Back in the saddle?

[scarfman]

DirecTV is doing a series of tv ads in which they get movie stars (or in one case a football star) back into costume and makeup, and electronically re-insert them into scenes from their classic films so they can turn to the camera and pitch DirecTV. The latest one features William Shatner in scenes from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. When the YouTube version of the ad popped up on startrek, it was suggested that Bill had redubbed lines but not actually shot any new footage. I couldn't tell from watching YouTube what the lip-synching was like. But last night I saw the ad on my HDTV, and I say the lipsynching and the whole performance are too organic to be CGI. If I believed CGI was that good five years ago I'd've believed there was no real Britney Spears, and I still don't believe it's that good. I say Bill got out his old uniform and his old toupee and they both still fit.

Comments

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

I've seen that ad with Shatner. I suspect that he put on the uniform, recorded some new lines, and they airbrushed his face a bit to make him look younger and fit in with the footage a bit better. Or maybe they spliced his mouth speaking new words into old closeups of Kirk on the bridge.

There is something funny about his face when he's doing the advertising spiel. If you just look at his eyes, or at the scenery, where it's expected you'll look when you're watching something like that, you don't notice.

[scarfman]

I may have been led astray by talk elsewhere of dubbing and lack of lip-synching so that, when I saw that that much was untrue, I immediately lept to the conclusion that no computer jiggery was employed. But I did save the DVRed House rerun where I saw the ad, just so I could watch the ad again, so I shall be giving it another look.

[drake57.livejournal.com]

I think it was a combination of re-dubbed lines and some new shots of Shatner with a CGI help.
I love the commercial and it fooled me the first time i saw it.

[scarfman]

I may have been led astray by talk elsewhere of dubbing and lack of lip-synching so that, when I saw that that much was untrue, I immediately lept to the conclusion that no computer jiggery was employed. But I did save the DVRed House rerun where I saw the ad, just so I could watch the ad again, so I shall be giving it another look.

[drake57.livejournal.com]

However they did it,it's great :)

[scarfman]

This much is certain.