Yes, this is motion capture. We were very picky about motion capture systems giving a natural character look to the walk for Alex as we wanted her to have a signature motion. Motion Analysis delivered this in her walk and sword animations. It is very fluid looking. I really like what Motion Analysis does and this made me a fan of it.
Geek Woman: Will you be doing mostly one kind of animation or a combination of technologies?
We plan to use mostly keyframe animation as this can give us a kind of freedom to stylize the animation a bit...we won't be using the pose to pose style of animation as this does not blend with motion capture very well so we had to find something that flowed with the motion capture and would blend without looking out of place, and we call this technique "fluid motion animation". We do plan to use motion capture as some of the action pieces would benefit from this workflow as the physics for this are tough on keyframing the motion and could actually take longer.
Geek Woman: I enjoy that the 40 year old female character Ruby looks slim and healthy. What prompted you to design not just one heroine but several female characters, young and middle aged, for your game?
I wanted there to be a range of female characters in the film and game. There is still a female villain yet to be introduced who may bring to mind characters like Darth Vader....We have yet to introduce her yet as she is something we want the fans to find out about in the film. She is designed to make a statement. When you see her, you will either love or hate her or both.
I felt that there aren't enough women in games and just having one girl as the superhero was not enough. I felt that in real life women have different roles in the world and wanted to illustrate the relationships between Ruby and Alex and the relationships they have with the villain. Oddly enough each girl will think very differently and this is illustrated in the script.
Ruby and Alex are slim because very much like their male counterparts, you would need a certain physique to be a superhero and would be burning more calories then real people do. It makes perfect sense when you consider the amount of action they are involved in...On a humorous note: Have you ever seen many characters eat in a game beside Pacman? LOL. I am kidding of course.
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