How did they do that for Elvis Presley? Did they have som1 else do it? In the video If I can dream for AI?

Question

For american idol, was that really elvis presley?

Answer 1

Computer and studio magic! The actual audience at American Idol did not see what the television audience saw. It has been done before with songs sung by one person from the present and one dead performer like:
"When you say nothing at all" (Allison Kraus and Kieth Whitley),
"Unforgettable" (Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole)
The footage is from the concert Elvis did in 1968 in Hawaii. Wasn't he a hunk??? ;-)

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

Elvis is dead,has been since the late '70s BUT that really was him, only in a video. i thought it was just.....amazing. Celine Dion really wasn't the right person to be singing with Elvis. kind of that hologram(spelling) image.they should of had Lisa Marie up there instead of Celine

Answer 4

it was just on channel 2 PBS special.
pretty neat camera trick huh? just old film played on a screen next to a live band.if done correctly its looks live.

Answer 5

yes it was Elvis......It was from his comeback special in 1968


its was a visual trick

Answer 6

yes it was really him but i haven't a clue how they did it.