The visuals are the largest of the strengths, with actors mostly shooting their scenes in
front of blue screens (or green screens) with backgrounds added after the fact.
Instead of seeing the entire title of a song, you're treated to a fraction of the title on the display and
acres of blue screen around it.
Better to coast on the limited charms of Liam Neeson as the doctor (am I dreaming or did Neeson not say after The Phantom Menace that he never wanted to act in front
of a blue screen again?
Much has been made of Conlan's technique of having his actors perform in front
of blue screens with nothing around them, and the backgrounds and special effects added later.
The performance is sometimes a little gritty, especially if an app runs off the background data or when your installing apps, this may freeze the entire system and usually results in a HP
version of blue screen which is extremely annoying.
This is easily overcome however by simply photographing black dogs in front
of blue screens or blue paper, as we do at GPA.
For «Conceiving Ada,» based on the life and work of Lord Byron's visionary mathematician daughter, Ada, Hershman Leeson created virtual sets that the actors could see on monitors as they performed in front
of a blue screen.