Petty's Purist LotR Edits [2]

"Anyway bloody PJ has left me one Bilbo reaction shot short. All I need is one shot of Bilbo to put inbetween Thorin saying "so this is the hobbit." and "He looks more like a grocer than a burglar" - Petty

Isn't it possible to just cut the whole scene after Thorin says "So, this is the hobbit.." and let it fade out? Or do you want to keep the grocer line?

Can't you just have the line "so this is the hobbit." and "He looks more like a grocer than a burglar" and then cut to shot of Bilbo looking crestfallen then end.

I was hoping to keep the grocer line Ringdrotten- if possible.

Ally that is precisely the problem- the 'so this is the hobbit' line- is followed by Thorin walking right round Bilbo talking about using a sword and ends back where he started, which is when he delivers the grocer bit of the line.
But if I splice the first bit straight into the second its a weird awkward cut, as the camera shot for the grocer line is almost, but not quite in the same place as the hobbit line- so it just sort of jumps- I need a reaction shot of Bilbo to put into that scene between the two lines to break up having two similar but not quite the same shots in a row, if you follow.

On the plus side I showed the latest edit to a friend who had just seen the film version and not enjoyed it very much- after watching the purist edit he said "why the hell didn't they put that version in the cinema?"
The answer to which of course is 'the bastards never asked me.'

make your own reaction shot. put on a curly wig and a waistkit and film yourself looking shocked. thatll work. or if not take a shot from a trailer/spot or summat. use your loaf boy!

Cant just nick a random shot Mrs Figg- there's the sound to consider, then the location, lighting, differences in picture quality, format- I did try nicking half a shot as Thorin walks round Bilbo- but it was way to short, so then I tried it slowed down, but it looked to weird (sometimes you can get away with slowing stuff, but not this time)
so not that I haven't tried to use my loaf, more like Ive ran out of bread.

dough!

Just begun uploading the latest cut of TH. Should be up in a few hours.
Not without caveats- thanks to the really annoying way it was encoded there are some moments when the synching is out by a bit here and there- bit weirder however whilst the sound stays synched whilst you watch if you try to skip ahead it will go out of synch, further ahead you jump further out it will be- no idea why. You just have to watch it start to finished without skipping. But then without all the horrible Pj stuff you probably wont have to skip ahead.

Quality wise its not as good as dvd but a hell of a lot better than the cam one its replacing- as always your thoughts and opinions are very welcome.

Will be heading home again this weekend (forgot to bring some stuff ), so I'll have a look at it then

will it take the equivalent of a small Ice Age to upload?

To upload yes, especially if say I maybe have a small nifter of buckie and then say wander outside and forget all about it.
Uploading has now resumed.
Downloading should be relatively painless as its less than 800 meg- better quality yet smaller file size than the cam one- go figure.

so basically its like stying to squeeze a Hefalump inside a Morris Minor then.
Nice!

Thats as good a description as any Mrs Figg.

Curent progress stands at 2 out of 3 parts uploaded- the final part is at 53% right now- so sometime, I hope, in the next two hours it should be ready for download.

The Hobbit purist cut is now ready for download.

Hey Eldo be the perfect thing to have to watch in the car as you go on your skiing trip. You could grab book 1-3 off that drive too while your there.

No takers yet?

I wish I could.

Not be rude Mrs Figg- but have actually tried?

I did try the first version of TH you put up on your Skypix thingie but this latest version well not yet because I cant risk my computer sploding at the mo. I am working on my entrance essay thing, and if I try to upload something big it might not like it. anyway after the 18th I can go for it.

Are you getting a non exploding pc after the 18th?

I think you will find TH much more to your tastes but I am most curious, you being a self confessed fan of PJ's LotR's, as to what you make of the purist cuts of those.

No after the 18th I have given my essay in.

I am bloody curious too. I havent even seen it in English yet. so I really want to see it. without the Azog rubbish is an added bonus.

Of course you could always do what Dave did- buy a rather large memory stick, pop it in the post to me and I just put everything on that.
But needs to be 40gig or more of mem stick!

"But needs to be 40gig or more of mem stick!" Petty.

you lost me after the word "But".

where do you put the memory stick? is it in your telly? or the computerino?

where do you put the memory stick? is it in your telly? or the computerino?

That depends -computer certainly- tv depends if it has a usb port and then you'd need to find out which formats it can play- although xvidHD is usual.

And 40gig plus simply means you will have to shell out a bit for it- at least £20-30 I'd reckon.

if you theoretically have this big stick, (and I presume its not made out of wood), does it mean my computer wont have problems showing the film?
you will have to exqueeze me, my knowledge of computering is pathetic. does it mean the film can be large, but the stick takes the brunt of the hard work? kinda. oh gawd this is going to haunt me.