T - Posers Podcast Part 1
This week's guest is actor, dancer, motion capture performer and movement specialist Pascal Langdale. Pascal is known for his work in a diverse portfolio of productions including the 2004 movie Phantom of the Opera, video games such as Heavy Rain (in which he leads as character Ethan Mars) and Watch Dogs: Legion by Ubisoft plus many more. In this episode we discuss why Andy Serkis should share his Oscar awards, the Society for Embodied Actors and getting into non-verbal storytelling - especially if you're an NPC!
0:01:24 Society for Embodied Actors / The Laban Movement
0:09:06 What got Pascal into Performing Arts
0:11:45 Transitioning from dance school to drama school
l 0:14:40 Pascal's audition set
0:21:45 Being cast in commercials / getting into non-verbal storytelling
0:23:08 Getting cast in Heavy Rain
0:28:05 “Mocap characters deserve a split Oscar..." What would Andy Serkis think?
0:29:40 "I am a part of a collection of people who are trying not to f*k up"
0:31:00 First time performing for mocap / being aware of the post process and making sure there's little cleanup needed / "we love getting your data because we don't have to do much"
0:34:20 Should mocap actors be taught about the pipeline?
0:38:30 The difference between "real actors" and people who do “locomotion” / mocap performers
0:43:30 How rapidly advancing mocap systems affects performers
0:45:00 Uncanny stillness shows the artifice
What role does social media have on an actor? More on Pascal:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_... / pascallangdale / pascallangdale / pascal-langdale-b537151b https://heavyrain.fandom.com/wiki/Pas...https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486009/#pcap#performancecapture#acting#motioncapture#animation#tposers#podcast#behindthescenes#NonverbalBehavior#HeavyRain#Ubisoft#WatchDogsLegion#andyserkis
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