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Apr 24, 2007, 11:40 GMT
American Idol gives back: Celine Dion's Elvis duet
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This is awesome. elvis is the the greatest star in musical history. his generousity while alive is well known. with this show tonight his charitable spirit will live on. technology allows the king of entertainment to continue. this is awesome and i can't wait to see it.
The way I see it, this is how it should be done. First of all, for only the far away scenes (not the close-ups), film Ms. Dion with Ryan Pelton ( he dressed in black leather) while he lyp sincs, and she adds her voice to the 1968 recording. The two should be at the center of a replica of the small stage where Elvis did the stand up segment of the 1968 special, surrounded by real people. Since there were three rows, in every direction, except the section where the band used to be, this should be no problem. The idea is for Celine and Pelton to interact, but always with the camera far away, since the only purpose of this footage would be make it appear as if the two are really together, singing, which they are. A second camera will film Ms. Dion at closer range, but with Pelton`s face been kept out of the camera, at all times. His body, arms, his back, should be seen while Ms. Dion sings the portions of the song that she is supposed to sing. Finally, a third camera zooms on Ms. Dion, for later insertion onto the final take. Now, since similar footage is also available of Elvis in the white suit, Pelton and Ms. Dion should also be filmed from far away, adding the contestants, singing back up live, who should also be dressed in white with Pelton just lyp sincing, and Ms. Dion doing real singing.
This white suit segment should be used for the beggining of the song, with the black leather portions reserved for the end, when a combination of Elvis stretching his arms, with footage of Dion and Pelton embracing, and leaving the small stage, together, from far away, should be dovetailed.
THIS WAS CHILLING AND WONDERFULL
All we could say was.....WOW!!!!! How did they do that
Absolutely awesome . . . it gave me chills! Now, how can I download this performance from iTunes? Thanks.
Absolutely amazing...two of our all time favorites singing such an awesome song. I am sure that many people were as touched as we were.
What a duo! We had not heard about this earlier so it came as a complete surprise to us. As they walked out on the stage, I had no idea it was Elvis until the lights came up . . . I actually had tears.
One thing is for sure, when the name 'Elvis' is spoken around the world, I believe few would say, Elvis who?
This AI was the best of the best . . . bravo!
All I have to say is WOW. I am speechless. The camera angles of Elvis matched perfectly with Celine's camera angles. It looked real, I am amazed and whoever worked on that footage is very talented. I have seen many movies with effects, but nothing made me feel the way I did when I saw that 3 minute footage on American Idol.
THIS WAS GENIUS.I GIVE MUCH CREDIT TO THE PERSON THAT THOUGHT OF IT.I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH I ENJOYED IT. I WILL BE MAKING SEVERAL DONATIONS.I ASK ANYONE THAT WATCHED IT AND ENJOYED IT, PLEASE SEND WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP.IT IS A WONDERFUL CAUSE. ELVIS IS IN THE BUILDING.
It gave me goosebumps!
Did I mention that it gave me goosebumps!
That was amazing! Just incredible...How far technology has come from those crummy split screens back in the 70's!
Wow amazing what they could do today i've never thought they
could do that so perfecly Elvis and Dean Martin are my biggest idols
i myself is a singer a la Dean Martin And i wish i could have Dean singing with me bravo to the guy's that did that masterpeace
it's incredeble
I loved it!! It made me wish he was still around...how can I see it again?
WOW that was wonderful, best part of the evening for me.
All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!Totally unbelievable and job well done. I felt was actually watching the real thing. I enjoyed it so much and something I will not forget. I got so many goosebumps watching.
So does this mean he's really still alive?
Although I am not a huge Elvis fan, all I can say is WOW. That was very impressive!
Finally, something worth listening to. It looked great- I applaud American Idol. They should make a single off of that American Idol segment and add the sales to their cause.
I didn't like it. I thought it was an exploitation and in bad taste.
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