Watch the Dawn of the Planet of
the Apes Performance Capture comparison clip embedded after the jump.
Not exact matches
On top of that, Andy Serkis was on hand to introduce a brief video showcasing the live - action human actors filming the
performance capture for the
Ape roles side by side split screen with the computer animated finished footage of the
Apes.
Director Rupert Wyatt gets an adequate
performance from Franco and a rather hammy one from Olyelowo, and Pinto is primarily window dressing, but moments of brilliance from Lithgow and a truly astounding
performance by Andy Serkis as the motion -
capture - animated Caesar make rise of the Planet of the
Apes worth seeing.
This journey has seen a remarkable advancement in
performance capture action culminating in this fantastic epic about Caesar (Andy Serkis), the part human / part
ape leader of the
apes, and Colonel J. Wesley McCullough (Woody Harrelson) as they battle for the planet.
For his intense turn as leader of the
apes Caesar in «War for the Planet of the Apes,» Andy Serkis claimed the award for Best Motion Capture Performa
apes Caesar in «War for the Planet of the
Apes,» Andy Serkis claimed the award for Best Motion Capture Performa
Apes,» Andy Serkis claimed the award for Best Motion
Capture Performance.
Sure it's got James Franco, but the real star of the movie is Andy Serkis, whose motion -
capture computer - enhanced
performance as a smart
ape named Caesar just won him an acting nomination alongside actors like Nick Nolte and Christopher Plummer, who didn't act standing in front of a greenscreen in a bodysuit.
«The Greatest Showman» won Best Song for «This Is Me,» «Atomic Blonde» won for Best Stunts and Andy Serkis won the Best Vocal / Motion
Capture Performance Award for his work in «War For the Planet of the
Apes» (which also tied for Best Visual Effects with «Blade Runner 2049»).
The prize for best vocal / motion
capture performance went to Andy Serkis for «War for the Planet of the
Apes.»
In the inaugural vote for the newest category, Best Vocal / Motion
Capture Performance, Andy Serkis won for his work on «The Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes.»
One especially unnerving scene places us at a swanky gala dinner that is interrupted by a
performance artist — played, brilliantly, by the actor and stunt coordinator Terry Notary, whose motion -
capture work in the recent «Planet of the
Apes» films serves him ferociously well here.
And Serkis's expertise in motion -
capture, including his masterpiece
performance as Caesar in the Planet of the
Apes trilogy, was probably a conscious and instinctive aid to Garfield at achieving maximum eloquence with limited means.
Billed as an origin's story, this remake of the 1972 film Conquest of the Planet of the
Apes, features motion -
capture performances and CGI primates created by the digital wizardry of Weta Digital, the company behind the Avatar characters.
As with Rise, the
apes are all played by actors in
performance -
capture suits (most notably Mr motion
capture himself — Andy Serkis), were every movement is
captured on computer.
From Gollum, to King Kong, to Caesar, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE
APES star Andy Serkis has mastered the art of
performance -
capture characters...
He may be best known for movies where you never see his actual face (such as Dawn Of The Planet Of The
Apes and Warcraft), but Toby Kebbell scores plenty of jobs where he doesn't have to don
performance capture suits.
Andy Serkis is best known for his
performance capture roles and has worked closely with The Batman director Matt Reeves on his Planet of the
Apes movies.
The AFCA also announces two Special Awards, honoring The Shape of Water's Doug Jones and War for the Planet of the
Apes» Andy Serkis for their exemplary body and motion -
capture performances, respectively, and the late Harry Dean Stanton for his long and distinguished career.
Ask «War for the Planet of the
Apes» writer - director Matt Reeves about his star Andy Serkis, and he'd tell you that beyond the
performance -
capture work that has defined the actor's career since «The Lord of the Rings» trilogy, the U.K. native is quite simply «one of the best actors in the world.»
Serkis is best known for his motion -
capture performances as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, King Kong in King Kong and Caesar in the recent Planet of the
Apes films.
Two years after the events in Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes, Caesar (Andy Serkis, again making an Oscar nod for a motion -
capture performance seem inevitable) is leading an
ape army that has suffered heavy casualties.
The cast also includes Academy Award nominees Liam Neeson, who will star in
performance -
capture and voiceover as the nocturnally visiting monster of the title, and Sigourney Weaver, who will portray Conor's maternal grandmother; Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes), as Conor's father; and Geraldine Chaplin, who is making her third movie with Mr. Bayona.
This is a motion -
capture performance that stands alongside Andy Serkis» work in the «Planet of the
Apes» films as the apex of this relatively new form of acting that contains endless potential.
War For The Planet Of The
Apes — Rise of and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes were each good, and dealt with the growing pains of the technology to make the main characters performance capture a
Apes — Rise of and Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes were each good, and dealt with the growing pains of the technology to make the main characters performance capture a
Apes were each good, and dealt with the growing pains of the technology to make the main characters
performance capture apesapes.
War for the Planet of the
Apes (YouTube, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Amazon Video) In the final reckoning between humanity and the hyperintelligent primates we never should have created, sophisticated motion -
capture technology made Andy Serkis's nuanced
performance as chimp leader Caesar possible and snatched a Visual Effects nomination along the way.
Top acting honors went to Andy Serkis, who donned a
performance -
capture suit to portray the
ape uprising leader Caesar in «War for the Planet of the
Apes,» and Sally Hawkins, who portrayed a mute cleaning woman who falls in love with a sea monster in Guillermo Del Toro's «The Shape of Water.»
In addition to its exquisitely crafted spectacle (artfully punctuated by Giancchino's heart - string - tugging score) and hefty themes (War for the Planet of the
Apes deals in humanity's worst milestones, with allusions to the Holocaust and Slavery), War functions as a powerful vehicle for Andy Serkis, who redraws the lines of motion -
capture performance's potential once again.
That critique comes to the fore in a brilliant, Buñuelian
performance - art sequence that will lodge itself in your brain for days, built around a terrifying turn by Terry Notary, whose animal / creature motion -
capture work you may have seen in «Kong: Skull Island» and the recent «Planet of the
Apes» movies.
A master of motion -
capture performance, Andy Serkis is a British actor who has brought to life such characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the
Apes.
Imaginati, a London - based studio, has made it their mission to raise the bar of storytelling and
performance capture in video games and their first attempt is with the beloved Planet of the
Apes license with Andy Serkis, who plays Caesar in the films, being involved in the making of Last Frontier.