Renaissance, which opens in U.S. theatres on September 22, integrates film noir and motion capture to create an unusual and dramatic look, one that garnered first-time feature director Christian Volckman “Best Picture” at Annecy International Film Festival.
Rendered in flat black and white, Renaissance was animated in 3D using a cast of more than 30 actors. The plot is standard-issue suspense: in 2054 Paris, where the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and Sacre Coeur co-exist with talking billboards, glass floors and whizzing trains, Paris cop Barthelemy Karas searches for the kidnapped Ilona, a promising scientist with Avalon, an omnipresent corporation selling timeless youth and beauty. Of course, what Karas finds is corruption, espionage, betrayal and dark secrets.
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Paris-based Attitude Studio combined realistic motion capture rendered in a black & white palette to arrive at a result that was as close to possible as a classically shot film.
Renaissance was animated in 3D using a cast of more than 30 actors.
Renaissance was the beneficiary of development work that Vicon had done to accommodate the needs of Sony Imageworks’ for Polar Express.
Rémi Brun, Motion Capture Supervisor at Attitude Studio, spent two months of research to come up with a proprietary motion capture system using lightweight, flexible spectacles to capture eye movements.
Using real actors on the mo-cap stage allowed the creators to blend real acting
with animation to enhance the performance.
The motion captured in 3D was then flattened and rendered in start black & white to give a film noir look.
Comments (1) for "Renaissance Film Noir Animation"
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This film really is hypnotic in just the looks of it. I watched the entire 2 hours of it and dsidn't really follow the plot muchy but was fascinated by the artistry of it.
Posted by Tom Roberts on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 @ 08:28 PM
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