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[neleh_yam]

Hello folks and folkettes

Comments

[oltanya]

if the actor can't play the violin theres not much you can do. I suspect dubbed violin playing looks ridiculous

[neleh_yam]

But it would be easy to have violin playing stand-in hands and do some careful editing.

[oltanya]

Nah, that always looks a bit stupid. And it seemed that a lot of the thinking scenes seemed to rely on his his facail expressions. Also with Violin it is held quite close to the face and body so it would be really, really obvious that it's not him. In fact i think the only instrument that techique really works for is the piano.

[neleh_yam]

Well they could show him the right moves, get him to do it slowly then later speed it up and dub the music. That might make it look less silly.

[oltanya]

it still probably wouldn't match the dubbed music. Also i suspect that would still look silly.

[neleh_yam]

I discussed this with a film student recently and we came to the conclussion that with a little editing, dubbing and work it could have been done without looking too foolish.