The Arrival [spoRv]

[spoRv]

_,,,^..^,,,_ presents The Arrival [spoRv]

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| PROJECTS: Released | In progress | Future | Mission & Setup |

Mission: to make "The DEFINITIVE Arrival" edition.

Video source: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Audio sources: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Subtitles sources: Various.

Project info:
The Arrival on Blu-ray has some DNR, plus contrast problems and its color grading is different from previous versions on DVD and LD; it lacks also extras.
For this project, I will correct the contrast, then apply a 35mm grain plate to give the impression of a bit of more details; the DVD will be used as color reference for the color correction; all the DVD and laserdisc known extras will be added - still to be decided if it will be a BD-50, or two discs, one BD-25 with the movie in high definition, the other (BD-25 or AVCHD onto DVD-9) with extras.

Source Material

Video:

• The Arrival - Blu-ray
  
• The Arrival - German KinoWelt DVD (for extras)
  
• The Arrival - Special Edition box set Laserdisc (for extras)
  

Audio:

• The Arrival - Blu-ray DTS-HD MA
  
• The Arrival - various DVD (for foreign languages)
  
• The Arrival - Laserdisc AC3 (for film audio track and commentary)
  

Subtitles:

• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
  

Final format: BD-25

Video:

1920×1080, 23.976fps, A.R. 1.85:1, AVC encoded using x264, 18mbps average bitrate

Audio:

DTS-HD MA 24bit 7.1 from BD: English
DD 16bit 384kbps 5.1 from LD: English
DD 16bit 448kbps 5.1 from DVD: French, Italian, Spanish
DD 16bit 192kbps 2.0 from DVD: German
DD 16bit 192kbps 2.0 from LD: English commentary

Subtitles:

Movie: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Notes:

Animated menu, 28 chapters
Outside and inside covers, disc label

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"Partner in crime":

• thegroovologist for DVD extras and much help
  
• DoomBot for soundtrack help and general advice
  
• Jetrell Fo for The Making of The Arrival VHS capture
  

Project Status: RELEASED

[spoRv]

OK, we are near the release date...
Video is ready, audio too... covers and disc label too.

I should finish to sync subtitles, and transcribe the italian subs from dialog - around 70%; then, I must do the BD "prologue", menu, author everywhere and tah-dah! It will be ready!

Back to work - hope to finish subs job today...

P.S. Extra material will be released in a separate, bonus disc project.

[DoomBot]

Great news Andrea! I'm so glad your back to work on your projects. Did you finally get that monitor from your friend?

[spoRv]

Not yet... meanwhile, I decided to do whatever I could with this small monitor - so, for the moment, I'd prefer to not make any work involving color grading or matching... italian subs are at 80% now, slowly I'm finishing to transcribe them but hey, it's really, REALLY hard... don't know if I will finish today, I need a break so probably I'll watch one (or two, or three) movies, just to relax!

[spoRv]

OK, I watched just one movie, so I managed to finish the italian subs... wow, a pain in the... neck!

Well, I'm very tired now, but tomorrow I'll check all the subs, then I'll try to author the BD... with me luck!

[guiser]

Good luck!  I'm looking forward to seeing a proper version of this, if I remember correctly the last time I saw it was on TV with commercials

[spoRv]

Just discovered that french and german audio tracks - and subs too - need to be sync'ed... tomorrow (actually, today, later!) I'll work on them!

[spoRv]

Sync seems all OK - both audio and sub tracks... tomorrow I hope to make the final BD authoring.

[DoomBot]

Sweet!

[PDB]

Looking forward to this Andrea. I remember going into the theater to see The Arrival not expecting much but coming out very impressed. Can't wait to see your version.