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見識「動態捕捉」的魔力The Magic of Performance Capture

你一定不會相信自己的眼睛You won’t believe your eyes

看電影時，你能分辨動畫和真人實景的差異嗎?

這兩者在以前很容易分辨，不過現在電影製作團隊能將電腦動畫的視覺可能性和真人演員所釋放出的情感力量結合起來。

現在，透過動態捕捉技術，觀眾所看到的真人演出，其服裝和妝容都是在拍攝結束後才以數位方式添加上去的。

動態捕捉技術能將一物件或一個人的動作記錄下來並且數位化；這種技術牽涉到將數十個稱為標記點的感應器黏貼在演員身上，尤其是關節處。

其他種類的標記點則貼在演員的臉上。

在演員表演的時候，攝影機就會追蹤這些標記點，同時將資料輸入電腦。

接下來，動畫人員利用軟體依這些資料製作出數位模型；模型可以是任何東西，例如機器人、飛龍、外星人、昆蟲等，但是模型的臉部表情、聲音和動作則都是出自演員。

這種令人震驚的電影新技術，是直到最近才得以產生出來的成果。

這是一種兩全其美的成就：數位角色，誠如演員安迪瑟克斯所言：「注入了演員表演的用心與靈魂」。

When you watch a movie, can you tell the difference between animation and live action? It used to be easy, but now filmmakers can combine the visual possibilities of CGI animation with the emotional power of a human actor's performance. Audiences now see real actors performing in costumes and makeup that were added digitally after filming through the use of performance capture technology.

 Performance capture, AKA motion capture or mocap, records and digitizes the movement of an object or person. This involves placing dozens of sensors called markers all over the actor's body, especially on the joints.

Other kinds of markers are placed on the actor's face. As the actor performs, these markers are tracked by cameras that feed the data into a computer.

 Animators then use software to create digital models with this data. A model can be almost anything – a robot, dragon, alien, insect, etc. – but the facial expressions, voice and movements are those of the actor. It was not until recently that these astonishing cinematic creations could be produced. It's the best of both worlds: digital characters that, according to actor Andy Serkis, "are infused with the heart and soul of an actor's performance."

animation動畫；動畫片

The animation in this film was so realistic that we hardly noticed there were no real actors.

animation活力；興奮

Bruce and Troy's discussion was filled with passion and animation.  充滿熱情與活力

animate（v.）使…有活力

animate （adj.）生氣勃勃的

Chelsea becomes very animated when she talks about human rights

digitize將資料數位化

Don took all of their old family photos and digitized them.

This device digitizes the sounds of birds in forests so they can be used for identification.

digitization（n.）

The process of digitization has allowed people to save and share photos and other items they never thought possible.

see vs. watch a movie

See a movie-go to movie theater

to tell the difference between ＋（n.）and（n.）

CGI= computer-generated imagery

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motion capture/ mocap動作捕捉

Animation Studio

Disney

Pixar

Dreamworks

Studio Ghibli

cinematic電影的

Chirs Pine’s cinematic debut made him an immediate star. 首演

Watching a Spielberg movie is a cinematic adventure.電影歷險記

The Sound of Music is considered one of the best cinematic ventures of its day. 電影真善美被視為當時最棒的商業電影之一

infuse使充滿；注入

My favorite author infuses his books with adventure and realism. 冒險和寫實

You can infuse the flavor of this herb in the soup by cooking the soup at a low temperature for two hours.

infuse鼓舞；激勵

The coach infused his basketball team with hope and enthusiasm and they went on to win the game!

to track= to follow

the best of both worlds

I often hear this phrase used when people are talking about work.

For example, people who maybe live in the country, but they work in the city.

They say it's the best of both worlds because they can enjoy the city life during the day, but they can enjoy the peace and quiet of living in the country in the evening.

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heart and soul

But there is a difference, a slight difference between when we talk about someone's heart and soul.

When I think of heart, I think of someone's passion.

When I think of soul, I think of maybe the essence of what they can do or what they believe that they're trying to communicate.

That's right.

Putting your heart and soul into a performance is very important as an actor.

cut to the chase

Do you have any input?

Well, you share a lot of information that is interesting but might not really be that important.

It might be good to cut to the chase.

You want me to cut to the chase?

Yes, cut to the chase.

Just focus on what is important.

Get to the main point quickly and focus on that.

Cut to the chase!

Ah, yes, cut to the chase.

Focus on what is important.

"Cut to the chase" is actually a movie reference, or it came from movies from the silent film era.

Have you ever seen a silent film?

O It was all in black-and-white, and they didn't have sound at the time.

Oh. So they, like, put the words on the screen after you see the actors' mouths move?

So there were often chase scenes in those movies.

Now when you think of a chase scene today in 2021, what kind of scenes do you think of?

Hmm, really exciting?

Yeah.

Fast?

Like car chases.

Well, the chases refer to with "cut to the chase" was actually people chasing each other.

Oh, people chasing each other?

Because that was the more exciting part of a film, you know, in a silent film.

And so someone might say, or I think someone did actually say, "OK, cut to the chase!"

Origin of cut to the chase

“Chase” 這個英文單字可以用作名詞（Noun）或動詞（Verb），用作名詞的時候，它是指追逐、追求；用作動詞的時候，它也是指追逐、追求的動作。

在 “Cut to the chase” 這句話裡的 “Chase” 是一個名詞喔。

“Cut to” 是一個片語動詞（Phrasal verb），在這句話裡是指打斷原本的順序、次序，跳到別的東西。

很多電影，尤其是動作片，都有人或汽車追逐的橋段，這部份通常都很精彩和緊張，甚至是整部電影的精髓。有些編劇在這段精彩的劇情之前會加插一些蠻無聊的劇情，好像想把觀衆悶死，所以出資拍電影的老闆會要求編劇把一些有的沒的的劇情刪掉，直接跳到追精彩追逐的部份，這就是 “Cut to the chase” 這句話的出處。

後來，”Cut to the chase” 這句話被普及化，被用在拍電影以外的情況，意思是別轉彎抹角，直接說重點。