In 2010, on the 120th anniversary of Joseph Merrick’s death and the 30th anniversary of David Lynchs film about his life, a team of experts have studied Joseph Merricks skeleton to better understand his disease and find the real story behind this tragic figure, for a documentary broadcasted on Discovery and titled Meet the Elephant Man. With exclusive access to his skeleton – for possibly the last time due to its fragility – they have been able to recreate it in the virtual world and use this as a basis for modelling work – using photographs, measurements, casts and first-hand accounts – that puts flesh onto Merrick’s bones. The following excerpt of this documentary is dedicated to how Joseph could speak, by studying his bone structure and applying the same constraints to an actor. What is amazing, in watching this, is how accurate and similar sounding John Hurts performance was to Josephs voice.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:05:01 +0000