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MICHAEL JACKSON BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS 2014 LIVE
VideoBillboard Music Awards 2014, Michael Jackson ologramma in Slave to the Rhythm (video)
Scritto da: Alberto Graziola - lunedì 19 maggio 2014
Update: Si è tenuta la performance in versione ologramma di Michael Jackson in occasione dei Billboard Music Awards 2014. Un momento decisamente surreale con ballerini veri impegnati a ballare accanto alla raffigurazione del cantante scomparso nel 2009. Emozionante per molti, assurdo e di cattivo gusto per altri. Potete vederlo in apertura post. Vi ha colpito? Oppure pensate che non sia necessario ripetere questo omaggio per qualsiasi altro artista?
Si terranno questa sera alle 20 (ora americana) i Billboard Music Awards 2014. Tra le esibizioni già annunciate nei giorni scorsi, pare aggiungersi anche la performance "postuma" di Michael Jackson, a pochi giorni dall'uscita del suo disco Xscape. Una scelta che sicuramente farà discutere. E non poco. Perché se già non a tutti i fan era sembrata una buona mossa quella di rilasciare canzoni inedite ad anni di distanza dalla sua scomparsa, difficilmente potranno apprezzare "l'omaggio" in versione ologramma dal cantante. Il rischio del cattivo gusto è davvero altissimo.
A chiedere formalmente che non avvenga sono state due società, Hologram USA Inc e Musion Das Hologram, che per primi hanno ideato questa scelta con Tupac Shakur per il Coachella 2012 e detengono il brevetto. Tuttavia, un giudice federale ha stabilito Venerdì 16 maggio che i premi possono usare l'immagine di Jackson per questa performance speciale. Non è stupito Howard Weitzman , che ha rappresentato il patrimonio di Jackson:
"La decisione del tribunale non è sorprendente. La richiesta di fermare questo straordinario evento per Michael Jackson era ridicolo"
Hologram USA Inc e Musion Das Hologram non sembrano comunque arrendersi e hanno annunciato immediatamente che faranno appello alla decisione. Nel frattempo, domani sera scoprire se questa imminente esibizione virtuale avverrà davvero. E quanto sarà applaudita e ben accolta rispetto alle possibili critiche e polemiche immediatamente successive.
In apertura post il video ufficiale di 'Love Never Felt So Good', il brano in collaborazione con Justin Timberlake, che mostra immagini del cantante tratte da precedenti lavori, rimontate insieme fra loro.
www.soundsblog.it/post/279069/billb...he-rhythm-video
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Christopher Gaspar, impersonator:
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Maintenant que je ne suis plus sous contrat de confidentialité : lors de la première présentation de l'album Xscape l'hologramme de Michael n'étant pas prêt j'ai été appelé pour faire un extrait de mon show. Je ne savais rien avant le jour J car cela était confidentiel même pour nous. Ce que j'ai apprécié c'est d'entendre, juste avant mon entree, le pdg Sony dire : l'hologramme n'étant pas prêt il n'y avait pas mieux pour incarner Michael que Christopher. Oui j'avoue que cela ma griséSPOILER (clicca per visualizzare)Ora che non sono più sotto accordo di riservatezza: primo album Xscape presentando l'ologramma di Michael non essendo pronto sono stato chiamato per fare un Estratto dal mio show. Non sapevo nulla prima del giorno J perché era riservato anche per noi. Quello che ho apprezzato è sentire, poco prima di dire la mia prossimi, CEO di Sony: l'ologramma essendo non pronto non c'era meglio incarnare che Christopher Michael. Sì, ammetto che sarebbe il mio grigio (Tradotto da Bing)
poi però scrive:
Christopher Gaspar
2 ore fa nei pressi di Levallois, France
I just wake up. It's 7am and everybody are sending me messages or friend request.... An hologram' couldn't be me because it's a projection, anyway. They used me one time live on stage not for the billboard performance. I'm disappointed as you all because they said that is MJ and it was not MJ at all. When they used me for the xscape performance cause the hologram was not ready they called my name to introduce me. Regards.SPOILER (clicca per visualizzare)Ho appena sveglio. E '7:00 e tutti mi stanno inviando messaggi o richiesta di amicizia .... Un ologramma' non potrei essere io perché è una proiezione, comunque. Mi hanno utilizzato una sola volta dal vivo sul palco non per la prestazione cartellone. Sono deluso come tutti voi, perché hanno detto che è MJ e non era MJ affatto. Quando mi hanno usato per la causa delle prestazioni Xscape l'ologramma non era pronta hanno chiamato il mio nome per introdurre me. Saluti.
