T-Posers Part 2

In this, our second session with the incredible Pascal Langdale, we discuss acting for motion capture - including how marker-less capture compares to optical capture - and we temporarily go DEEP into the math that is blend shapes. Super high fidelity technology still has to relate to the “man on the street”, so regardless of who owns the data and the platforms (looking at you Facebook), what is key is bridging the concept of a character, and the physical performance. Method acting, psycho-physical, Laban – all inform each other, and these skills are what Pascal relies on to achieve his outstanding work.

0:00:53 Pascal’s expertise in body doubling / applying this to a character when acting

0:07:03 Beating lie detectors

0:10:10 Pascal’s work with facial capture and expressions

0:14:11 How facial capture works

0:16:12 Marker-less capture compared to capture using optical markers

0:19:06 Where is face capture going? More high tech, or more accessible? Using iPhone for face capture

0:26:09 Pros and cons of optical markers compared to headcam

0:29:55 Animation using marker-less data compared to having specific points on the face that can be cleaned up later

0:31:32 Using corrective blend shapes

0:34:02 Processing cost - rigs ideal for real time compared to cinematics

0:36:00 Facial capture media that has struck a cord with Pascal

0:36:36 The Irishman / Robert De Niro

0:38:10 AI driven facial capture and deep fakes

0:39:56 Lowered ability to suspend belief with deep fakes

0:47:43 What Pascal is doing next: broadening the membership of The Society for Embodied Actors

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