Benedict cumberbatch talks about playing smaug in the hobbit. Benedict cumberbatch, motion capture, smaug, the hobbit, the hobbit. We keyframed all of smaug s facial and body animation, rather than using data directly from a motion capture shoot. From the moment that plans were first announced for a liveaction adaptation of j. Benedict cumberbatch performs mocap smaug in making of video. Benedict cumberbatch smaug motion capture video dailymotion. When writing about motion capture characters, it is impossible not to discuss smaug. Smaug as depicted in peter jacksons the hobbit trilogy, with voice and motioncapture by benedict cumberbatch. Heres how the hobbit dragon looks without visual effects. Apr 24, 2014 so far weve brought to life motion capture based creatures like goblins, orcs, trolls and gollum, as well as keyframed creatures like wargs, eagles, spiders and smaug. Feb 22, 2014 the video gives us a brief, yet kind of hilarious, glimpse of him in a motion capture suit, writhing on the floor to generate realistic movements for the giant beast. Benedict cumberbatch talks about preparing to play smaug in the hobbit using motioncapture. Mocap clips are from some japanese behind the scenes videos.
Smaug hates dwarves and humans with a passion, as all hobbit fans know. An overview of the rise of motion capture filmmaking. Nothing to do with 3d animation is cheap, motion capture included. Thranduil behind the scenes the hobbit the desolation of smaug duration. See more ideas about motion capture, dawn of the planet and matt reeves. Motion capture suit nailed dragon%27s facial expressions. Jul 14, 2014 the video below from weta digital for the hobbit. Benedict cumberbatch performs mocap smaug in makingof video exclusive to create the dragon in the hobbit. What you need to know about 3d motion capture engadget. And amazingly, the creation of smaug all started with the humble pencil. Aug 12, 2016 yn is a woman born of dragon and human from the far western mountain. Come december all middle earth is set for a fiery encounter, or at least dwarves, a hobbit and a wizard are.
Smaug is an cms based in php, that gives a esay way to administer pages, blog, images and news. However, what if gold was not the only thing that drove him to attacking erebor. The dragon has a deep, resonant voice with an underlying growl. Weta digital employed its proprietary tissue software, honored in 20. Smaug s sack of dale and erebor is shown briefly during the prologue. The appviewx platform is a modular, lowcode software application that enables the automation and orchestration of network infrastructure using an intuitive, contextaware, visual workflow. She has traveled great to find another dragon in the world.
Benedict cumberbatch performs mocap smaug in making of. Another crucial middleearth antagonist was visualised in the hobbit. It is closedloop and stateaware, capable of verifying that intent has been achieved and providing. An unexpected journey, the first of three installments. Hes been terrifying theeverlovingheck out of readers for generations and. Weta digital employed its proprietary tissue software, which was honoured in 20 with a scientific and engineering award from. Sometimes the technology is used in highly creative ways, such as when peter jackson had benedict cumberbatch help bring the devastating titular dragon to life in the hobbit. Smaug was considered the highlight of the second film of the series with several critics hailing it as cinemas greatest dragon incarnation. In this technique a couple of key locations that are essential to the expression of emotion are dotted with markers that are followed by the computer. The desolation of smaug, released in 20 and directed by peter jackson, was shot on digital using gopro hd hero3 camera, red epic camera and angenieux optimo dp 1642mm t2. Pictures and is the second installment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. Tolkiens the hobbit was first published in the late thirties. Can you give us an idea of some of the software and hardware that weta is. He is also the main antagonist in jr tolkiens novel the hobbit.
Search, discover and share your favorite smaug gifs. Where i didnt have an audio on the mocap clips i have used the film. You have to see benedict cumberbatchs motioncapture. Watch benedict cumberbatch perform motion capture work for his role as smaug. Humble hobbit bilbo baggins has begun to prove his worth as a member of the team of dwarfs that set out from hobbiton to reclaim a stolen treasure from. Benedict cumberbatch performs mocap smaug in makingof video exclusive peter jackson s weta digital has released a new video exclusively to the hollywood reporter detailing its oscarnominated.
Wetas animation boss talks about the cgi of the hobbit. Benedict cumberbatch the hobbit the best scene smaug. Weta digital employed its proprietary tissue software, which was honoured in 20 with a scientific and engineering award from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences to make the dragon as realistic as possible. Watch options smaug motion capture watch benedict cumberbatch perform motion capture work for his role as smaug. Motion capture desolation of smaug farbecht digital production. The incredible images were taken from a new makingof featurette, included in the the hobbit. Behindthescenes footage of benedict cumberbatchs motioncapture performance of smaug in the hobbit movies shows the actor really. Dec, 20 tagged as benedict cumberbatch, motion capture, smaug. Smaug is presented with a long head, red scales, enormous wings and glowing yellow eyes. Tolkiens the hobbit, fans of the 1937 novel began pondering the ways in which the mighty dragon smaug. He is shown with no front legs but walking on the wrists of his wings. Oct 22, 2014 behind the scenes with weta digital, to celebrate the release of the hobbit. These days, motion capture isnt just the domain of bipedal characters.