mah... comunque l'ologramma mette ansia..... certo che fare un ologramma di un impersonator che senso ha?
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Are holograms a creepy way to honor fallen icons like Michael Jackson? – Washington PostThere was a telltale waver in the beginning, perhaps unintended, that served as a signal that Michael Jackson’s singing, dancing hologram was, in fact, a digitized representation of the legendary singer.
On Sunday night at the Billboard Music Awards, the image trembled as though it was superimposed on the surface of a glass of water that’s been moved ever so slightly. After a few wobbles, it stabilized.
Phew. He was lifelike, all right, but just enough. It appears the hologram’s creators chose to render Jackson as he looked sometime between “Bad” and “Dangerous” — and let’s be honest, they had more than a few variations of “the King of Pop” to choose from. The aesthetics recalled the “Remember the Time” video: lots of gold and similar lighting.The effect was quite realistic, though at times just jerky enough that Jackson’s hologram more closely resembled his representation in the Nintendo Wii game “Michael Jackson: The Experience” than the man himself. In fact, it was actually slightly less realistic than the Tupac hologram that appeared at Coachella in 2012 (which was actually a projection, not a hologram), but the response was a little different:
I’m late but that Michael Jackson hologram was pretty bad. You can’t bring him back man. Not even technology can impersonate the king
— Ced *Muse* (@CedMuse) May 19, 2014
Creeped out by the Michael Jackson hologram. Doubly creeped out because it has been the best performance so far #BBMA — Shannon W (@ShannonWhaley9) May 19, 2014
Confused why the #BBMAs decided to pan out so much during the Michael Jackson hologram performance… defeats purpose — 3030 (@jose3030) May 19, 2014
it’s okay i forgive everyone for not making a perfect hologram i understand and accept michael jackson was too perfect to recreate :-)
— sloth queen ? (@JessalovesMJ) May 19, 2014
Both images debuted for audiences who weren’t necessarily fans of Tupac or Michael. Most of the Billboard awards’ audience were too young to appreciate Jackson in his prime, which explains how you end up with a show in which Miley Cyrus headlined a Beatles tribute.
Tupac at Coachella also seemed a strange choice, though the rapper grew more popular in death. Coachella draws a wide swath of artists and fans, not a dedicated hip-hop audience. For the most part, Tupac went over well, and people responded positively. It was such an unexpected novelty, and Tupac had been dead for 16 years when his hologram made its Coachella appearance — much longer than Jackson, whose death in 2009 still smarts for his more dedicated fans. Shakur’s hologram performed a song everyone already knew with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, and so benefited from the powerful draw of nostalgia. At least you could rap along with the slain MC.
Jackson, on the other hand, was resurrected to promote posthumously-released work, and Billboard hyped his “special appearance.” Once a lawsuit revealed the tightly-kept secret, producers didn’t have too many alternatives. Jackson sang a new song called “Slave to the Rhythm” — not even “Love Never Felt So Good,” the lead single from “Xscape” that at least has had time to settle into the collective psyche.
Jackson had a reputation as an obsessive musical perfectionist. Would he be okay with music and performances that seem to be merely Michael Jackson-ish? One wonders whether Epic Records chief executive L.A. Reid would send Jackson’s hologram to work the talk show circuit if it weren’t for the risk of such a move being interpreted as a tasteless, naked grab for attention and record sales.
