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Index Motion-capture acting

Motion-capture acting, also called performance-capture acting and often abbreviated as mo-cap or P-cap, is a type of acting in which an actor wears markers or sensors on a skintight bodysuit or directly on the skin.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Acting, Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Andy Serkis, Avatar (2009 film), Gollum, Heavenly Sword, Human image synthesis, King Kong, King Kong (2005 film), Motion capture, Planet of the Apes, PlayStation 3, SAG-AFTRA, The Lord of the Rings (film series).

  2. Acting techniques
  3. Motion capture

Acting

Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.

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Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is a trade association based in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, that represents over 350 American television and film production companies in collective bargaining negotiations with entertainment industry trade unions that include, among others, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America West and East, the American Federation of Musicians, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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Andy Serkis

Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker.

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Avatar (2009 film)

Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron.

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Gollum

Gollum is a monster with a distinctive style of speech in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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Heavenly Sword

Heavenly Sword is a 2007 action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.

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Human image synthesis

Human image synthesis is technology that can be applied to make believable and even photorealistic renditions of human-likenesses, moving or still.

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King Kong

King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster, or kaiju, resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933.

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King Kong (2005 film)

King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson.

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Motion capture

Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people.

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Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes is a science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a post-apocalyptic world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control as the dominant species.

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PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia.

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SAG-AFTRA

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

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The Lord of the Rings (film series)

The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy of epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by British author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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See also

Acting techniques

Motion capture

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion-capture_acting

Also known as Mo-cap performer, Motion capture acting, Motion capture actor, Performance capture acting, Performance capture actor, Performance-capture acting.