Is working in motion capture different than ‘straight’ acting?
It is straight acting. Meaning, you put these little things on, which takes probably less time than most people spend in makeup, and then you act all day. That’s all you do. And sometimes they have to adjust their little machines – that takes 30 seconds to a minute. You’re much freer, because the shot doesn’t move. If you want to move over here instead of over there, it’s fine. There aren’t any marks to hit…It can all be adjusted with the [computer] data that they have anyway. You don’t really have to match [movements from one take to the next], because you’re not limited to a frame – you’re captured by two hundred computers. So you’re as free as you would be in any play. Beowulf is out now at cinemas in the US and UK. Click here to read the review.
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