Talk:Motion-capture acting

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Cool new area. Saw a movie recently done mostly using Motion capture actors.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 00:58, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

mo-cap shouldn't need blue screen

The intro section indicates that mo-cap is usually done against a blue-screen backdrop. This doesn't make much sense as the purpose of a blue-screen, or chroma key, is to replace the background of a shot with a different background in post-production. However, motion capture is an entirely unrelated process which does not even require that any of the film/video footage as-shot even be included in the final production - by contrast to chroma key, where inherently some elements are included as-shot. Typical mo-cap systems don't care about anything other than the markers, so a blue-screen would not make any difference (unless there are also live action elements being shot at the same time and these have to have the set replaced.)

Look at mo-cap sessions on YouTube from major movies and you will almost never see a blue or green screen.

As such I suggest this statement be removed unless a solid reference exists that some mo-cap system requires blue-screen. Even then, I wouldn't use the word "usually" as it's definitely not "usually" the case.

BrandyLova (talk) 07:43, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 14:11, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge into Motion capture

I'm not sure why these are separate articles, when they are about mostly the same thing. Natg 19 (talk) 00:02, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. The technical aspects of Motion Capture have dominated the industry for far too long. It is being predominantly used as a Performance medium and therefore the acting and performance side of Motion Capture need to be appreciated, discussed and dissected separately. The mediums and Film and Television are seen a separate subject than the specific acting and performance aspects that are a component of these media. John Dower (co-writer of "Per4formance for Motion capture - a Guidebook for Practitioners" Methuen Drama published 2nd June 2022. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.3.71.52 (talk) 10:23, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Closing, given the uncontested objection and no support. Klbrain (talk) 10:37, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]