Sentences with phrase «motion capture films»

OSCAR CHANCES: Since the Academy ruled recently that motion capture films don't qualify for the Animated award, unless John Williams» score gets a nod I'd say no.

My biggest complaint about motion capture films had been that no matter how «natural» the characters appeared their eyes always looked creepy.

This is the best motion capture film I've ever seen.

The reason we haven't seen anything from the film up until now is because it is a 3 - D motion capture film in the vein of Robert Zemeckis» Beowulf and A Christmas Carol.

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.

Johnson said the idea is to train the students in film production that relies on computer technology to improve on current uses like motion - capture to create movies like «Avatar» and video games like «Tron.»

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.

Robert Zemeckis has been spending time in the motion capture lab the last few years directing The Polar Express 61, Beowulf 59, and A Christmas Carol 55, but he's returning to live - action film directing for the first time since 2000's Cast Away 73 with Flight.

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.

The film is computer - animated, in a sense, with real actors» motions being captured digitally and converted into animation.

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 Durotan.

Director Robert Zemeckis, working from a screenplay by John Gatins, has been loitering in the creepy motion - capture vineyards for a long time: «The Polar Express» and «Beowulf» are not likely to rank high alongside his «Back to the Future» films or «Forrest Gump» or «Cast Away.»

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.

As before, the film is anchored by a startlingly realistic motion - capture performance from Andy Serkis that fills the screen with complex emotions.

Burton's use of stop - motion captures the imagination of its young protagonist, but the film's never cartoonish.

It's the latest directorial offering by maverick's maverick, Leos Carax, whose previous film Holy Motors saw the actor Denis Lavant eating flowers, doing motion - capture martial arts, being serenaded by Kylie Minogue and marrying an orangutan.

CinemaCon 2018: New motion - capture film promises more humans and more brutality than Disney's take on Rudyard Kipling's classic

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.

Serkis also has a live action role in the film, with speculation suggesting that he is playing the Black Panther villain Ulysses Klaw, but his main responsibility was working with James Spader and Mark Ruffalo on their motion capture work as Ultron and The Hulk.

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.

Ever since New Mutants (Growing Pains) director Josh Boone confirmed that alien X-Men member Warlock would making his debut in the film we've been curious if they'd be going practical or motion capture with his role.

Korg is a motion - capture character that was actually played by the film's director Taika Waititi, providing the voice here.

The motion - capture special effects in the fifteen - minute film are great.

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.

The 90th film based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, this German - made animated romp adds little to the century - old canon besides some motion - capture action and an eco-friendly message.

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.

I agree this film was very good and will contend on the CGI and motion capture pieces alone, but I did find the human acting a little on the average side rather than the extraordinaire.

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.

- Pre-Production: A look inside the film's pre-production process including storyboards, pre-visualizations, animatics, motion capture tests, rehearsal footage, casting tapes, hair / make - up tests and more!

This fascinating viewing mode lets you watch the entire film in its original motion capture performance state.

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.

Honestly, the man has the most expressive face I have ever seen and it doesn't matter if he's on screen in human form or as a gorgeously stop - motion - animated - and - captured giant, he's outstanding and entirely worth going to see the film for.

Let me tell you as much as I loved his motion - capture films, this is a fantastic return for him.

Andy Serkis returns as the motion captured Caesar while making the film's villain a military nut acted out by Woody Harrelson.

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?