The IBC2019 International Honour for Excellence will go to Andy Serkis, the director, producer and actor who is best known for his
performance capture roles.
The title character - a female cyborg with fractured memories of her shadowy past - is realised in haphazard strokes by state-of-the-art
performance capture and digital effects.
The title character - - a female cyborg with fractured memories of her shadowy past - - is realised in haphazard strokes by state-of-the-art
performance capture and digital effects.
No Bare Necessities!" The movie also offered Andy the chance to share his formidable skills in
performance capture, the innovative art form he has pioneered, where an actor wears markers to digitally record a performance which is then used to render the animated character.
26 -- Andy Serkis is THE name in Hollywood when it comes to
performance capture. Not only has he played iconic mocap characters such as that of Caesar in Planet of the Apes, Gollum in Lord of The Rings, Snokes in Star Wars sequel trilogy and many more, he has also directed and acted in multiple video games, making him the ultimate contender for directing a live-action/animation version of Rudyard Kipling's classic - The Jungle Book.
Serkis himself played as Baloo the bear through
performance capture even as he directed the film.
What was it like working opposite
performance capture artist Jason Liles, who portrays George, an albino gorilla and best friend to your character, Davis?
While Gollum started with Andy Serkis'
performance capture, the challenge for Letteri was "creating a facial performance that would believably convey human expressions.
And we're getting really good data, beautiful character motion and great facial
performance capture. We've basically cracked the code," he said.
Reeves says the goal for most of the film, Oscar-nominated for its visual effects, was to ground the apes in reality by shooting as much as possible in physical locations, which forced the Weta team to push their
performance capture technology into the next stage of its evolution.
WETA Digital's photorealistic
performance capture is complemented by the unique and extraordinary achievements of Andy Serkis, the world's foremost
performance capture actor, who infuses Caesar with nuance, soul, wisdom and heart.