The Jackson hologram raises some questions: Is this where we’re headed? Long after Madonna is gone (or perhaps, as with Jackson’s hologram, not that long), can we expect to see the Material Girl performing “Holiday” in a Grammys tribute, suspended in digital formaldehyde, just the way she was in 1983? And if so, what good are music videos?
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Michael Jackson's hologram: Creepy or cool?Jackson's 'return' reanimates debate about digitally bringing back dead celebrities
By Lisa Respers France CNNThe King of Pop is back in the spotlight -- and not everybody is happy about it.Despite the well of affection for the late Michael Jackson, his "return" in the form of a hologram at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards didn't meet with unanimous approval.
The spectral Jackson performed "Slave to the Rhythm," one of the singles from "Xscape," a new album of posthumously released Jackson music. He was accompanied by actual, physically present dancers.
It was either the most amazing thing ever -- or super creepy, depending on which side of the fence you were viewing it from.
Recording artist Trevor Morgan tweeted "MICHAEL JACKSON HOLOGRAM IS RAD." New York magazine's Vulture assistant editor Lindsey Weber tweeted "turns out this michael jackson hologram is just as confusing and uncomfortable as we imagined."
Twitter user Assata H. seemed to fall in the middle, tweeting "That Michael Jackson hologram kind of scared me...it was cool. But it was weird."
Buzzfeed deemed it "scarier than the 'Thriller' video" while Mashable called it "stunning."
'Digital formaldehyde'
Though the Jackson hologram was new, the debate over whether or not deceased celebs should be brought back is not. The Billboard "performance" also resurrected the discussion on whether fans even want to see their favorite artists as holograms.
In 2012 a hologram of the late rapper Tupac Shakur stunned audiences at the Coachella music festival. Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley have also been reanimated, after a fashion.
At the time, National Post writer Matt Gurney argued that dead stars should be allowed to rest in peace.
"The technology is undeniably impressive," Gurney wrote in 2012. "But Shakur is not a fictional character, owned by a studio, but a real-life human being. His work may be owned and licensed, but not his entire being. It is impossible to know how he'd have felt about being on that stage."
Soraya Nadia McDonald with The Washington Post wondered if this latest venture into digitally bringing artists back is the mark of more to come.
"The Jackson hologram raises some questions: Is this where we're headed?" she wrote. "Long after Madonna is gone (or perhaps, as with Jackson's hologram, not that long), can we expect to see the Material Girl performing 'Holiday' in a Grammys tribute, suspended in digital formaldehyde, just the way she was in 1983? And if so, what good are music videos?"
The technology seems to have gotten even better. As one person tweeted (we hope jokingly), "I am very scared why is Michael Jackson alive."
The performance had the full support of the Jackson family estate. According to Billboard, brother "Jackie Jackson started to tear up as he recalled watching 'Slave to Rhythm' in the audience at the MGM Grand Arena."
"When he started walking and dancing, I was teary-eyed," Billboard reported him as saying. "It's hard to please Michael's fans and Michael... I'm telling you it's amazing."
Weathering criticism
The performance was supposed to be a tightly held secret for the annual awards show, but that fell apart thanks to a lawsuit meant to stop it. According to the Los Angeles Times, companies Hologram USA Inc. and Musion Das Hologram Ltd. had filed suit against the show to stop the bit, claiming the show was using their technology without permission. Hologram USA had acquired the rights to the patents for the technology after Digital Domain, the company which created the Shakur hologram, filed for bankruptcy.
Oscar-winning Digital Domain had produced special effects for several films, including "X-Men: First Class" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
A judge ruled that Billboard could use the Jackson hologram.
The Washington Post's McDonald didn't find the technology to be all that precise.
"The effect was quite realistic, though at times just jerky enough that Jackson's hologram more closely resembled his representation in the Nintendo Wii game 'Michael Jackson: The Experience' than the man himself. In fact, it was actually slightly less realistic than the Tupac hologram that appeared at Coachella in 2012 (which was actually a projection, not a hologram), but the response was a little different."
Complaints in social media ranged from points about the hologram's youthful appearance (Jackson was 50 at the time of his death in 2009) to the thought that the digital representation's mouth appeared to be "lip-syncing."
