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On the film “Welcome to Marwen“, Supervisor Kevin Baillie from Atomic Fiction (now Method Studios), together with Framestore, used a somewhat different approach to the animation and visualisation of the characters. The actors were first scanned in 3D and, after sculpting work, painted by hand as printed miniature models and scanned again. Instead of the classic motion-capture approach, the studios involved additionally treated the recordings like a live-action shoot. In this way, they were able to project the facial movements, especially the mouth and eyes, onto the digital figures in compositing. Method Studios presents how the studios went about this in this VFX breakdown.
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3D & CGI735 postsBuild what the camera cannot find. Explore computer-generated imagery, digital worlds and production techniques that take an idea from its first rough shapes towards a convincing final frame.
Compositing502 postsBring the pieces together and hide the seams. Explore keying, tracking, integration and node-based workflows that help live action, digital elements and effects convincingly share the same frame.
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- Bela Beier
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- 145