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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Serkis alluded to the Method and presented motion capture not as part of a director or an effects artist’s tool kit but as something that might become part of an actor’s.
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Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 23 May 2024
Utilizing motion capture and cutting-edge graphics, it’s presented as a cinematic on-rails experience.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024
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Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 23 May 2024
Utilizing motion capture and cutting-edge graphics, it’s presented as a cinematic on-rails experience.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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