He plays both smaug and the necromancer in the peter jacksondirected film. The desolation of smaug is a 20 epic fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson and produced by wingnut films in collaboration with new line cinema and metrogoldwynmayer. However, we have no doubt that people will welcome any padding this time around, because the greedy dragon smaug is played by benedict cumberbatch doing full motioncapture, and thats just cool. Smaug was voiced and interpreted with performance capture by benedict cumberbatch in peter jacksons threepart adaptation of the hobbit. Smaug is a fundamental character in the hobbit as he, as one individual, has immense power and is central to the group of. He is regarded as one of the finest pieces of computer animation in the history of cinema, with critics across the globe praising the realism of this character. Universal praise was also given to the visual effects company weta digital and the vocal and motioncapture performance of cumberbatch for bringing a fully realized personality to smaug. What if the cause, the reason, the inspiration for taking erebor. Digital fan art paintings based on ed material from movies and tv created using computer software. The desolation of smaug original motion picture soundtrack special edition, an album by howard shore on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The desolation of smaug, having benedict in a mocap suit seemed to help get.
Apr 07, 2014 smaug is the firebreathing dragon and undisputed star of epic fantasy movie, the hobbit. Why did he attack dale, even though he could have claimed the mountain without destroying the town. Smaug is a cgi motion capture creature produced by weta digital, voiced by benedict cumberbatch. As animation supervisor at weta digital, dave clayton knows a thing or two about. Universal praise was also given to the visual effects company weta digital and the vocal and motion capture performance of cumberbatch for bringing a fully realized personality to smaug. Benedict cumberbatch in mocap as smaug weta digital shows us how benedict cumberbatchs motion capture work helped create the smaug in the hobbit. Composer howard shores magnificent, appropriately epic work on director peter jacksons lord of the rings trilogy garnered the canadian composer three academy awards, and rightly so. The hobbit smaug dragon you have nice manners for a etsy see more. Benedict cumberbatch motion capture smaug business insider. The battle of the five armies using motion capture and cgi the dragon smaug, played by benedict cumberbatch. When jackson decided to tackle the hobbit in 2012, it took little convincing to bring shore back to middle earth along with him, and the resulting hobbit. The desolation of smaug, having benedict in a mocap suit seemed to help get him immersed and. He also acted out the role in a motioncapture suit. Benedict cumberbatch behindthescenes of the hobbit.
Bravo the rest of the movie a story is pretty decent. Having benedict in a mocap suit was lots of fun for us, and hopefully for him too and seemed to help him get immersed and home in on the character. Motion capture king andy serkis, who has played gollum in both the lord of the rings and the hobbit films, gave cumberbatch advice on playing smaug. The desolation of smaug original motion picture soundtrack special edition by various artists on amazon music. Dec 19, 2014 motion capture king andy serkis, who has played gollum in both the lord of the rings and the hobbit films, gave cumberbatch advice on playing smaug. Dec 08, 20 cumberbatch breathes fire as motion capture smaug. Amused by the hobbit, smaug conversed with bilbo, attempting to deduce his. No stranger to visual effects based on motioncapture performance, weta found that the process of translating an actors performance to his on. The desolation of smaug 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses. Peter jackson reveals the importance of theme when scoring music shares though peter jacksons prequel series, the hobbit, hasnt quite reached the level of acclaim as that of the lord of the rings trilogy, there are some aspects, including the score, that harken back to the tale of frodo and the shire.
The desolation of smaug introduces us to the most impressive depiction by far of smaug since j. Mar 11, 2015 benedict cumberbatch smaug motion capture. Tolkiens the hobbit was first published in the late thirties the second part of the peter jackson trilogy, apart from some innovative cinematic. Smaug is voiced and interpreted with performance capture by benedict cumberbatch in peter jacksons threepart adaptation of the hobbit. Benedict cumberbatch smaugs around on the floor in dvd.
The desolation of smaug 20 visual effects by 886 shaun friedberg pyrokinesis senior animation technical director. Benedict cumberbatch doing mocap for smaug in the hobbit imitation game. There is footage of him actually in a motion capture body suit moving as smaug and he delivers a great perfomance. From the motion capture, smaugs design was created with key frame animation. Smaug as depicted in peter jacksons the hobbit trilogy, with voice and motion capture by benedict cumberbatch. The desolation of smaug top stories disneys descendants 3 was unafraid to get political and was more powerful because of it. Smaug is the last fireeating drake from the third age and is thought to be one of the last dragons to exist in the middleearth. Oct 22, 20 amazing behindthescenes pictures from the hobbit have landed online, showing fifth estate star benedict cumberbatch giving it his all as he motioncapture acts evil dragon smaug. What cgi techniques in detail are used for characters. The desolation of smaug dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats.
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