One fan was forgiving, however.
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Michael Jackson's 'return to life' puts dollar signs in the eyes of concert promotersMichael Jackson's "return" last week – a remarkably convincing illusion made possible by the latest breakthroughs in human animation, visual effects and facial modelling – dazzled the audience, writes Philip Sherwell. But it is not just the King of Pop who may now live on foreverBy Philip Sherwell, New YorkIt was the ultimate showbusiness comeback, a computer-generated resurrection that brought the boy who never grew up back from the grave.
Five years after his death, a digitally-recreated Michael Jackson stole the show at last week's Billboard music awards as he sang, danced and moonwalked across the stage in familiar fashion.
The four-minute performance was a remarkably convincing illusion made possible by the latest breakthroughs in human animation, visual effects and facial modelling, combined with techniques first pioneered by 19th century magicians.
But it is not just the King of Pop who may now live on forever. With the techniques that recreated him having now passed their first major "live" performance test, numerous other dead stars may soon be on stage again as the executors for their estates eye up a world of posthumous performances, shows and tours.
"We have already heard from about the estates of about a dozen iconic performers and some of the biggest venues in the world who are interested in staging concerts and shows using this technology," John Textor, chairman of Pulse Evolution, the digital effects company that put Jackson back on stage, told The Sunday Telegraph.He declined to identify particular celebrities, but the industry is already abuzz with speculation that the likes of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley could appear in lifelike form once again.
The potential revenues for such tours are huge. It is estimated that a two-year world tour featuring the digital Michael Jackson could rake in half a billion dollars. In a sign that a tour is already in the works, his 59-year-old sibling, Jermaine, said that the brothers who once formed the Jackson 5 were working on a new music together.
Mark Roesler, the founder of CMG Worldwide, which represents late celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and James Dean, said that his company was also in discussions about several similar projects, including plans to stage a show in Las Vegas and London featuring a hologram version of Bette Page, the former American model known as the "Queen of Pinups".
"This is an incredibly exciting time," he said. "We are talking about bring back to life some of the greatest personalities we have known, people who had an enormous impact on the world."
Technological gimmicks and holograms have increasingly been used to resurrect dead stars in films and commercials, while computer-generated imagery has been used to complete filming when actors die during a production.
But the new technology that brought the crowd to their feet for the virtual Michael Jackson heralds a future for onstage "live" performances by the dead. Despite several reports referring to the re-creation as a hologram, the technique does not actually involve holography, which uses projections of light to create the appearance of a three-dimensional image on a two-dimensional surface.
Instead, the team at Pulse began eight months ago with a computer-generated version of a gold-jacketed Jackson circa 1991 which was then the subject of a lengthy and comprehensive animation process.
Facial modelling experts worked with former Jackson collaborateurs, including the choreographers who toured with him, to develop the likeness, writing computer code to replicate his hair, skin, and facial expressions. They even noted the patterns of the ligaments in his neck as he sang.
For the show, six high-powered projectors hung were over the stage to direct the high-resolution footage of the virtual Jackson down to a tilted piece of clear reflective plastic.
From there, the video bounced off the surface towards the audience, giving the impression that Jackson was on stage in front of them. The technique is drawn from an old magician's trick called Pepper's ghost, in which plate glass and special lighting is used to reflect images for viewers who cannot see the source.
The Jackson illusion for the Billboard show was reinforced by the use of live dancers on stage, apparently passing behind and in front of the star, completing a spectacular night of smoke and mirrors.
"It's so important to experience Michael Jackson in a live setting," said John Branca, the estate executor who commissioned the digital illusion. "We wanted a live performance in front of a live audience.''
Jackson is already the world's highest-earning dead celebrity, bringing in an $160 million for his beneficiaries, according the most recent Forbes survey.
The show illustrated his enduring appeal. The television broadcast attracted 10.5 million viewers, its highest rating for 13 years, and millions more have watched online. In the subsequent social media frenzy, some complained that the re-creation of the late star was by its very nature "creepy", and that the dance moves fell short of the real thing, but the performance was generally well-received.
