The Morning Watch: ‘Legend Of The White Dragon’, Making The ‘Us’ Doppelganger Scenes & More
The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.
In this edition, learn howJordan Peele’sUscrafted the doppelganger scenes to allows actors to play two characters in the same shot. Plus, watch a teaser for aPower Rangersinspired short film calledLegend of the White DragonstarringJason David Frankas Tommy Oliver, and see howSpongeBob SquarePantsvoice actorTom Kennyreviews impressions of some of his signature characters.
ApparentlyPower Rangersshort films are pretty popular, because franchise star Jason David Frank istrying to raise $500,000to make a film calledLegend of the White Dragon. You can watch the trailer above, which features several other stars from other iterations of the Power Rangers like Jason Faunt (Power Rangers Time Force), Johnny Yong Bosch (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Ciara Hanna (Power Rangers Megaforce), Chrysti Ane (Power Rangers Ninja Steel) and Yoshi Sudarso (Power Rangers Dino Charge).
Next up, over atInsider,Usvisual effects supervisor Grady Cofer explains how the team from Industrial Light and Magic made it so Lupita Nyong’o and many of the other cast members fromUswere able to appear in scenes with their doppelgangers. Some of it is a trick of editing, but plenty of scenes employed visual effects to bring two composite shots together.
SpongeBob SquarePantsvoice actor Tom Kenny sat down withVanity Fairto review impressions of the Nickelodeon character from YouTube users. He also looks at people trying to replicate his voices for characters like The Ice King (Adventure Time), The Mayor (Powerpuff Girls), and Heffer (Rocko’s Modern Life), and they’re are some surprisingly good attempts.
