Elvis Presley on American Idol. It looked like he was really there!!!
2007-04-25 14:40:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Fans can thank technology. Last week, Dion spent hours on the stage singing her part of the song several times without an audience or anyone next to her, looking to her side on cue.
Then she did the routine again with a Presley body double who lip-synced Presley's song and matched his moves from his 1968 performance.
Finally, all three elements -- Dion by herself, Dion with the body double and the original Presley performance -- were combined through editing and a technique called rotoscoping, which traced Presley from the original footage by cutting him out.
"Rotoscoping allows you to take one image from a pre-existing piece of video and puts him a whole new environment -- completely new use of that same piece of video," Disney digital media designer Joe Husung said.
Similar technology has been used before. It brought Natalie Cole and her late father, Nat King Cole, together to perform "Unforgettable," and allowed Forrest Gump to talk to former President Nixon.
A new British show puts the technology to use every day in "Duet Impossible," in which stars perform with their late idols. If the concept crosses the pond, American audiences may soon see late legends like James Brown and Sinatra rocking the stage again.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3087711&GMA=true
2007-04-28 10:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Kookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elvis lives
2007-04-25 14:50:58 · answer #2 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know that was so cool.At first I thought it was an Elvis impersonator.
2007-04-25 14:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's a cg animation like Orville reddinbocker from the popcorn commercials
2007-04-25 14:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by msX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was some virtual hologram or something.
It was pretty rad though.
2007-04-25 14:43:47 · answer #5 · answered by Pixie D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but it was really cool!
2007-04-25 14:44:17 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lmfao
2007-04-25 14:44:27 · answer #7 · answered by 1401 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
dont know but it was good
2007-04-25 14:43:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was just wondeirng that!
it was pretty flippin sweet....
2007-04-25 14:44:26 · answer #9 · answered by edingo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called modern technology. get in the 21st century please.
2007-04-25 14:45:04 · answer #10 · answered by Loser Leah 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