"When this all came together, it really gave me the chills, it felt so real," said Frank Patterson, Pulse's chief executive. "We worked with people who knew Michael really well, his family and friends, and when they started to cry, we knew we'd got it right. And then we all started to cry."
They were not the only ones moved that night. There were nearly 20 living A-list stars performing at the Billboard awards, but it was the dead Jackson who brought the audience to their feet. Appropriately, the performance included Slave to the Rhythm from Xscape, a new posthumous album of previously unreleased recordings.
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Lionel Richie pans Michael Jackson hologram: 'It was over the top'Lionel Richie has described the recent hologram performance featuring the late Michael Jackson as being "a little bit over the top".
Last weekend's Billboard Music Awards included a holographic image of Jackson to coincide with the release of his second posthumous album Xscape.The segment drew a positive response from many fans and critics, but Richie appeared to be less enthusiastic in a recent interview.
"It was freaky," he told Access Hollywood. "I must tell you, it freaked me out because it's Mike."
Richie continued: "I have to tell you it was brilliantly done, but it just made me a little uneasy because it was just… I keep waiting for him and then I realise that is him, but it's not him."
The musician added that he preferred to remember Jackson as he was in life.Richie and Jackson famously collaborated on the chart-topping charity single 'We Are the World'.
Michael's younger sister Janet Jackson offered a more positive review of the hologram performance in the days after the Billboard Music Awards were held.
Watch the 'We Are the World 25' music video below:
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Minutes-long Michael Jackson hologram show cost “multiple millions”"Digital humans, synthetic humans? We're struggling on what to call this."A synthetic (or digital) Michael Jackson performs at the Billboard Music Awards.Eyes popped at the staggering $500,000 cost to produce Michael Jackson's nearly 14-minute-long "Thriller" video in 1983. Fast forward to today, and a nearly 4-minute-long hologram performance at the recent Billboard Music Awards by a now-deceased Jackson cost "multiple millions" to make, according to Frank Patterson, the chairman of Pulse, the company that produced the show. Patterson said in a phone interview that he was still ringing up the cash register and had not yet finalized the tab.The Jackson estate, he said, had asked Pulse to do the job. Six months later, and after countless hours of coding and "reviewing thousands of videos of Michael's work," the King of Pop was brought back to life.
Simulating Jackson's moonwalking was nothing compared to making the hair look right. "Getting the hair to act and look like Michael's hair was a feat," Patterson said. Using custom coding and animation programs like Maya and Nuke, Patterson said that Pulse remade Jackson countless times.
"We had what we thought was perfect motion and animation, but it didn't feel like Michael Jackson," he said. So the company tried "instilling humanity into the visual object," he said. Along the way, "It started giving us chills." Even so, the May 18 show in Las Vegas almost didn't happen because the owners of technology famously employed to digitally produce deceased rapper Tupac Shakur tried to block the resurrection of Jackson.
Days before the Billboard Music Awards, a Las Vegas federal judge put the brakes on an emergency injunction demand from patent holders Hologram USA and Musion Das Hologram. The patent holders claimed that Jackson's 3-D dancing and singing image would infringe two of their patents, one being the "Pepper's Ghost Illusion" that paved the way for Tupac to appear at the Coachella music festival in 2012.
US District Judge Kent Dawson, however, ruled that Hologram USA and Musion could not immediately prove that their technology would be breached when the deceased Jackson belts his posthumously produced new tune "Slave to the Rhythm."
That the show went on brings with it new worries for celebrities. To be sure, where to dine and vacation are among the stars' usual concerns. But Pulse chairman John Textor said that the time has come for celebrities to increase the vanity volume to 11 and begin mulling over their "synthetic" or "digital" image, as he described it. "We think living celebrities should be concerned now about controlling their digital likeness," Textor said in a telephone call.
He's not even sure of the words to use to describe a hologram of a human. "Digital humans, synthetic humans?" he said. "We're struggling on what to call this."
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