Orphan Black and Special Effects

One of my all-time favorites is the BBC show “Orphan Black”. This show is particularly impressive because the main actress, Tatiana Maslany, plays more than 8 different characters. Each episode involves numerous scenes that include two or more of Tatiana’s characters together in the scene. Putting together these characters into one scene takes a great deal of special effects in order for the interactions to appear natural. One episode has a scene that includes 4 of Tatiana’s charactes dancing together in a room. I found a great clip that shows both the actual scene and how they filmed each character separately in front of a screen and then compiled the videos. I find this type of special effect particularly impressive because it takes a lot of time and effort to combine so many videos together this seamlessly. Amazing!