Discover the movies that took motion capture to a new level

1. 7 MARVELS OF
MOTION CAPTURE
DISCOVER THE MOVIES THAT TOOK MOCAP TO THE NEXT LEVEL
PRESENTS:
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2. Discover 7 amazing examples of
motion capture, as we showcase
the very best in this burgeoning
area of VFX. Enjoy!
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3. 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!

4. "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

5. • 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

6. “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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7. • 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

8. “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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9. • 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!

10. “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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11. • 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
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12. “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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13. • 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
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14. “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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15. • 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!

16. “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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