{"id":492949,"date":"2022-09-14T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-modern-day-motion-capture-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:00:46","slug":"why-modern-day-motion-capture-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-modern-day-motion-capture-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Modern-Day Motion Capture Is A Lot Harder Than it Looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b1802b265d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b1802b265d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-modern-day-motion-capture-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_Modern-Day_Motion_Capture_Is_A_Lot_Harder_Than_it_Looks%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why Modern-Day Motion Capture Is A Lot Harder Than it Looks&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-modern-day-motion-capture-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_motion_capture_is_harder_than_it_looks%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cWhy motion capture is harder than it looks\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-modern-day-motion-capture-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-modern-day-motion-capture-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_Modern-Day_Motion_Capture_Is_A_Lot_Harder_Than_it_Looks%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why Modern-Day Motion Capture Is A Lot Harder Than it Looks&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;There is no \u201canimate\u201d button, it turns out.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Holy-Motors-mo-cap.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Holy Motors Mo Cap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Holy-Motors-mo-cap.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Holy-Motors-mo-cap-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Indomina Group&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on September 14th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay that looks at why motion capture is way harder than it looks.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>I\u2019ll be straight with you: there are very few instances where I prefer motion capture to practical effects. I will take a craggy, foam latex monstrosity over a digital creation any day. And yet, I have mad respect for the artists who bring CGI creations to life. I think practical effects heads have a tendency to dismiss CGI as a shortcut. But, as the video essay astutely notes, there isn\u2019t an \u201canimate\u201d button waiting in the wings to immediately turn a live performance into a digital one.<\/p>\n<p>The entire reason there\u2019s a debate about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/features\/motion-capture-performances-andy-serkis-oscars-animated-films-a7370331.html\"><em>who\u00a0<\/em>deserves the credit for mo-cap performances<\/a> (the actor or the animators) is that there\u2019s a degree of artistry involved. From tweaking the unnatural gait that comes with optical tracking to reorganizing limbs and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>endages in post-production, creating a mo-cap performance is a lot more involved than laymen like me might expect.<\/p>\n<p>Does this automatically mean that all motion capture should be put on a pedestal? Of course not. Just as there\u2019s bad practical character work, there\u2019s bad mo-cap character work. And because artists at large studios (especially the one that rhymes with Bisney) are intent on creating CGI characters that look photo-realistic, the job of the artists is that much more difficult. This means that their failures are that much easier to notice, and their achievements are that much more impressive.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_motion_capture_is_harder_than_it_looks%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cWhy motion capture is harder than it looks\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why motion capture is harder than it looks\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0mLfzbmqcg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video about how modern motion capture involves more artistry than you\u2019d expect is by <strong>Vox<\/strong>, an American <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> website owned by\u00a0<strong>Vox Media<\/strong>, founded in 2014. Vox produces videos on news, culture, and everything in between. This video was produced and animated by\u00a0<strong>Phil Edwards<\/strong>\u00a0with art direction by\u00a0<strong>Dion Lee <\/strong>and story editing by\u00a0<b>Bridgett Henwood<\/b>.\u00a0You can subscribe to Vox on YouTube\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Vox\/videos\">here<\/a>. And you can follow them on Twitter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/voxdotcom\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Filmmaking, The Queue\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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