High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewMotion Capture Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/motion-capture/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Apes Go Epic https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/dawn-of-planet-of-apes-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/dawn-of-planet-of-apes-review/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:00:22 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=63633 One horrendous remake and one sequel too far aside, the ‘Planet of the Apes’ series has quietly become one of the most consistently excellent film franchises in La-La-land, and the latest installment in no exception. A true epic blockbuster with stunning effects and plenty of monkey mayhem, ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ is...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/dawn-of-planet-of-apes-review/feed/ 3 Now Playing: ‘Tintin’ Makes Mo-Cap Worthwhile https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tintin-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tintin-review/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:49 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=27411 When I learned early on that Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ was being animated via motion capture, I immediately began dreading the experience, mainly due to memories of Bob Zemeckis’ terrible ImageMovers mo-cap movies. Even when friends from the UK conveyed rave reviews for ‘Tintin’, I wasn’t fully on-board. Not until...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tintin-review/feed/ 4 Are We Done with Motion Capture Animation Yet? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/motion-capture-animation/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/motion-capture-animation/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 15:00:28 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=15828 While motion capture (“mocap”) has its uses, I don’t think that fully motion-captured animated features should be one of them. Do you agree? Using mocap to enhance a performance is one thing, but basing an entire film on it is another. I’ll accept that mocap is needed to create characters that simply could not be...

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