House of Lies freeze frame effect - how is it done?
In watching House of Lies two notable things for me are the parts where Don Cheadle's character breaks the fourth wall (a la Spacey in the similarly named House of Cards) and the freeze frame effect.
If you're not familiar with it here's a short clip on YT:
How is this done? What's puzzling me is how he can walk through the scene and sometimes even interact with people and objects that are frozen
Best Answer
It's done using a green screen, with LOTS of shots overlaid on top of one another. Here's an awesome, short example, from DirecTV, showing how they did this for a commercial featuring a fireman falling through a roof (with a man walking around the "frozen" scene):
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