Connection- Motion Capture -- USAGM
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- Connection- Motion Capture -- USAGM
- June 13, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English CONNECT Motion Capture (TV) HEADLINE: The Magic of Motion Capture TEASER: Motion capture actors bring a fantasy world to life PUBLISHED AT: 06/13/2022 BYLINE: Genia Dulot DATELINE: Los Angeles, California VIDEOGRAPHER: Genia Dulot PRODUCER: Genia Dulot, Jacquelyn De Phillips COURTESIES: SCRIPT EDITORS: EA VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:00 VID APPROVED BY: EA TYPE: VPKGF EDITOR NOTES: )) ((Eds: This is a self-narrated feature.)) ((INTRO)) [[Motion capture technology has taken Hollywood by storm, enabling producers to bring fantasy to life. Genia Dulot in Los Angeles takes us behind the scenes to see how it works.]] ((TEXT)) ((MUSIC/NATS)) ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) Motion capture suit, as the parts that are on Robyn right now, is basically the base on which I will be putting these markers which are covered in reflective coating. Our cameras are going be sending infrared light over to this and then the light is going to bounce back and the camera is going to register where the marker is. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) So, as you can see in the volume, there are 69 cameras looking at Matthew right now. And here on the monitor, I can see 68 cameras showing up and seeing all of his markers. Markers are lit up over here. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) Motion capture came to entertainment from the medical field. It was used across chiropractors and sports coaches for people who wanted to improve on the sports advancements and also on the recovery from trauma. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) I can track your motion and I can analyze that and I can track and see how can I make you perform better or what is the progress of the recovery from a certain trauma. If you have an injury in the knee, for instance, you will not be walking symmetrically and I can spot that using motion capture very precisely. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) It is a revolution because of the entertainment industry. It has been around for a while but only recently the entertainment industry started to absorb it in such a big amount. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) Here at Rouge, we have done pick-up shots for Black Panther, Spiderman, Guardians of the Galaxy, things like that. So, Marvel films, we have worked on a bunch of different video games. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) In feature film, we use what’s called digital doubles a lot. So, we’ll actually 3D scan actual actors in their costumes and then build a 3D puppet out of that 3D scan. And then we fit it with bones, like an armature, like you do like a marionette. And then the motion capture is what drives that marionette. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) Classic example, but I know Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, but you can take a headline actor like Tom Cruise and then take a stunt actor that can do crazy backflips and stuff and take a photo-real version of him and have another actor play his motions. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) We do that with body motion capture and then now, in a lot of things with face motion capture, with those HMC head-mounted cameras. We’re actually recording the facial expressions and the body and fingers all in one go. And then that is puppeteering your CG [computer generated] avatar. ((NATS/MUSIC)) ((NATS: Matthew Brezina and Robyn Dennis)) ((Matthew Brezina, Motion Capture Actor)) Spiders are crying. It’s not even a very good stick. ((Robyn Dennis, Motion Capture Actor)) Okay, let’s just go. Okay. ((Matthew Brezina, Motion Capture Actor)) Okay. Three, two, one. ((MUSIC/NATS))
- Transcript/Script CONNECT Motion Capture (TV) HEADLINE: The Magic of Motion Capture TEASER: Motion capture actors bring a fantasy world to life PUBLISHED AT: 06/13/2022 BYLINE: Genia Dulot DATELINE: Los Angeles, California VIDEOGRAPHER: Genia Dulot PRODUCER: Genia Dulot, Jacquelyn De Phillips COURTESIES: SCRIPT EDITORS: EA VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:00 VID APPROVED BY: EA TYPE: VPKGF EDITOR NOTES: )) ((Eds: This is a self-narrated feature.)) ((INTRO)) [[Motion capture technology has taken Hollywood by storm, enabling producers to bring fantasy to life. Genia Dulot in Los Angeles takes us behind the scenes to see how it works.]] ((TEXT)) ((MUSIC/NATS)) ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) Motion capture suit, as the parts that are on Robyn right now, is basically the base on which I will be putting these markers which are covered in reflective coating. Our cameras are going be sending infrared light over to this and then the light is going to bounce back and the camera is going to register where the marker is. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) So, as you can see in the volume, there are 69 cameras looking at Matthew right now. And here on the monitor, I can see 68 cameras showing up and seeing all of his markers. Markers are lit up over here. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) Motion capture came to entertainment from the medical field. It was used across chiropractors and sports coaches for people who wanted to improve on the sports advancements and also on the recovery from trauma. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) I can track your motion and I can analyze that and I can track and see how can I make you perform better or what is the progress of the recovery from a certain trauma. If you have an injury in the knee, for instance, you will not be walking symmetrically and I can spot that using motion capture very precisely. ((Pasha Sol, Motion Capture Technical Artist)) It is a revolution because of the entertainment industry. It has been around for a while but only recently the entertainment industry started to absorb it in such a big amount. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) Here at Rouge, we have done pick-up shots for Black Panther, Spiderman, Guardians of the Galaxy, things like that. So, Marvel films, we have worked on a bunch of different video games. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) In feature film, we use what’s called digital doubles a lot. So, we’ll actually 3D scan actual actors in their costumes and then build a 3D puppet out of that 3D scan. And then we fit it with bones, like an armature, like you do like a marionette. And then the motion capture is what drives that marionette. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) Classic example, but I know Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, but you can take a headline actor like Tom Cruise and then take a stunt actor that can do crazy backflips and stuff and take a photo-real version of him and have another actor play his motions. ((Vince Argentine, CEO, Rouge MoCap)) We do that with body motion capture and then now, in a lot of things with face motion capture, with those HMC head-mounted cameras. We’re actually recording the facial expressions and the body and fingers all in one go. And then that is puppeteering your CG [computer generated] avatar. ((NATS/MUSIC)) ((NATS: Matthew Brezina and Robyn Dennis)) ((Matthew Brezina, Motion Capture Actor)) Spiders are crying. It’s not even a very good stick. ((Robyn Dennis, Motion Capture Actor)) Okay, let’s just go. Okay. ((Matthew Brezina, Motion Capture Actor)) Okay. Three, two, one. ((MUSIC/NATS))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Topic Tags Motion
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date June 13, 2022 14:54 EDT
- Description English Motion capture technology has taken Hollywood by storm, enabling producers to bring fantasy to life. Genia Dulot in Los Angeles takes us behind the scenes to see how it works.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English