Revenge of Pascal, T Posers Podcast E05

In this, our second session with the incredible Pascal Langdale, we discuss acting for motion capture including how markerless capture compares to optical capture and we temporarily go DEEP into the math that is blend shapes. Super high fidelity technology still has to relate to the man on the street, so regardless of who owns the data and the platforms (looking at you Facebook), what is key is bridging the concept of a character, and the physical performance. Method acting, psychophysical, Laban all inform each other, and these skills are what Pascal relies on to achieve his outstanding work. 0:00:53 Pascals expertise in body doubling, applying this to a character when acting 0:07:03 Beating lie detectors 0:10:10 Pascals work with facial capture and expressions 0:14:11 How facial capture works 0:16:12 Markerless capture compared to capture using optical markers 0:19:06 Where is face capture going More high tech, or more accessible Using iPhone for face ca