The EditDroid, Rise and Fall -Preview 2-

This is a preview of an upcoming documentary about the EditDroid.

Synopsis:

In 1983 when George Lucas was making Star Wars movies,
film editing was a long and time-consuming process.
Lucas set his team the challenge of improving the editing stage of filmmaking
and after spending 40 million dollars
and three years of hard work they created the EditDroid.
This machine not only developed, but also changed the way
we make and edit films forever.
About 30 EditDroid prototypes were made in total and then they disappeared.
Lucas sold the patent of the idea to a small company called AVID
and the rest is film-making history.
Today AVID is one of the most common and secure editing machines
we have in film-making and is used all over the world.
In 2005 Bruce Gray and Tom van Klingeren set off from Amsterdam
to see if they could find out how the EditDroid came into being
and what happened to the ones that were made.
Could there still be an EditDroid buried deep in the archives
of the LucasFilm Company on Skywalker Ranch?

Category:

Science & Technology

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• editdroid
• george
• lucas
• ben
• burtt
• film
• editing
• fan
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• Star
• wars
• Lucasfilm
• ILM

[Heilemann]

So... Is it out yet? :)

[tvkling1]

@Heilemann

We're really close in finishing. EditDroid is in a kind of post production limbo right now.

The company that's helping me pro deo with the post production still hasn't got the time to finish the last few pieces of music. Believe me, i'm pushing them but no luck yet. So to all the people that have shown interest; hang in there! It' s coming soon.

Cheers.

Tom

[USTUBE4000]

Great video. Any chance of seeing the whole doc?

[tvkling1]

Thank you for the interest in my documentary. Although the editing is done Im still busy with other aspects of post production (color correction and sound). There is a company here in Amsterdam that will hopefully help me finish it. Since this is a personal project Im depended on this post production companys good will and interest to help me finish this document. So with a bit of luck i can present the final version on dvd somewhere this summer.

Tom van Klingeren

[MrReverendwolf]

Great video!!!!!

[tvkling1]

Hi

Sorry for the late reply!

I would love to show the whole doc, but, I am still in post production. We where planning to release the dvd in August, due to circumstances we're not able to release it until the end of oktober. That's probably too late for your paper. I'll let you know when the final dvd is coming out.

Tom van Klingeren