Motion Capture and Embodied Virtual Performance
The breakout star of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) was a slimy, pale figure with sparse, limp hair and a ragged loincloth. This creature, a devolved former hobbit named Gollum, nevertheless charmed audiences with his vibrant and mercurial performance that oscillated between devious scheming and pathetic pleading. What made […]
Visual Effects: The Modern Entertainment Marketplace (2000-present)
Since 2000, digital visual effects have played a central role in Hollywood’s governing business model of developing high-budget blockbuster franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers, and the Avengers films. In the first years of the new century, the Lord of the Rings films exemplified this trend, introducing groundbreaking new digital […]