Friday, April 15, 2011

Blog Entry #5: Digital Actors

1. Is this acting or is this animation?
I believe that this all of it is acting. The only part that is animation is the look of the Avatar creature itself. All of the Avatar's movements, expressions, and sayings are all captured from an actual actor attached to a "motion capture" device and they all get transfered to a computer where they all get animated into the Avatar. Without the actor, the Avatar wouldn't be able to do anything.

2. Do you think that animated character should be eligible for acting awards?
I think that animated characters should not be eligible for acting awards. With the help of technology and computer programs, the original feelings and movements could be tweaked and it would not compare to movies where they use real actors with real feelings and movements. However, I do believe that the actors playing the characters should be eligible for acting awards since they put so much hard work and effort into their jobs.

3. Do you think that human actors will ever become obsolete? Why or why not? 
I don't think that human actors will ever become obsolete because there is no computer program that can capture the emotions and feelings that an actual humans have. Even human speech can never become obsolete because there is no computer in the world today that can imitate human speech.

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