Motion Capture and Embodied Virtual Performance
The breakout star of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) was a slimy, pale figure with sparse, limp hair and a ragged loincloth. This creature, a devolved former hobbit named Gollum, nevertheless charmed audiences with his vibrant and mercurial performance that oscillated between devious scheming and pathetic pleading. What made […]