LittleRickyII Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Has anybody been watching the new HBO series, The Deuce? It made me think of the Here's Lucy episode, "Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball." On this series, James Franco plays a set of identical twins, Vincent and Frankie. When I was watching the first episode, I didn't realize Franco would be playing two characters until a scene came up where both characters appeared. I was astounded! At first I was wondering where they found this other actor who looks exactly like James Franco. Then I discovered Franco was playing both characters. The technology is incredible. The character Vincent runs a bar (actually a couple bars). In the first scene where they both appear, Frankie walks in the door. They are both standing there. It's not a split screen; they are both in the same shot, at times partially eclipsing one another. Then Vincent walks across the room and goes behind the bar. In the shot, the bar is in the foreground. Vincent is standing behind the bar, face to the camera. And behind Vincent is a wall with a huge mirror. Then Frankie walks by on the front side of the bar and sits on a stool. This bit was incredible because not only do you see Frankie walk in front of Vincent, eclipsing Vincent in the process, but in that mirror you see the reflection of this same action from the back side. You see the back side of Vincent and the opposite side of Frankie's face as he walks by, and Vincent eclipsing Frankie as Frankie walks past. Unbelievable. And if that isn't enough, you don't see a reflection of the camera even though it's pointed directly at the mirror. There are many amazing shots like this on this series. Imagine what the possibilities would have been for "Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball" if they had this technology back in 1974. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 A Lucille Ball Special: Lucy Ricardo Meets Lucy Carmichael & Lucy Carter & Lucy Whittaker & Lucy Barker Talk about a whole lotta Lucy! Yes, the technology to duplicate actors has come a long way since the old spliced film method. Interesting how it almost exclusively used to be done with women. You didn't see many male actors playing lookalikes back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 9 hours ago, Mot Morenzi said: A Lucille Ball Special: Lucy Ricardo Meets Lucy Carmichael & Lucy Carter & Lucy Whittaker & Lucy Barker Talk about a whole lotta Lucy! LOL! That sounds like a project for Neil Wilburn. Yes, the technology to duplicate actors has come a long way since the old spliced film method. Interesting how it almost exclusively used to be done with women. You didn't see many male actors playing lookalikes back in the day. Except on a Lucy show! Robert Goulet, Sid Caesar and Van Johnson come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, LittleRickyII said: Except on a Lucy show! Robert Goulet, Sid Caesar and Van Johnson come to mind. True, but did they do the splitscreen technique in any of those? I know the Goulet one didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, Mot Morenzi said: True, but did they do the splitscreen technique in any of those? I know the Goulet one didn't. No, I was just speaking about "male actors playing lookalikes," which they did do, but without the split screen. And, oh yeah, Dean Martin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 On 10/25/2017 at 3:06 AM, LittleRickyII said: No, I was just speaking about "male actors playing lookalikes," which they did do, but without the split screen. And, oh yeah, Dean Martin! Right. The splitscreen effect almost exclusively used to apply to female characters. David Schwimmer as both Ross and Russ on Friends is one of the rare male examples I can think of. There are undoubtedly others, but the most famous instances involved women. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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