Treasure Imagination: An Indiana Jones Short Edit

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Important Note: It is highly recommended that you watch the original short before viewing this fan edit as I don't want to take away any credit to the hard work and effort the crew have put in their project. This fan edit is meant to be an alternate viewing experience for those interested that want this short related to Indiana Jones.

Treasure Imagination: An Indiana Jones Short Edit

Basic Info:

Video:

4K 2160p and 1080p

1.55 GB [4K 2160p] and 149 MB [1080p]

5 min 15 sec (originally 4 min 1 sec)

Audio:

Stereo

448 kbps

Rating: PG

Fan Edit Type: Shorts/FanMix

Edit Completed: September 18, 2024

Synopsis:

A city boy imagines himself as the famous fedora wearing archaeologist going on an adventure in the jungle. There he fights against some Raiders who are after a precious Golden Idol.

Background:

The following is a fan edit of a 2024 short film from Stray Vista Studios called Treasure Imagination. Like a lot of their projects, they showcase their virtual production and how they can help filmmakers in making their visions come true. This particular short is Indiana Jones themed complete with the fedora and even an Indiana Jones trademark at the end. Despite this, it is not a joint venture from Lucasfilm, but rather something completely separate and unrelated. This edit, similar to what I've done for The Hatchling, is an Indiana Jones edit which includes John Williams' music, the font for the titles, and even the Paramount logo transition. I highly recommend showing the original crew some love and watch the short film on YouTube before viewing this. This is so they get the recognition and praise they deserve for their work.

Goals:

Align the short film more with the Indiana Jones franchise by rescoring it with John Williams' score, using the fonts for the opening and end credits as seen in the films, and add the Disney, Lucasfilm, and Paramount logos complete with the transition. Similar to The Hatchling Jurassic World edit, this uses AI technology to separate the vocals from the music (with some sound effects being redone manually).

Change List:

• Added Starlight Fan Edits Logo.

• Added film grain.

• Added the Disney, Lucasfilm, and Paramount logos.

• Have the Paramount logo transition into the skyline of New York similar to the first four Indiana Jones films.

• Used "Indy's Very First Adventure" (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) by John Williams for the opening.

• Used Open-Kapitalen font and Eurostile fonts for both the opening titles and end credits. The credits using the Open-Kapitalen font are done by putting together the individual letters to construct the credits.

• Added "New York 2024" in Eurostile font similar to the Indiana Jones films in how they indicate the location and year.

• A static shot of New York replaces the original opening credits of the short.

• Used the pieces "In the Jungle" (from Raiders of the Lost Ark) and "Indy's Very First Adventure" (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) when rescoring the scene of the boy picking up the Fedora and when we transition to his imagination.

• Added a torch sound effect.

• Added "South America 1936" in Eurostile font similar to the Indiana Jones films and also serves as a nod to Raiders of the Lost Ark.

• Added reverb to the Raiders shouting.

• Rescored the scene of the boy in the caverns with "The Idol Temple" (from Raiders of the Lost Ark) by John Williams

• Rescored the sequence of the boy running away from the Raiders to chasing after one of them with the following tracks by John Williams: "Escape from the Temple", "In the Jungle", and "Flight from Peru" (from Raiders of the Lost Ark). The last half of "Flight from Peru" is substituted with an identical cue from "The Journey to Akator" (from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull). Its tempo is sped up match that of the previous track.

• Rescored the scene of the boy reaching for the Idol with "Centuries Join Hands" by John Williams (from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny).

• Redid the city sound effects with new versions to remove the original music track completely.

• Rescored the scene of the boy closing his eyes to imagine an adventure with an abridged version of "Finale & End Credits" by John Williams (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). This piece plays throughout the whole end credits.

• Have the "Treasure Imagination" logo fade out to credits I've made modeled after the one from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The scrolling credits remain intact with some minor brightness changes.

Link(s):

Archive.org