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Star Wars Episode III gif showing Lucas 'morphing' different takes into 1
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Never knew this and didn't really notice it in the theater. But that is super obvious and I kind of wish I didn't know this now.
NOLA_Gaffer
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I noted the "/s", but I honestly thought the opera scene was probably the most interesting scene in all of ROTS, if not the entire prequel trilogy.
Metalingus5150
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There is a part where Obi Wan departs and he has a convo with Anakin. Obi Wan's hair changes every time you the camera cuts back to him.
CraigerGamer
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That's amazing.
friskykillface
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And I bet they only watched it since the new movie is out
So had it not been for force awakens no one would have ever noticed
Lucas the god B^)
Hero_of_the_Day
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That's some weird shit. Absolutely never would have noticed just watching the movie, though.
Dubbedinenglish
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I'm actually impressed.
Actually a legit good scene with pretty good dialog
Blasphemy! D: Damn you, Lucas!
maquiladora
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That's not how gifs work.
pizzaparty
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But why?
crooked spin
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In this shot the viewer should be focused on Palpatine's mouth/face since he's speaking which is probably why they made the decision to splice 2 Anakin performances together. Movie magic.
Could have been the best take of Palpatine but Hayden did something distracting/off-mark halfway through which they only caught in edit.
Could have been the best take of Palpatine but Hayden did something distracting/off-mark halfway through which they only caught in edit.
The Omega Man
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Lucas said that he finds his movies in the editing room, so no surprises here, he probably filmed one shot of each scene and put together his bad acted Frankenstein in the editing room.
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
what?
I always figured that was meant to be an intentional feature of his lightsaber as it happens right when he turns on the second blade.
Yeah, I meant that mainly as a quick zing, but in all seriousness I only blame Lucas for Anakin. We can say what we want to about Christensen's acting (body or voice), but in the end, George Lucas looked at the results and said 'yes, that's exactly what I want for the man who becomes Darth Vader'.
Man, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during the takes. "Now, can you do that again, but as more of a petulant, whiny child?"
DiipuSurotu
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First post nails it + thread backfire
why is everyone saying this
I even point out in the OP that I dont mind this in particular
I dont think people are upset about this. its just an interesting thing to point out that most people didnt realize?
what backfired?
TangoAlphaLima
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If you look really close, you can see the midichlorians moving under his skin.
Davey Cakes
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It IS interesting and impressive.
Even with all the analysis of the prequels that people have done, it took years to discover this edit.
Even with all the analysis of the prequels that people have done, it took years to discover this edit.
Now I can't unsee... WTF!I always figured that was meant to be an intentional feature of his lightsaber as it happens right when he turns on the second blade.
EDIT: Isn't he just moving closer to the camera with the last hand gesture as the second blade ignites?
A Grizzly Bear
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I don't see where SalsaShark implied that this was bad. He just mentioned that this gif was making the rounds on reddit and wanted to share it with us. He even said he didn't mind it.
Spine_Ripper
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Goddamn it I spilled my juice.
Yeah, this is what I see. Follows the movement of his wrist perfectly.
half a moon
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There's no backfire
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Interfectum
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Your "thread backfire" just backfired.
huh, that could actually be the case
NOLA_Gaffer
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Not to be jerky or anything, but Contact was 1997, Revenge of the Sith was 2005. A bit more than two years.
The Elite
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I'm not exactly sure what the issue is here?
Multiple takes are often used to bring together a scene or a performance. This is just a more technical way of executing that.
From what I gather instead of cutting away and cutting back to what would have been a better take, Lucas simply used some sort of tech to bridge to takes together without a cutting to another shot.
I think that's what this is all about unless I am missing something.
Multiple takes are often used to bring together a scene or a performance. This is just a more technical way of executing that.
From what I gather instead of cutting away and cutting back to what would have been a better take, Lucas simply used some sort of tech to bridge to takes together without a cutting to another shot.
I think that's what this is all about unless I am missing something.
it's actually super interesting IMO actually. I think it's pretty cool. Though I could see some rabid Lucas haters pouncing on this.
We was doing stuff like this in Phantom Menace, they talk about it on the documentary about how the technology is interesting but it's a dangerous slippery slope.
One of the reasons the prequels are so bad is how artificial and stiff they feel. Stuff like this while subtle doesn't help and your subconscious is probably picking up on this unnatural transitions.
It also devaluates the art of acting. It's the "we will fixed it in post" mentality driven to the extreme and it produces subpar results compared to the old methods.
One of the reasons the prequels are so bad is how artificial and stiff they feel. Stuff like this while subtle doesn't help and your subconscious is probably picking up on this unnatural transitions.
It also devaluates the art of acting. It's the "we will fixed it in post" mentality driven to the extreme and it produces subpar results compared to the old methods.
moniker
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Um yeah, I thought Episode 1 for some stupid reason. Still, Contact had a lot of cool effects in it.
VisceralBowl
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Nice.
bonesmccoy
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I don't see how it's a 'Why, Lucas, Why' thing at all. Seems like kind of thing that would happen while producing a film.
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