Concept Development
Project Background
During the first three weeks, our group focused on developing the concept and narrative for our motion capture project. The brief highlights the importance of combining technical motion capture skills with performance and direction, so we aimed to create a story that focuses on body language and emotional expression.
Group Collaboration
Our group consists of five members from different disciplines: three 3D animation students, one VR student, and one VFX student. Working in a multidisciplinary group allows us to approach the project from both creative and technical perspectives.
Story Development
We selected the scenario “Alien Naturalisation Programme.” We expanded the original idea into a short narrative set in the future, where humanoids try to blend into human society. Because their behaviour is still slightly robotic, they capture aliens and train them to imitate human emotions, facial expressions, and everyday actions.
The story follows one alien during this training process. At first, the alien appears to behave like a normal human in a café, but small unnatural movements reveal something is wrong. The alien is then transported back to a laboratory where humanoids analyse its behaviour and continue the training.
Reflection
We chose this concept because it offers strong opportunities to explore performance, emotion, and gesture, which are key elements of motion capture. In the next stage, we will begin preparing the performance and planning the motion capture process.
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