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Creating the Magic Floating Head Illusion

Have you ever wondered how cinematographers create the floating ghost head in movies and photographs? Nowadays, you can photo chop a photo or a video sequence. But that takes a lot of post-processing work. How did old-school photographers do it? And how can you do it without editing each video frame to remove a body?

In this article, we ask Nicole Reptar, who produces Magic Floating Head videos on Fiverr, to explain and demonstrate how a Magic Floating Head video is produced using old-fashion special effect that you can produce at home or on stage. Nicole is an actress, model, singer, and provides voice-over talent. This how-to video that she helped us create is fun and entertaining to watch.

Although this article uses a video to demonstrate this special effect, the same technique applies to a photograph taken with a still camera.

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