How are double role scenes done in films?

Answer 1

different shots are taken and then they are spliced together..

Answer 2

Nowadays the technology is so advanced that there is no problem of shooting someone in a double role in earlier days u could never see the face of the actor playing double role simultaneously that was bcos one of them was a duplicate u cud only see his back and he was made to wear a wig of the type of the hair the actor had and the same scenes were shot making the actor wear the same costumes of his role as well as the double part, But now the scenes are shot the actor is made to give the look and the expressions where it seems as if they are talking to each other or shaking hands with each other or dancing together these scenes are shot singly and at the time of editing there is a machine called smoke where all the effects and other creativity is added which makes you feel it real.

Answer 3

the scene is shot twice with the actor playing the 2 roles one at a time

care is taken that the actor dont shadow his doubble in the scene and everything else in the scene remains the same
then the two films are spliced together ( cut and pasted together ) and then its copied into another film bringing it together.

for the scenes that has them interacting physically same rule is followed , but a duplicate is used in the scene for doubling up and splicing is done where the duplicate is present
this is an old technique
now computer graphics makes things simple and more convincing to watch

Answer 4

Double Act Movie

Answer 5

There are a lot of ways to do this.
1. the subjects may be shot against a chroma background (blue screen) and keyed out on post production.
2. If the camera is static for the shot one individual maybe shot twice from the same axis. these shots are then merged. the entire set up is the same except you have 2 of the same people.
3. this can be done even if the camera is in motion. it has to be ensured that both the shots are done the same. with the help of motion control cameras this becomes easier...but more expensive.

Answer 6

Maybe this doesn't answer, but this reminds me of when I was in elementary school in 1970 and an actor/substitute teacher would come in once and a while to tell us how they filmed "Land of the Giants" which was a TV show back then with giant size people and regular people. They did a primative split screen. It might be fun(ny) to see some of those special effects now.

Answer 7

Computers

Answer 8

It's all done by magic.

Movie magic that is! Scenes are either shot twice in different positions and spliced together or they sometimes get look-a-likes that kind of look similar to the actors and try to hide the face. Such as in action movies where they do stunts. Oh, and of course computers do all the "magic".

Answer 9

Cut and paste baby. Cut and paste. We are so technologically advanced now, you can just reshoot a scene, IE Britney Spears musiv video Shes So Lucky, and paste them all together and there she it. Multiples of herself.

But the oldest technique is shooting character one on the left and character two on the right and then cropping each image appropriately to have the Parent Trap effect. Movie Parent Tra with Lindsey Lohan.

Answer 10

Back to the future two was the first movie to do it.

Back to the Future, Part II (1989)

Computer-controlled camera work allowed three characters (all performed by Michael J. Fox) to match up and interact seamlessly in the same scene (the "instant pizza" scene), through impressive split-screen photography.

Answer 11

One at a time