{"id":4221,"date":"2020-08-30T01:15:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T01:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davepreciado.com\/blog\/?p=4221"},"modified":"2020-08-30T01:15:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T01:15:31","slug":"what-do-motion-capture-actors-actually-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davepreciado.com\/blog\/what-do-motion-capture-actors-actually-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Motion Capture Actors Actually Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This is an old article from 2018, but still relevant and does an acceptable job at explain the role of the actor vs the role of the animator\/motion editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In general, the actor has little control over the character\u2019s final appearance. \u201cOne of the benefits of using performance capture over traditional animation is giving the CG character the nuances of life, so an important thing we can do as actors is to provide this in our performance,\u201d Grant says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHowever, it is important to acknowledge just how much work the technical and animation team put into creating the end result \u2013 quite often, the\u00a0<em>majority<\/em>\u00a0of the work,\u201d she stresses. \u00a0\u201cWhat we do have control over is giving them good quality data as a starting point. I think it\u2019s important for an actor to understand the post-production pipeline, so that they can recognise how their actions affect the clean-up and animation work further down the track. In this way it can become a very strong collaboration. This is again something that is useful to embed into training.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The reality is, good performance-capture acting likes full-body commitment, great imagination and great energy for performance, often while keeping in mind quite specific technical direction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis kind of craft will enhance an actor\u2019s skill in any performance medium\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0so training in performance capture will never go to waste,\u201d Grant says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/uk\/magazine\/article\/trends-and-intelligence-motion-capture-performance-66001\/\">https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/uk\/magazine\/article\/trends-and-intelligence-motion-capture-performance-66001\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d26oc3sg82pgk3.cloudfront.net\/files\/media\/edit\/image\/29665\/original.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an old article from 2018, but still relevant and does an acceptable job at explain the role of the actor vs the role of the animator\/motion editor. In general, the actor has little control over the character\u2019s final appearance. \u201cOne of the benefits of using performance capture over traditional animation is giving the CG character the nuances of life, so an important thing we can do as actors is to provide this in our performance,\u201d Grant says. \u201cHowever, it is important to acknowledge just how much work the technical and animation team put into creating the end result \u2013 quite often, the\u00a0majority\u00a0of the work,\u201d she stresses. \u00a0\u201cWhat we do have control over is giving them good quality data as a starting point. I think it\u2019s important for an actor to understand the post-production pipeline, so that they can recognise how their actions affect the clean-up and animation work further down the track. In this way it can become a very strong collaboration. This is again something that is useful to embed into training.\u201d The reality is, good performance-capture acting likes full-body commitment, great imagination and great energy for performance, often while keeping in mind quite specific technical direction. 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