What was the technology used for the elvis american idol thing?

Question

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NHqoSuu_0sU

I didn't know that it existed, but now that I know it does, it opens up a lot of possibilities, like using it for things other then concerts.

Answer 1

It was a combination of a previously recorded Elvis appearance and an Elvis impersonator. Side, back, and distant views were the impersonator. Close ups were Elvis. All singing was Elvis.

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.

Answer 2

The final result that we saw was a HOLOGRAM! It will replace dvds in the future and television screens, as well. They used actual Elvis footage and added to it to create the hologram we saw. There was no impersonator on the stage at the final performance. They used a 'stand-in' to get the 'back/side shots' to add to the hologram during the hologram production. Soon we'll be able to just watch a movie this way and it will be like 'surround picture'! We'll feel as though we are in the movie ourselves. The first successfull holograms were used at Disney World for the haunted house and Pirates Of The Carrabean attractions over 30 years ago! Only those holograms were see-through, so as you can see from the 'Elvis hologram', we've come a long way baby! :-)

Answer 3

well they did use a elvis impersonator,but not for the whole thing.They used what is called rotoscoping.Meaning they cut an image of elvis out from a past performance he has done and put it through a rotoscoping process and they used the impersonator for the end of the show when it showed him talkin with dion.It took weeks of practice of dion acting like elvis was next to her then using the impersonator.

Answer 4

At the end of the show they stated the credits,and it was an impersonator.Pretty good acting on the behalf of the impersonator.He wasnt really singing.

Answer 5

hehe, it's just an impersonator lip synching.