Complete capture of actor performance including body, face, and voice for CGI characters.
Definition
Performance Capture goes beyond Motion Capture by capturing the complete performance: body movement, facial expressions, eye movement, and voice simultaneously, to authentically animate digital characters.
Practical Application
Andy Serkis established Perf-Cap as an art form: Gollum, Caesar, Snoke. "Avatar" utilized simultaneous capture of all actors. Weta, ILM, Digital Domain are leading studios.
Technical Details
Body + Face + Voice synchronized. Head-Mounted Cameras for facial. Volume Capture for physical performance. Witness Cameras for reference. Facial Solvers for rig transfer.
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