To achieve this technique you must abide by the following rules...
1. Ensure the lighting is the same when shooting both shots.
This is done to avoid seeing a line between both shots. If the lighting differs, then merging the two wouldn't look smooth; you'd notice the line between. However, this can be fixed by colour correcting and placing a filter on one shot to match the other. But from experience it can only do so much. Therefore, it is better to ensure the lighting is consistent during the shooting.
2. Do not allow the actor to exceed the middle line.
This is important as it would ruin the entire effect. This is because when merging both shots, the part of the actor that exceeded the middle line would have their part cut off; it wouldn't appear. Therefore, the actor must maintain a distance from the middle line.
3. Ensure the actor gives eye contact.
To achieve a smooth clone video, you must make the actor look at a certain place when addressing their clone. This is done to ensure that they're looking at each other as much as possible. Therefore, point to a place where the actor should look when shooting.
4. Do not move your camera when shooting!
This is self-explanatory. Moving the camera would result in extreme disorientation in the effect. It simply wouldn't work; this is because the lighting, eye-line matching and such wouldn't match no more. Moreover, the middle line would completely disappear.
These are the most important steps into achieving a perfect clone effect.
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