Making of smaug motion capture software

Wetas animation boss talks about the cgi of the hobbit. An unexpected journey, and smaug were created using motion capture. A failed final fantasy film brought hollywood around on. Thats where motion capture comes in, and its been a gamechanger in helping to breathe life into our favorite creatures and characters on screen. The motion capture and cgi that went into creating smaug. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Benedict cumberbatch behindthescenes of the hobbit. This month sees the release of the second film in the hobbit trilogy. Desolation of smaug, talking about the creative process and a sneak peek into what went into making smaug himself. See benedict cumberbatch becoming smaug in behindthe. Smaug extra behind the scenes of the desolation of smaug. Benedict cumberbatch the hobbit the best scene smaug. A revealing and funny behind the scenes for the movie ted using motion capture system mvn. Sam worthington and director james cameron during the motion capture shooting of.

Benedict cumberbatch performs mocap smaug in making of. Behindthescenes footage of benedict cumberbatchs motioncapture performance of smaug in the hobbit movies shows the actor really. Peter jacksons weta digital has released a new video exclusively to the hollywood reporter detailing its oscarnominated work to create the massive dragon smaug and meld it with the performance of benedict cumberbatch for the hobbit. An overview of the rise of motion capture filmmaking film inquiry. Heres benedict cumberbatch doing mocap as the hobbits smaug. The great goblin, the three stonetrolls, many of the orcs and goblins in the 2012 film the hobbit. Markerless systems use algorithms from matchmoving software to. See seth macfarlane get into a xsens mvn motion capture rig and act for ted. What you need to know about 3d motion capture engadget. Benedict s motion capture for smaug i cant wait to see full behind the. Martin freeman and andy serkis behind the scenes of the hobbit. Benedict cumberbatch doing mocap for smaug in the hobbit imitation. As animation supervisor at weta digital, dave clayton knows a thing or two about creating virtual worlds. Desolation of smaug on dvd and bluray, we had a quick chat with dave about some of the work hes done with weta.

A failed final fantasy film brought hollywood around on motion capture. Achmed the dead terrorist has a son jeff dunham controlled chaos jeff dunham duration. Perhaps the most wellknown of its characters is gollum, a mys. Motion capture is a unique and prominent filmmaking technique that balances cgi with actors performances. Creating digital animation by hand is known as keyframing or. With technological developments taking hold in hollywood, perhaps the most prominent.

Watch benedict cumberbatch record smaugs movements via. Motion capture king andy serkis, who has played gollum in both the lord of the rings and the hobbit films, gave cumberbatch advice on playing smaug. But sometimes you still need the input of a trained actor to bring that character to life. The desolation of smaug, having benedict in a mocap suit seemed to help get him immersed and.