This video developer diary takes a backstage look at creating the trailer, developer commentary, and
filming of the motion capture.
Not exact matches
I'm hoarding 2 squares
of this in my freezer at the moment for just the perfect morning... like tomorrow Cracking in to the top
of the crumb and then the soft moist cake with your fork (or spoon) is one
of those moments that should be
captured on
film and made in slow
motion.
The action was
filmed with 18 3D
motion capture cameras and 11 high - definition game day cameras to
capture impacts from dozens
of angles around the field with the goal to better understand the forces and
motions that occur when a player receives an impact.
Some cameras were designed to zip through hundreds
of feet
of film within a couple seconds,
capturing every detail
of massive fireballs in stunning slow
motion.
And you said it well - how
film can't always
capture the feel - good effect
of an outfit in
motion.
Although it could use tighter editing — like most everything in this regrettably paced
film — the third act reappearance
of Gollum is terrific, and amplified by a go - for - broke
motion -
capture performance by Andy Serkis.
Instead
of keeping in tune with such an origin, the
film's primary primate, George (a
motion captured performance by Jason Liles) is simply an albino gorilla who's best friends with a primatologist / beefcake named Davis Okoye (Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson).
After these notable performances, Mihok continued to create memorable and diverse roles in such
films as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, DARK BLUE, BASIC, CONNIE AND CARLA, director Shane Black's KISS KISS BANG BANG, 10TH & WOLF, HOLLYWOODLAND, SEX AND DEATH 101, THE LONGSHOTS, Marvel's PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, and the unsettling
motion -
capture performance
of the Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEND.
And it will surprise no one to hear that the
film's director, Taika Waititi, who also plays a hilarious
motion -
capture pile
of rocks named «Korg,» is a comedy veteran who cut his teeth alongside fellow Kiwi Jemaine Clement.
A team
of artists worked together to create the
motion by replicating each masterpiece, taking a photo, then repainting the canvas, taking another photo, repainting the canvas, etc... until they have
captured enough movement in the photos to put together an animated
film.
Toby Kebbell is out doing the press rounds for Warcraft, the
film adaptation
of the ever - popular World Of Warcraft game for which he once again donned a motion - capture suit, this time to play the orc chieftain Durota
of the ever - popular World
Of Warcraft game for which he once again donned a motion - capture suit, this time to play the orc chieftain Durota
Of Warcraft game for which he once again donned a
motion -
capture suit, this time to play the orc chieftain Durotan.
Everything about this
film oozes class; the 60's setting is beautifully
captured with it's attention to detail and strikingly rich photography by Eduard Grau; the slow
motion scenes with overbearing sound effects; the subtle changes
of colour saturation providing an excellent technique in developing the mood and feeling
of Firth's character and a fitting soundtrack to accompany the lush imagery.
Robert Zemeckis
motion -
capture animated
films have put me off from these kind
of films.
This 3D
motion capture computer - animated
film directed by Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson
captures the spirit
of Spielberg's Indiana Jones series, and renders it all with brightly - lit comic delight.
For all the
film's techno sophistication, which mixes
motion capture, live action, and computer animation, «Ready Player One» at its heart resembles a dewy, coming -
of - age love story.
Burton's use
of stop -
motion captures the imagination
of its young protagonist, but the
film's never cartoonish.
How this will translate to
film is yet to be seen, but there was that spectacular test footage which featured a
motion -
capture Deadpool with the voice
of Ryan Reynolds, who played the part in the aforementioned X-Men
film.
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.
Not much is known about Thanos heading into Avengers: Infinity War, but Josh Brolin — who will play the Mad Titan with the help
of motion -
capture technology — revealed that the
film will explore the villain's younger days on his home planet
of Titan.
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.
A majority
of the role was performed via
motion capture by stunt performer Andre Tricoteux; it wasn't until mid-December that Kapicic was cast, though he did manage to complete some minor physical work for the
film.
This
film plays nicely into his wheelhouse and with the progression
of animated filmmaking, blended with the latest
motion capture technology, he's able to remove almost every physical limitation that his imagination has ever had to deal with in filmmaking and create some
of the most engaging chase sequences in his career.
Cumberbatch has achieved popularity first through his role as Sherlock Holmes on BBC's Sherlock, then entering further into the pop culture conversation with a turn as Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness and as the voice (and believe it or not,
motion captured face)
of the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit
films.
Andy Serkis does win for best performance
of the
film as Captain Haddock, once again proving that he's best using in
motion capture performances, which I can never understand.
Gollum
of Lord
of the Rings, Caesar
of the last two Planet
of the Apes
films: For a time, it seemed that only Andy Serkis, the early maestro
of motion capture, had any real idea how to bring the medium to life.
