Rolling Stones’ Next Studio Album: Rumors Swirl About ‘Hackney Diamonds’.Remembering Skynyrd’s Ed King: Guitarist, ‘Alabama’ Co-Writer.The Top Selling Albums of 1979: End of an Era.The Beatles’ Forgotten Top 20 Hit: A ‘Sweet’ Story.If the concept crosses the pond, American audiences may soon see late legends like James Brown and Sinatra rocking the stage again. 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.Ī new British show puts the technology to use every day in "Duet Impossible," in which stars perform with their late idols. "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. 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.įinally, 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. 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. The images of him seemed so real, many people were left wondering how "Idol" was able to bring him back from the dead.įans can thank technology. The late king of rock 'n' roll performed a hip-shaking duet with Celine Dion on Wednesday's show. Ap— - Those who say Elvis Presley is dead must have missed "American Idol" this week.
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