Finally, she compared the prediction with a motion-capture version of the person actually ascending or descending a staircase.
Above is a selection of Powell's photographs from the tryouts, and here's what Gus calls "a motion-capture version".
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (26 Oct), is a motion-capture version of Hergé's adventures (Avatar style, in other words), directed by Steven Spielberg.
A year later, we'll have the boringly titled Jungle Book: Origins, a motion-capture version directed by the star of mo-cap acting, Andy Serkis.
Saldana, of course, famously spent more than two years rehearsing and performing the role of Avatar's beautiful Neytiri, although ultimately she is a blue motion-capture version of herself for the entire film.
Back on the floor, Gary and Martin Kemp chatted to me about horror movies, while Kristin Scott Thomas proved quite the disco diva; Colin Firth and I discussed soul music and working with Robert Zemeckis in the motion-capture version of A Christmas Carol.
Factory, 2 discs, $19.93) Before Steven Spielberg's "Adventures of Tintin" arrives this winter and imprints its motion-capture versions of Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock on our brains, devoted readers of Hergé's comic strips might want to check out this 1991-92 televiserieserieseries
The James Cameron showpiece was expensive $237 million—thanks to stereoscopic film-making, a 3D version and motion capture animation.
Crudup plays Osterman in flashbacks as a human and is replaced for his post-accident scenes with a motion-capture CG version of himself.
We wanted to create a version of animation and motion capture that allowed Steven to step inside the virtual world.
