motion capture
noun
: a technology for digitally recording specific movements of a person (such as an actor) and translating them into computer-animated images
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The singer voices himself in this biopic, while the motion capture actor Jonno Davies plays him as a British lad with the face of (no joke) a CGI monkey.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Even with Weta’s motion-capture transformations from actor to dragon or actor to ape, the usual way of shooting is to make the environment for motion capture as controlled as possible.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
But instead of an 82-year-old Harrison Ford reprising his role yet again, if in just voice and motion capture, Bethesda Studios and MachineGames enlisted another kind of A-lister: legendary video game actor Troy Baker.
—Ryan Benk, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
The move for motion capture workers to unionize comes as SAG-AFTRA returns to the table Wednesday in an attempt to secure a new Interactive Media Agreement with 10 of the major video game companies.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Even with Weta’s motion-capture transformations from actor to dragon or actor to ape, the usual way of shooting is to make the environment for motion capture as controlled as possible.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
But instead of an 82-year-old Harrison Ford reprising his role yet again, if in just voice and motion capture, Bethesda Studios and MachineGames enlisted another kind of A-lister: legendary video game actor Troy Baker.
—Ryan Benk, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
The move for motion capture workers to unionize comes as SAG-AFTRA returns to the table Wednesday in an attempt to secure a new Interactive Media Agreement with 10 of the major video game companies.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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