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PAF REWIND: MOTION CAPTURE
VIII. Festival of Film Animation 2009
Motion Capture is a technology that allows to digitally record the movement of people, animals and things (live action) and transfer it into a digital model. This technology is practically employed mainly by film and video games studios, but it is also helpful for science, health care or the military. The section follows both the historical-theoretical definition of the Motion Capture technology and presentation of individual artistic audiovisual works (clips, commercials, TV formats, films), as well as interdisciplinary overlaps of Motion Capture.
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17:00 | Thursday 10.12. | film auditorium
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lecture – Pavel Hruboš
Animated film has a place across the whole history of film and it has affected all its genres. The technological methods of animation have been employed in feature films in many ways and they have influenced it significantly. Yet this contact has even functioned in the opposite direction. Motion Capture, a way of transferring real actor’s motion and mimics into a computer, holds a position on the border of feature and animated film. We will look at the development of this technology and at mutual blending within various genres and the kinds of film medium in the lecture of Pavel Hruboš. |
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11:00 | Friday 11.12. | theatre
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presentation – Ondřej Maršíček
Motion CAPture, or mocap, is not only a film matter. The representatives of SIGGRAPH will show in their presentation that this technology can be used in various ways. It is not only show business (special effects in films, the gaming industry, virtual studios, commercials, and video clips), but it also has its value for health services and sport. Mocap serves to create virtual reality and it opens a variety of possibilities for its manipulation. The presentation will introduce the ways in which it can be used in connection with contemporary development of the technology. |
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14:00 | Friday 11.12. | theatre
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workshop
Probably everybody wishes to know how mocap (MOtion CAPture) functions. Put on a “miraculous” costume, apply tens of sensors and begin the play… and watch how every gesture of your body is transferred into a computer thanks to the costume. Then it is time to give rein to your imagination in the newest software and animate and animate.
You will have the unique opportunity to peep into the Motion Capture “kitchen” thanks to the SIGGRAPH delegation and their workshop. |
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17:30 | Friday 11.12. | Metropol cinema
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Robert Zemeckis | USA | 2007 | 109‘
As the old Anglo-Saxon poem says – Beowulf, a brave warrior, sets out on a journey to help the king Hrotgar to rescue his kingdom from the monster called Grendel. As a hero Beowulf manages his fighting abilities, but there are still many battles for him to win… This literary gem has been adapted by Robert Zemeckis into a dynamic spectacle that uses Motion Capture technology. The film has been praised for its technological progress as well as rejected for raising doubts whether we can still talk about animation in this case. |
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