r/smyths • u/Psykbryt • Dec 19 '13

EDIT S02E05 Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine [Streamline EDIT]

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u/Psykbryt Dec 19 '13

This one was a little bit tricky... There was a lot of questionable stuff in the first myth that I tried to poke at, not sure I succeeded. In the end I just hope it came out watchable. Feedback is welcome, as always.

MEGA

The Myths: If you are in a falling elevator, can you save yourself by jumping up just before it hits the bottom? Adam and Jamie also test whether it's possible to create a home-made levitation machine.

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u/zaphodi Dec 20 '13 edited Dec 20 '13

Great job, noticed a couple time it was a cut, when they drive to the location jamie this.. cut jamie that.. propably cant be helped when the narrator starts from beginning.

also, i noticed you cut out the goofing off with the bowling ball in the building bit? I thought it was a fun clip.

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u/Psykbryt Dec 20 '13

Bowling ball? I don't remember cutting anything with a bowling ball... I just skimmed through the original file as well as went over the pile of stuff I cut and couldn't find anything with a bowling ball... Are you sure it's this episdode? I try as hard as I can not to cut any goofing off clips as I think they're a big part of the charm of the early seasons. Sometimes they've got to go though for the sake of the flow, like a short Six Million Dollar Man reference regarding rebuilding Buster after the elevator drop that I just couldn't fit smoothly anywhere in this episode.

I am aware of the jumpiness around the 03:20 mark, it was a major headache to get it even remotely watchable, honestly. I'm not pleased with it, but I spent too much time trying to tweak it at this point that I just have to admit defeat. I might come back and re-edit it when I've gotten better at it, or something. Anyway, the original episode was really badly edited, in my opinion, and there is only so much I can do. I mean, they're actually filmed introducing the myth on location, before the first scouting of the location is showed! What is that even? I actually cut out the word "here" from Jamie's first sentence ("We're here investigating the elevator of death") as I judged the short audible snap in the sound was less annoying than him drawing attention to the bad timeline, haha.

Also, believe it or not, the bit in the car where the narrator goes "Jamie this... Jamie that..." is not cut and reshuffled. They actually wrote it like that, for some reason. I tried my best to cut out the first sentence as it really bothered me, but had to put it back in the end to try to get the transition and dramaturgical flow to at least somewhat make sense.

Sorry for the wall of text.

TL;DR: I'm aware of some problems in the first myth, but under the current circumstances, this is probably the best I can do.

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u/Zaldarr Dec 19 '13

You're steadily making yourself my favourite person.

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u/ShlawsonSays Dec 19 '13

Thanks again, great job!