7 MARVELS OF MOTION CAPTUREDISCOVER THE MOVIES THAT TOOK MOCAP TO THE NEXT LEVEL

PRESENTS:

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Discover 7 amazing examples of motion capture, as we showcase the very best in this burgeoning

area of VFX. Enjoy!

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FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN• Year of release: 2001 • VFX by: Square (merged to

become Square Enix) • VFX Supervisor: Remo Balcells • Directed by: Hironobu

Sakaguchi and Motonori Sakakibara

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THIS UNDER-RATED MOVIE

SHOWED WHAT WAS POSSIBLE!

"I think it's OK to look at Aki and be convinced that

she's a human."

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SEE HOW FINAL FANTASY MO-CAP

WAS DONE WATCH NOW!

Hironobu Sakaguchi, director

• Year of release: 2006 • VFX by: Animal Logic • VFX Supervisors: Peter

Oberdorfer and Todd Shifflett • Directed by: George Miller

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WATCH AS PRO DANCERS GO TO

PENGUIN SCHOOL!

HAPPY FEET

“Performers went to penguin school to study the naturalistic moves of penguins. That 70% of

motion capture provided a consistency in performance.”

Animal Logic animation director, Daniel Jeannette

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• Year of release: 2009 • VFX by: Weta Digital • VFX Supervisors: Stephen

Rosenbaum, Dan Lemmon, Eric Saindon, Wayne Stables, R. Christopher White, Guy Williams, Erik Winquist, Joe Letteri

• Directed by: James Cameron

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FEATURETTE FOCUSSING ON

AVATAR’S MOCAP WATCH NOW!

AVATAR

“It *is* my performance. This thing walks and talks and acts like me. It’s my

interpretation.”Actor, Sam Worthington “Jake Sully”

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• Year of release: 2001, 2002 & 2003

• VFX by: Weta Digital • VFX Supervisors: Jim Rygiel

and Joe Letteri • Directed by: Peter Jackson

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LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

WATCH THE BRINGING

GOLLUM TO LIFE VIDEO NOW!

“What’s fantastic is that there’s a real growing appreciation for

performance-capture technology as a tool for acting.”

Andy Serkis, mocap specialist, actor and Gollum

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• Year of release: 2014 • VFX by: Digital Domain • VFX Supervisor: Kelly Port • Directed by: Robert Stromberg

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MALEFICENT

DISCOVER THE REAL-TIME MOCAP OF MALEFICENT WATCH NOW!

“All three pixie characters were captured performing together

inside one, large volume to preserve genuine interaction

between them.”Kelly Port, VFX supervisor on Maleficent

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• Year of release: 2005 • VFX by: Weta Digital • VFX Supervisor: Joe Letteri • Directed by: Peter Jackson

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King Kong

WETA REVEALS HOW IT BROUGHT

KONG TO LIFE WATCH NOW!

“All the emotion, all the movement, you know, how you see that

ferocious face turn from that to sort of a smile come over him and a light

in his eye, that's all Andy Serkis.”Actress Naomi Watts, “Ann Darrow” in King Kong

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• Year of release: 2014 • VFX by: Weta Digital • VFX Supervisor: Joe Letteri and

Dan Lemmon • Directed by: Matt Reeves

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DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

WETA DIGITAL VFX FEATURETTE WATCH SERKIS DO HIS THING!

“The ability to take our motion capture out on location was paramount to capturing the

drama, action and the realism.”Joe Letteri, VFX supervisor

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