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Post by joseph on Dec 13, 2018 23:04:41 GMT -5
Picture #1 Faul  Picture #2 Paul from a different and more distant camera position  Picture #3 Paul on the platform outside (again distant and quick cut)  Watch the clip on youtube here, youtu.be/Q7YrZU8ZaFYThis switching between Faul and Paul was the real inspiration for the train carriage scene in The Magic Christian. |
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Post by ekauqodielak on Dec 30, 2018 4:30:04 GMT -5
The Paul outside the train window looks like the one holding the Scottish Tourism Board sign in that other thread.
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Post by joseph on Dec 31, 2018 16:36:59 GMT -5
The Paul outside the train window looks like the one holding the Scottish Tourism Board sign in that other thread. What's important is that he doesn't look like the one shot in close-up inside the carriage. It shows they are using multiples to make this film, so the producers and director are a major part of the operation. |
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Post by ekauqodielak on Jan 27, 2019 9:16:39 GMT -5
Well, but it is standard practice to use stand-ins for film & tv. The stand-in stands there while lights are set. The stand-in sometimes is the one who creates the blocking. The stand-in is often whom the other name actor plays against in a close up. The stand-in is frequently used for any shot in which the face of the actor isn't discernible, either because of angle or distance or fx or blocking. In the case of something like Orphan Black, the stand-in is actually on-camera as much as the lead. And then there are stunt doubles and doubles for specific body parts and special skill doubles -- all of whom are filmed with the intent of that footage being in the final cut. My point is that, while it would step on a few toes for an actor to bring their own stand-in or xyz double into a project with them, as that is as much a casting choice as any other talent pick, no one on set would find it notably peculiar for "the stand-in" to be in a shot in which the principal's face is obscured by glass, movement and distance. McGrath, the director of The Magic Christian, also shot about ten music videos for them prior to this film so, yes, obviously, he would have known that there were multiple "the stand-ins" for "Paul" (and the rest...) and that they did a lot more than act as body to measure focal length against. I haven't checked to see if McGrath used the majority of the same crew from production to production; it could very well be that each crew thought they were really working with The Only Paul McCartney and The Only Paul McCartney's Stand-In. And we don't know what McGrath was told or believed. McGrath very well may have been an intelligence asset, as well. But I think it's a misstep to assume that everyone tangentially associated to The Situation is 'in on the conspiracy'. If that were the case, there would be no secret, no mystery, we'd all have Kevin Bacon Gamed into the information.
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Post by joseph on Jan 28, 2019 4:18:32 GMT -5
That's a good explanation, but if true, why put the stand-in on the cover of With The Beatles?
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