motioncapture

In episode 173 Dr Emma Yhnell returns to myth bust stories and topics relating to neuroscience. Emma is a senior lecturer at Cardiff University and a science communicator. Jo and Emma discuss how motion capture is being used in medicine, the impact of handwriting on the brain, and the subject of love, hormones and neurotransmitters. 

Jo also visits a new museum on the podcast - the Holst Victorian House in Cheltenham. 2024 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Gustav Holst and Jo finds out the story behind a piano he composed some of The Planets on.

Presented, produced & edited by Jo Durrant.

Music licensed from Purple Planet.

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For those who cherish Disney, worship at the altar of Spielberg, love nothing more than immersing themselves into the world of Aardman, let us introduce you to Not Just For Kids. This is the podcast that revisits the films we cherished growing up, be they family films or something we maybe shouldn’t have been watching. Host Russell Bailey carries on our latest series, charting the last two decades of Western animation.

Past guest, Mike from Eavesdropping at the Movies (https://twitter.com/EavesdropMovies), returns to discuss motion capture and two of its most prominent works, Beowulf and The Adventures of Tintin

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Strap in for a tour de force podcast episode. Mikal Vega’s inspirational story begins in small-town Ohio, where he played Dungeons and Dragons and made movies with his grandma. After serving in the military, he received a break into movies via a role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. From here, Mikal’s combat experience and creative skills landed him directorial roles on mocap for games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Vanguard, and Diablo 4.

Mikal talks about how spiritual awakenings have helped him through tough times, his discovery that destruction and creativity can achieve the same end goal, and how he’s passing what he’s learned on to others via his Vital Warrior project. Listen for advice on how to get ahead in the creative field — as well as how to deal with whatever life throws at you.

We've talked with the CEO of Plask AI Junho Lee about changing traditional animation workflows with modern neural network solutions. Plask is an all-in-one browser-based AI motion capture tool and animation editor.

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Junho Lee is the Founder & CEO of Plask
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junho-lee-a20419162/

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Jar Jar Binks will go down in history as the first CGI character in a motion picture. What you might not have ever thought about is the person behind Jar Jar. Our guest, Ahmed Best, provided all the movement, voice and acting that was used to create Jar Jar in the Star Wars movies. Without his contribution, CGI would not be what it is today. And yet, as a young artist, he had to endure surprising and fierce backlash for what was seen as racial stereotypes in Jar Jar’s portrayal. Ahmed talks about his incredible journey from performing in the touring company of the musical “Stomp” to landing this iconic role, the joys and challenges of being the first to do something, and how he has been able to find his artistic power and reclaim his confidence by making his own work. Other topics include play, martial arts and the future!

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Stunt woman, martial artist and actor, Lauren Mary Kim has helped bring to life such beloved characters like Ahsoka Tano (The Clone Wars, Season 7) and The Armorer (The Mandalorian, Season 1).

Whether motion capture with Ray Park for The Siege of Mandalore or being on set with Jon Favreau  in The Volume for The Mandalorian, Lauren’s hard work and incredible talent has made her an integral part of some of the most iconic and badass moments in Star Wars.

Make sure you’re following her on Instagram, @LaurenMaryKim, to keep up with all of the incredible things she is doing.

Next week is my really fascinating conversation with author Alexander Freed, so you still have a few days to finish up Alphabet Squadron: Victory’s Price.

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Robert Zemeckis put out one of the more disappointing sorta-big movies of 2020 with The Witches, so we convened a special career-spanning episode of the SportsAlcohol.com podcast to talk about his career in greater depth--both how the new movie falls short, and why we had high expectations for it to begin with. Join Marisa, Jesse, Nathaniel, and Jeremy as we talk about EVERY Zemeckis movie so far!

StretchSense makes motion capture gloves for content creation for games, movies, and AR/VR. Instead of optical or inertial technology, the gloves use stretch sensors and AI to deliver high-quality mocap. Unaffected by shock, drift, occlusion, or magnetic interference, you get stable hand performance from the gloves. And you can train the solution to learn the poses you want to see, bringing art direction in at the very start of production, rather than in post.

www.stretchsense.com

Matias Søndergaard is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Rokoko, a startup based in Copenhagen and San Francisco. They developed a smartsuit that gives indie film and game makers access to a complex technology that used to be only accessible to deep-pocket Hollywood studios. On this episode, Matias talks about how it all started, the challenges they've had to overcome, and how they plan to further democratize motion capture.

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Today's episode looks at Virtual Production practices for Hollywood motion pictures and more! Featuring special guest Adam Maier, of Fox VFX labs. We explain what virtual production is, why it's so important in today's film production, and how it uses emerging tech like VR to bring CGI sets to life onstage.

In which Thom & Andru begin the new year with a flurry of film reviews, a bevy of book talk, a recounting of their holiday recreations, and an overage of obstinate opinions on everything from mo-cap to online vigilantism to pie. Also, the debut "4th Week Favorites", Andru cautions on the dangers of the Netflix Wall, and Thom pays tribute to talk host Rick Emerson, without whose influence this show would not exist.