And what do they do when the remains don't look very lifelike?

When the film was run backwards or forward at a faster than normal speed, the footage looked much more convincing and lifelike.

For example, a beautiful picture might be one that looks very lifelike.

He chose the one that looked most lifelike, nearly as if the boy were sleeping.

The end result does not look very lifelike, but is inexpensive to produce, and therefore allows cartoons to be made on small television budgets.

The room was fairly dark so that the three-dimensional colour pictures looked lifelike.

It's tough to make things look lifelike but I'll try to help.

The face looked oddly lifelike, although the skin might have been polished wood; the brown eyes were obviously made of glass.

I mean, you couldn't expect him to look lifelike.

Trigger is in the museum too, stuffed but looking very lifelike.