Comments on: Not Enraptured by Performance Capture? http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/2010/02/not-enraptured-by-performance-capture.html Bright Lights Film Journal's companion blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: C. Jerry Kutner http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/2010/02/not-enraptured-by-performance-capture.html/comment-page-1#comment-229 C. Jerry Kutner Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:05:56 +0000 http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/?p=1016#comment-229 Yes, Whitney, and if vocal performances were more widely recognized in award circles, we would certainly have to pay homage to George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, and the rest of the first-rate vocal ensemble whose performances enlivened the claymation figures of <i>Fantastic Mr. Fox</i>. Yes, Whitney, and if vocal performances were more widely recognized in award circles, we would certainly have to pay homage to George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, and the rest of the first-rate vocal ensemble whose performances enlivened the claymation figures of Fantastic Mr. Fox.

]]> By: Whitney http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/2010/02/not-enraptured-by-performance-capture.html/comment-page-1#comment-228 Whitney Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:20:25 +0000 http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/?p=1016#comment-228 Like performance capture worthy performances, I wish voice acting was more widely recognized in award circles. Like James Gandolfini in Where the Wild Things Are. I couldn't have been more enraptured by that performance. Like performance capture worthy performances, I wish voice acting was more widely recognized in award circles. Like James Gandolfini in Where the Wild Things Are. I couldn’t have been more enraptured by that performance.

]]> By: Bright Lights Film Journal http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/2010/02/not-enraptured-by-performance-capture.html/comment-page-1#comment-227 Bright Lights Film Journal Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:04:49 +0000 http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/?p=1016#comment-227 Interesting post, Jerry. When I wasn't hypnotized by Avatar's visuals, I was indeed thinking "rotoscoping." As you indicate, there's a rich history of "performance capture" stretching back to early film regardless of what it's called, not excluding Tex Avery's red-hot cartoon mamas. Maybe cultural memory is fading so fast that before we know it Cameron will be acclaimed for "an extraordinary innovation in which characters seem to pop right off the screen in a true 'imitation of life'" - 3D! If actors eventually get retired in favor of their digital counterparts (which I don't doubt will happen someday and not least for economic reasons), we'll <i>have</i> to start giving them Oscars. But by then we'll all be digital, holograms, or god knows what... Interesting post, Jerry. When I wasn’t hypnotized by Avatar’s visuals, I was indeed thinking “rotoscoping.” As you indicate, there’s a rich history of “performance capture” stretching back to early film regardless of what it’s called, not excluding Tex Avery’s red-hot cartoon mamas. Maybe cultural memory is fading so fast that before we know it Cameron will be acclaimed for “an extraordinary innovation in which characters seem to pop right off the screen in a true ‘imitation of life’” – 3D!

If actors eventually get retired in favor of their digital counterparts (which I don’t doubt will happen someday and not least for economic reasons), we’ll have to start giving them Oscars. But by then we’ll all be digital, holograms, or god knows what…

]]> By: Dark Orbit http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/2010/02/not-enraptured-by-performance-capture.html/comment-page-1#comment-226 Dark Orbit Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/?p=1016#comment-226 Hmm.. considering that 80% of the film is animated, i wouldnt give any awards to them. brad pitt didnt got an award for benjamin button which is somehow a related thing... dont u think? Hmm.. considering that 80% of the film is animated, i wouldnt give any awards to them. brad pitt didnt got an award for benjamin button which is somehow a related thing… dont u think?

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