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space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be married onto the characters of puck, peaseblossomants of fairyland. it has been a while since i've had a chance to get into a mocap suit and for some reason it's more of a squeeze than it was since before lockdown. i can't think pie — i mean why. in many ways, this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performers have been doing in cgi films for quite a number of years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you actually end up looking like, well, that's up to the digital artist. who i think was only a background character in the original shakespeare text. in each of the 12 live performances, tom here will use a virtual camera to decide the shots the audience sees, but this is far from a passive show. viewers get to join in and control fireflies that guide puck through the forest, and that means the actors have to improvise depending on the path the audience chooses. now sweet friends, i need your help, light my way. the soundscape is also live. em please the �*ge
space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be married onto the characters of puck, peaseblossomants of fairyland. it has been a while since i've had a chance to get into a mocap suit and for some reason it's more of a squeeze than it was since before lockdown. i can't think pie — i mean why. in many ways, this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performers have been doing in cgi films for quite a number of years now. you can interact with...
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space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be mapped onto the characters of puck, peaseblossoms been a while since i've had a chance to get into a mocap suit and for some reason it's more of a squeeze than it was before lockdown. i can't think pie — i mean why. in many ways, this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performers have been doing in cgi films for quite a number of years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space, but what you actually end up looking like, well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i have become the black power ranger, who i think was only a background character in the original shakespeare text. so what are the differences between performing in mocap and performing live on the stage? on a stage, a lot of it is through eye contact, but if you can't see that the two characters have eyes how else can you express that? how can you tell you're talking to someone? if you're giving attention, your energy to them. is it a suspicious eye contact or a welcoming, lovely to see you? let's tak
space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be mapped onto the characters of puck, peaseblossoms been a while since i've had a chance to get into a mocap suit and for some reason it's more of a squeeze than it was before lockdown. i can't think pie — i mean why. in many ways, this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performers have been doing in cgi films for quite a number of years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same...
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space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be mapped onto the characters of puck, peaseblossomi mean why. in many ways this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performers have been doing in cgi films for quite a number of years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you actually end up looking like, well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i have become the black power ranger who i think was only a background character in the original shakespeare text. so what are the differences between performing in mocap and performing live on the stage? in each of the 12 live performances, tom here will use a virtual camera to decide the shots the audience sees, but this is far from a passive show. viewers get to join in and control fireflies that guide puck through the forest, and that means the actors have to improvise depending on the path the audience chooses. now sweet friends, i need your help, light my way. the soundscape is also live. em plays the �*gesturement�*, a gesture controlled instruments t
space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be mapped onto the characters of puck, peaseblossomi mean why. in many ways this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performers have been doing in cgi films for quite a number of years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you actually end up looking like, well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i have become the black power ranger who i think was...
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as the actors move about, their performances are captured and used to animate puck, peaseblossom andon which way the online audience chooses to guide puck through the forest. in many ways this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performance have been doing in cgi films for quite a few years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you end up looking like — well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i've become a kind of power ranger i don't think was in the original shakespeare text. so, what are the differences between performing here and performing live on stage? on stage a lot of it is through eye contact, but if you cannot see that the two characters have eyes how else can you express that? how can you tell that you are talking to someone? that you are giving your attention, your energy, to them. is that a suspicious eye contact or is it a welcoming lovely to see you? this project has been in development for a couple of years now so rather than just being a stopgap while theatres are closed this is
as the actors move about, their performances are captured and used to animate puck, peaseblossom andon which way the online audience chooses to guide puck through the forest. in many ways this is less like theatre acting and more like the kind of acting that hollywood performance have been doing in cgi films for quite a few years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you end up looking like — well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i've become a...
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as the actors move about, their performances are captured and used to animate puck, peaseblossom andnce have been doing in cgi films for quite a few years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you end up looking like — well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i've become a kind of power ranger i don't think was in the original shakespeare text. so, what are the differences between performing here and performing live on stage? on stage a lot of it is through eye contact, but if you cannot see that the two characters have eyes how else can you express that? how can you tell that you are talking to someone? that you are giving your attention, your energy, to them. is that a suspicious eye contact or is it a welcoming lovely to see you? this project has been in development for a couple of years now so rather than just being a stopgap while theatres are closed this is a full on r&d project to explore how theatre can continue to evolve. theatre has always innovated. i hope that the technology in a way becomes invisible so we can have cutting—e
as the actors move about, their performances are captured and used to animate puck, peaseblossom andnce have been doing in cgi films for quite a few years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you end up looking like — well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i've become a kind of power ranger i don't think was in the original shakespeare text. so, what are the differences between performing here and performing live on stage? on stage a lot of it...
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space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be married onto the characters of puck, peaseblossome a few years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you actually end up looking like, well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i have become the black power ranger who i think was only a background character in the original shakespeare text. in each of the 12 live performances, tom here will use a virtual camera to decide the shots that the audience sees, but this is far from a passive show. viewers get to join in and control fireflies that guide puck through the forest, and that means the actors have to improvise depending on the path the audience chooses. now, sweet friends, i need your help, light my way. the soundscape is also live. em plays the 'gesturement�*, a gesture controlled instrument that puck plays in the air. so in theatre, the actors very much rely on each other on stage and also on the technical crew to get the lighting and the scenery sorted. in movies, it's much more about the technical side 'cause there's so much more t
space, their motion capture suits allow their movement to be married onto the characters of puck, peaseblossome a few years now. you can interact with a fellow performer in the same space but what you actually end up looking like, well, that's up to the digital artist. inexplicably, i have become the black power ranger who i think was only a background character in the original shakespeare text. in each of the 12 live performances, tom here will use a virtual camera to decide the shots that the...