Rainn Wilson is MacGyver ... and Others
Art Streiber and Entertainment Weekly cast the actor as some of television’s favorite iconic characters, while DigitalFusion plays the supporting role.
| Client: | Entertainment Weekly |
| Photographer: | Art Streiber |
| Subject: | Rainn Wilson |
Photographer Art Streiber took a cue from a few of television’s iconic characters and recreated their on-screen heroics with actor Rainn Wilson for the celebratory 1000th issue of Entertainment Weekly.
Streiber’s assignment from EW was to perfectly recreate the mood of the original TV series in a still image. The catch? Use only one actor and transform him into both male and female lead characters. The result is a hilarious look at Xena, Captain Picard, Paulie Walnuts and MacGyver, with Rainn Wilson working his on-screen magic to conquer all four roles.
MacGyver
DigitalFusion went on location with Streiber, supporting him with the appropriate cameras and computers to capture all four sets. DigitalFusion Technician Ryan Galloway assisted with a mix of digital formats enabling Streiber to get both the speed and the studio quality he needed.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
After the shoot, the two-day job was loaded in to DF Studio where Streiber edited and was able to quickly review the plate and background frames he needed to build out the finals images.
Meanwhile, EW received online proofs directly from the DF Studio system, and Streiber was able to communicate his selects with EW Photo Editor Michael Kochman.
Then it was on to Post Production, where the finishing detailed touches were added and assembled.
"These images are amazing, and a lot of fun to work on,” explains Angie Kershaw, DigitalFusion Retouch Artist. “I laughed out loud when Art showed me the pictures - he paid so much attention to detail to really make these look vintage, and that's what really sells it."
Paulie Walnuts
“The Sopranos and Xena image only required custom printing, but the MacGyver and Star Trek shots needed a lot of assembly, and working on each image was a unique challenge.”
Kershaw worked closely with Streiber to color correct and custom print the images in order to keep them astonishingly true to their television past. The result is an hilarious send-up of these broadcast classics.
You can see more at the EW website, www.ew.com.
For more of Art Streiber' work, visit: artstreiber.com