on Apr 15, 2012 6:03:25 GMT -5
Not bad, but too long. Also need to cut the Lois Jimmy chatter from the end of it...absolutely redundant. With the lack of a clean centre channel their chatter has 2 music cues going on behind it too. Also when Supes is chasing the last rocket there's 2 cues. If this was building towards a fanedit I think it's less than the ideal way of doing it, but as it looks like Sel is going for a WB release, having the original elements this wouldn't be an issue. (Off topic: Does anyone know if it's possible to turn off the spell check feature? Or change it from US English to English?)
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Post by booshman on Apr 13, 2012 22:05:35 GMT -5
Haha, I wondered who would be the firs to spot the reversed reaction shot. I think it works better too. Like you said though, shame about the other shots of her nodding.
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Post by booshman on Apr 13, 2012 12:32:46 GMT -5
Here's the Home Movies again, but with Lois added in to t he wide shot. I'm sure the scales are off and the layout and backgrounds make no sense when compared between shots, but I can live with it. Up in 33 mins: vimeo.com/40308345
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Post by booshman on Apr 13, 2012 1:17:38 GMT -5
Here's a question... Why do we need ANY form of recap at the start of Superman 2? The Lester version, the Donner Cut and the various fan cuts all seem to want to recap STM. What's wrong with just starting the movie? I think that if you're going to have the villains released by the rocket thrown at the end of 1, you need to show where that came from. Having said that I think the amount of stuff shown in this clip is a little much. I like the editing though, and the use of the curtain, but I think you just need to go from the rocket launch and Supes chasing it. If you need to know the ins and outs of why Superman is chasing it, then go and watch part one.
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Post by booshman on Apr 11, 2012 18:28:30 GMT -5
Color Finesse in AE can work wonders.
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Post by booshman on Apr 11, 2012 4:42:25 GMT -5
Good work, the cue works well there. I reckon I'll be keeping it as is though. For the framing issue, I'll be resizing the Donner Cut. In my last edit I cropped the theatrical cut, but I think Magic Bullet should be able to sort out the Donner Cut without any image quality issues. For the colour, I'm going to match TDC to Lesters as close as I can, but I'm also going to recolour the Lester footage a little too. Nothing major, but there are some issues that need addressing. There's a comprehensive comparison between all released versions in this thread: www.supermanii.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3455
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