This was a great scene and, like the stuff with Sully early on, would have gone a long way toward a performance argument for the
film amid all
of the
motion -
capture debate last year.
Motion capture magician and actor Andy Serkis has teamed up again with director Matt Reeves on War for the Planet
of the Apes — which is the third
film in the reboot series.
Using a combination
of actors on wires,
motion capture and
filming segments
of fight scenes at different camera angles the actors would appear suspended in the air mid action.
Can they ever show the
film where the left side
of the screen is the actors in
motion capture suits while the right side is the finished
film?
Theories that the Mad Titan will be assisted by the Black Order — a team
of aliens who in Marvel comics who backed Thanos in his cosmic crusade — were bolstered in April by photos and video from the
film's Edinburgh, Scotland, set that showed actors in
motion -
capture suits believed to be portraying Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight.
After 10 years and 18
films, we finally arrive at Avengers: Infinity War, the first in a two - part showdown between Marvel's extraordinary roster
of heroes and Thanos, an intergalactic genocidal tyrant played in CGI
motion capture by Josh Brolin, whose starring appearance has been seeded throughout the preceding
films.
In the capable hands
of director Matt Reeves and
motion -
capture star Andy Serkis as Caesar, I'd gladly watch more new APES
films by 20th Century Fox to see just where the narrative will take us and how closely it will skew to the original franchise storyline.
Alan Tudyk, who performs both on the soundtrack and in a
motion -
capture suit on stilts, imbues the
film's lanky new droid, the ebony K - 2SO, with oodles
of irony.
After 4 years in the making we finally have our first look
of «Mowgli»; the
film is based on «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling and it's a much real and darker approach to the storytelling that we know with the actors in
motion capture suits playing the roles.
Warner Bros. is moving that
film back a year for what Serkis says are the technological demands for the
motion -
capture performances
of the
film.
Under the renewal
of their deal, IMAX will be showcasing the previously announced Batman v Superman: Dawn
of Justice and this December's In the Heart
of the Sea, as well as a slew
of upcoming movies like Guy Ritchie's spy thriller The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ritchie's currently
filming King Arthur movie, David Yates's 2016 adventure
film Tarzan, Andy Serkis»
motion -
capture Jungle Book: Origins, the thriller Geostorm, and more.
The most focal ape
of the first
film, Caesar (again Andy Serkis
motion capture), is the leader
of the ape population, respected and revered by all
of his kind.
Elmayimbe from The Wrap reports Hinds recently finished his
motion capture performance for the role
of Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's DC superhero team up
film.
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.
As you may know by now, the events
of the new
film are set into
motion when Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), attempting to take some
of the world - saving weight from his heroic comrades, creates an army
of technological peacekeeping drones controlled by the clever A.I. Ultron (voiced and performance
captured with relish by James Spader).
In addition to that, while there were set photos featuring Ebony Maw tackling Doctor Strange in an effort to snatch the Eye
of Agamotto aka the Time Stone, Tom Vaughan - Lawlor who plays the character via
motion capture has yet to debut his final look for the
film.
Sean Gunn, the actor who portrays Rocket Raccoon through
motion -
capture technology in the first two «Guardians
of the Galaxy»
films, recently posted on Instagram a photo that confirms his presence in the
film, ensuring that the Marvel Cinematic Universe's premier raccoon will make a splash in the pic.
Blue Sky's animation has yet to wow me and the start
of this
film is particularly unpromising, with its human character approaching that undesirable place called «uncanny valley» that's typically reserved for
motion capture.
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.
He played the titular role in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures
of Tintin: The Secret
of the Unicorn, as Hergé's legendary young adventurer in the
motion -
capture production
filmed in 3 - D.
As the end credits proudly proclaim, the picture was «
filmed in downtown Los Angeles,» which means this jungle is comprised
of heaps
of green - screen sets and
motion -
capture technology.
The second installment
of Peter Jackson's trilogy is garnering generally positive reviews from critics, who deem the
film an improvement over the first and praise Benedict Cumberbatch's captivating voice - and
motion -
capture performance as the titular dragon.
Gollum is played in the «Lord
of the Rings» and «Hobbit»
films by Andy Serkis (l.) using
motion -
capture technology.
It was also reportedly revealed that the role
of the rock - like creature Korg was performed in
motion capture by director Taika Waititi, who has often appeared in his own
films.
I had my doubts that Robert Zemeckis could return to form so easily after a decade
of dabbling in
motion capture animation, but Flight proves the director hasn't missed a beat, easily ranking among his better
films and one
of 2012's best.