motion capture
noun
: a technology for digitally recording specific movements of a person (such as an actor) and translating them into computer-animated images
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Another of the Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Contact, Forrest Gump, and Back to the Future director's motion capture movies lands at number five.
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Simon Thompson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
To facilitate that bond, Davies, who wore a gray suit with infrared LED lights for motion capture throughout the entirety of the film, performed all of his scenes with his castmates.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
The 21-member bargaining unit, responsible for a variety of motion capture productions for Take-Two Interactive, is officially moving forward with an election via the National Labor Relations Board, the group announced Wednesday.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
In the film, the monkey has Williams’s own eyes, and while the actor Jonno Davies provides the monkey’s motion capture and voice acting, the singer himself narrates the story.
—Simran Hans, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Simon Thompson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
To facilitate that bond, Davies, who wore a gray suit with infrared LED lights for motion capture throughout the entirety of the film, performed all of his scenes with his castmates.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
The 21-member bargaining unit, responsible for a variety of motion capture productions for Take-Two Interactive, is officially moving forward with an election via the National Labor Relations Board, the group announced Wednesday.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
In the film, the monkey has Williams’s own eyes, and while the actor Jonno Davies provides the monkey’s motion capture and voice acting, the singer himself narrates the story.
—Simran Hans, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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