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Do movie stars really have such good penmanship?
Hey, Matt:
In movies and television, when you see a hand with a pen or pencil write something on a piece of paper, is that really the actor, or does Hollywood have a large reserve of people with excellent penmanship that they call on to write on screen? I thought that the elves might have the proper insider connections to get to the bottom of this conspiracy.
-- Matt and Michelle, Santee
Aw, you know us-- real tight with the stars. Real tight. They wouldn't want me to tell you this, but you can bet that if you're not looking at a star's face, you're not looking at the star at all. Figure Nicholson and Stallone prep for a role by going to calligraphy classes? Stars aren't even willing to stand for shots with their backs to the camera; they use body doubles to do that. On film, any disembodied hand, foot, ear, elbow, boob, whatever, is 99% sure to be a "parts model," a person with some particularly photogenic feature. According to local talent agent Nancy Washburn, when you see someone writing very neat script in a movie or TV commercial, you're watching a calligrapher hired specifically for his/her penmanship. So remember this rule of thumb. It's somebody else's thumb.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Do movie stars really have such good penmanship?
Do movie stars really have such good penmanship?
Hey, Matt:
In movies and television, when you see a hand with a pen or pencil write something on a piece of paper, is that really the actor, or does Hollywood have a large reserve of people with excellent penmanship that they call on to write on screen? I thought that the elves might have the proper insider connections to get to the bottom of this conspiracy.
-- Matt and Michelle, Santee
Aw, you know us-- real tight with the stars. Real tight. They wouldn't want me to tell you this, but you can bet that if you're not looking at a star's face, you're not looking at the star at all. Figure Nicholson and Stallone prep for a role by going to calligraphy classes? Stars aren't even willing to stand for shots with their backs to the camera; they use body doubles to do that. On film, any disembodied hand, foot, ear, elbow, boob, whatever, is 99% sure to be a "parts model," a person with some particularly photogenic feature. According to local talent agent Nancy Washburn, when you see someone writing very neat script in a movie or TV commercial, you're watching a calligrapher hired specifically for his/her penmanship. So remember this rule of thumb. It's somebody else's thumb.
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