I must add that I actually prefer live actors in FMV scenes - like the acting in the Red Altert games. The 3D synth-actors have a fake look - no matter how advanced the pixel shading, textures and polygons used - and they will have a tougher job of drawing you into the story.
It's like the more photo-realism is approached the less attractive it feels, perhaps even scary. On a technological level it probably is amazing - just like the Milo demo on the 360. But in the end it may just be friggin' horrifying to most people. Motion pictures featuring synthetic actors will be very economical to make but hopefully will not be the substitute for real actors - and the ones made are not very successful unless they are purposefully cartoony in nature.
I am not sure where this all will go. But I will probably not like to watch synthetic actors all the time. I will be craving real human faces - flawed, slightly asymmetrical and everything else... I am not sure where this all will go.
Synthetic look on 3D synth actors
I must add that I actually prefer live actors in FMV scenes - like the acting in the Red Altert games. The 3D synth-actors have a fake look - no matter how advanced the pixel shading, textures and polygons used - and they will have a tougher job of drawing you into the story.
It's like the more photo-realism is approached the less attractive it feels, perhaps even scary. On a technological level it probably is amazing - just like the Milo demo on the 360. But in the end it may just be friggin' horrifying to most people. Motion pictures featuring synthetic actors will be very economical to make but hopefully will not be the substitute for real actors - and the ones made are not very successful unless they are purposefully cartoony in nature.
I am not sure where this all will go. But I will probably not like to watch synthetic actors all the time. I will be craving real human faces - flawed, slightly asymmetrical and everything else... I am not sure where this all will go.
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