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Ever wondered about how they transformed Andy Serkis into Gollum or King Kong? Or how they put such gut-wrenching performances into games like The Last of Us?
Well look no further than the home of mo-cap as Season 5 of the Performance Capture Podcast kicks off with a raft of amazing talent, With Actors, Directors, Producers, technicians, Casting Directors, and much more who have worked on the biggest projects in the world.
The amazing Victoria Atkin, who you may know as Evie Frye from Assassins Creed, leaves no marker untracked she demystifies the fantastical world of performance capture. But this season she isn’t alone as she is joined by a new co-host, fellow actor, and podcaster Jasper William Cartwright.
Get hilarious and expert insight into some of your favourite games, movies & TV shows from the best of the best who are revolutionizing the way we capture and portray the most magical on-screen moments!
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🎙️ Victoria Atkin sits down with renowned Video Game Performance Director Tom Keegan — whose credits include Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Wolfenstein — to celebrate the launch of his groundbreaking new book, The Complete Guide to Videogame Performance Directing: Place, Time, Action.Together, they dive into the art and science of performance in gaming, unpack the powerful “Place, Time, Action” methodology, and explore how to bring authentic emotion into virtual worlds. But the conversation doesn’t stop there — they also tackle one of the industry’s most controversial topics: AI actors. With the rise of synthetic performers like Tilly Norwood, Keegan shares his candid thoughts on the future of storytelling, the ethics of digital replication, and why human performance still matters more than ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1This week Jasper sits down to interview the one & only Victoria Atkin. Finally, we get a chance to hear from the lady who started it all and works so hard to bring new people into this growing and evolving space! FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today we sit down with our first director of Season 6! A fantastic insight into what a director's job looks like! FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jeffrey Ovadya is the Director of Sales, Support at Vicon who are the reason this whole podcast continues to get made. Talking today with Victoria about the future of P-Cap and what is next for Vicon! FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today we are joined but someone who you have almost certainly seen before as he has done stunts for, the Mandolorian, Creed, Avatar & Black Panther just to name a few. He talks about the dedication and craft required for such a demanding role.FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Joining us to talk about how her first project in performance capture was Avatar the Way Of Water is Veronica Smith, who also works as a brilliant camera operator, cinematographer and co-owner of Films Dreams incFIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our second Baldurs Gate 3 Alumni is here, a fantastic actor and performer whose credits include Wednesday the Netflix original series! For any TTRPG fans out there a fun reunion for Jasper & Unati.FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Director and camera operator Neil Watson joins us to talk all about his experience working on the incredible Avatar movie series and the monstrous amount of effort and passion behind the world's biggest performance capture project.FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fresh from the starring role in the hit video game Baldurs Gate 3 where she plays Lae'zel, Devora joins us to talk about stepping into this HUGE and ambitious game!FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount.Listen to all 8 episodes of season 8 on Patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Jasper is taking the reins asking the questions of two assassins about their brand new E-Course which looks to be the perfect introduction to stalking your targ... I mean a perfect introduction to Performace Capture & what you need to know if you are thinking about starting a career in this wonderful new world!Make sure you stick around to the end where I ask these two some questions about their time as the titular characters in their respective Assassin's Creed games! Not one to miss!FIND THE E-COURSE HERE: https://www.bookvopcap.com/e-courseDon't forget about the exclusive Patreon discount! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brand new Season 5 Co-Host and producer Jasper is interviewed by Victoria. They talk about how they met, what lead them to working on this show together & how Jasper managed to quit the day job to work in video games!Enjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcastBook P-Cap with the Pros now: https://www.bookvopcap.com/classes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today is all about the magic of Motion Capture, with the incredible Liz Albl, Narrative Lead at Cloud Chamber on BIOSHOCK, who has also worked on, Ghost of Tsushima, Watch Dogs: Legion, Far Cry 5, Far Cry 4 & Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Follow Liz on Twitter here: @mslizalblEnjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcastBook P-Cap with the Pros now: https://www.bookvopcap.com/classes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we talk to soon to me Mo-Cap star, Arkie Reece. We talk about being dropped in at the deep end, finding the rhythms of different acting work & accidentally wandering onto the wrong set!Follow Arkie on Instagram here: @arkiereeceEnjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcastBook P-Cap with the Pros now: https://www.bookvopcap.com/classes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We are back with another incredible casting director & actor the Head of Casting and Senior Producer at Formosa Interactive Kirsten Scoles. In this enlightening interview we talk about going deeper and understanding what acting is, how to see what they are offering you, and speak the language. Find more about Kirsten here: http://www.kirstenscoles.com/ Enjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcastBook P-Cap with the Pros now: https://www.bookvopcap.com/classes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Motion Capture is a technology that never sits still, constantly innovating and breaking new ground! No one knows this better than this week's guest Alex Counsell the Technical Director for the Centre for Creative and Immersive & eXtended Realities at Portsmouth Univeristy. He provides a fantastic window into what goes into finding the next crop of talented minds that this industry thrives off! Enjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we talk to one of the key figures at Sony, the Head of Casting who has worked on some of the biggest games God of War, Horizon, Spider-man, Last of Us & many more! This episode is a truly fascinating conversation about what goes into casting the biggest games in the world, Jamie gives insight & advice for actors as well as what it takes to become a casting director.Enjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What is it like designing Batman's lair? We don't know but luckily we know someone who does! Our next guest is the amazing Derron Ross. Having been a part of some of the most incredible video game moments in history, we are very lucky to be joined by stuntwork and video game royalty.Enjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcastFollow Derron Ross on Instagram: derronr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Having played some of the gaming's truly iconic characters like Apex Legend’s Valkyrie, Halo Infinite’s Lumu & Destiny 2’s Ana Bray, Erika Ishii stops by to talk about her journey! About how there are so many ways to hone your craft and become a better performer.Enjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcastFollow Erika: @erikaishii Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we chat with the human omi-tool that is the wickedly talented Todd Stashwick! Having been on both sides of the camera when it comes to performance capture Todd provides a truly unique insight. The perfect way to kick off a new season!Enjoying the show? Want more? Why not listen to Victoria interview Jasper right now over on our brand new Patreon?! https://www.patreon.com/PerformanceCapturePodcastFollow Todd: @ToddStashwick & thenerdcircus.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Remington is the CEO and Chief Architect of Hyperreal® Inc., a firm dedicated to engineering the worlds most recognized digital humans called HyperModels™. Hyperreal has created Madison Beer's HyperModel and digital performance for Sony's Immersive Music Virtual Concert. Remington is an acclaimed cinematic director for best selling video games and virtual reality. Franchise titles include CALL OF DUTY, JUST CAUSE, ASSASSINS CREED, NEED FOR SPEED, RESISTANCE, and SPIDER-MAN. Clients include Ubisoft, Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Activision, OF3D and Electronics Arts. Recognition includes The Visual Effects Society's "Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game". His achievements in motion pictures are extensive, including supervisory digital production under filmmakers Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi, Robert Zemeckis, Bryan Singer, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Zack Snyder and others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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