[ale] Re: Royalty among us -- LoTR here in Atl, GA!

[Paul Kinsley]

Sorry for the delay in answering.  I did not forward my mail.

The technology was used quite a bit in the Fellowship, and
will be used even more in the subsequent movies.  The massive
battles scenes were done with "sprites" driven by motion capture
data.  The scene where the Fellowship is walking up the stairs
in Galadriels Forest was Motion Capture.

I am not sure what else was in the first movie, but it will be
exciting to see how far they can take it in the next one.  Weta has
done some amazing things with the motion capture.

But if its done right, you won't notice it.  I just makes things look
more "real"

Some of the original proof of concept work for the special effects was
done here in Marietta.  You can see a picture of our lab in the "Making
of" Quicktime that is on the web.  Peter Jackson said that the 
technology made it possible to consider making the movie at all.

Some other places the technology has been used:

The second and third "Batman" movies.
Some video games by aklaim.
One of the "Mortal Combat" movies.
The "Power Rangers" movie.



We also do a lot of work in Motion Capture for sports
performance and medicine.






Cadet Hacker wrote:

> Hey Paul, I noticed this blurb on your companies web page.
> 
> http://motionrealityinc.com/partners.html
> =====
> Giant Studios, Inc.   www.giantstudios.com 
> Giant Studios, Inc. based in Atlanta, Georgia, has the exclusive rights to
> use the Motion RealityTM Technology in the entertainment industry.  Giant
> Studios through its relationship with WETA, a subcontractor to NewLine
> Cinema in New Zealand is currently using the Technology to develop
> animated characters for the major production of the Lord of the Rings
> movie trilogy.  
> 
> Congrats, I don't know if this has been discussed before, but I think that
> is pretty freakin cool! Can you tell us how much it has been used in the
> movies? Any other cool place you know that your technology has been used? 
> 
> 


-- 
Paul Kinsley
Senior Systems Engineer
paul at motionrealityinc.com
http://motionrealityinc.com


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