GKC2153_Embodiment in Motion: An Experiential Performance Capture (Group Work)_Group 2

Director's Treatment

Project Title	Embodiment in Motion: An Experiential Performance Capture/ Little Pupa
Director's Name	Chin Suk Hui
Logline	A story about the birth of a butterfly from a caterpillar
Genre	Drama
Duration	30 seconds
Target Audience	10 years old and above
Theme / Concept	Embodiment
Visual Style	Harmony and fun
Setting / Mood	Distinguish between emotional changes in different modalities
Key Characters	Butterfly
Synopsis	Describe the life cycle of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly. Hatch from eggs into caterpillars. From a caterpillar to a chrysalis, and finally to a butterfly.
Audio	Devil’s love by LiHongYi, slowed version
CG Platforms	Unreal
Technical Considerations	Optitrack, Smartphone, Camera

Storyboard

Motion List

Project Title: Embodiment in Motion: An Experiential Performance Capture/Little Pupa 

Group’s Name and Members: Group 2 

 Director – Chin Suk Hui 74423 

 Technical  Director – Chong Pui Nee 79077 

 Actor – Nurul Aliyah Amira Binti Ahmad 76423 

 Editor – Vyonne Pang Teng Teng 81467 

Actor’s Name: Nurul Aliyah Amira Binti Ahmad 

Date of MoCap Session: 16/01/2023 

Time of MoCap Session: 12 p.m. - 2p.m. 

Database Location: Animation Lab 2 

 

No	Types Of Motion	Duration (Sec)	Description of The Motion	Mocap File Names (Fbx.)	Remark
1	Irregular rhythm	50	The growth of a butterfly	Aliyah_V1_001_F1	Failed
2	Irregular rhythm	50	The growth of a butterfly	It didn’t save because the computer’s motion capture crashed.	Failed
3	Irregular rhythm	50	The growth of a butterfly	Ali_50_take3_001	Success

Behind The Scene

Link to Download FBX Flies

Ali_50_take3_001.tak

My tasks and Description of My Contribution

My tasks in this project are record the motion list and find some reference for our actor and teach her.

    On Thursday, December 22, 2022, our group went to the Animation Lab 2 of the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts at Unimas to prepare for our performance motion capture for Project 2. Our actor, Nurul Aliyah Amira, have prepared two dances, a dance for Wednesday and a dance for Spider Man.

Wednesday Dance

SpiderMan Dance

    We found that the first dance didn't over than 30 seconds, so we switched to SpiderMan's performance, which took a total of three times before we were satisfied.

    On Thursday, January 5, 2023, we asked our lecturer's opinion and decided to rethink the plot and performance again. This was because we found out that we misunderstood Embodiment.

   Finally on the last day, Monday the 16th, we figured out the plot and what to perform. We did a total of three takes.

Reflection

    In my team, we gradually became more and more proficient in using Motion Capture from scratch. In the team, I am the Editor. Besides to recording the Motion List, I also helped the Actor, Nurul, to help her remember the movements and give her ideas. 

    On the first day of using these appliances, we probably spent almost an hour to wanding and putting the mark on the Actor. Due to Nurul had a leg injury, so we could only do some relatively simple Embodiment moves. Before recording the performance, we will rehearse several times until Nurul can remember. When we finally finished the project, we finally let out a sigh of relief. Because we misunderstood it at the beginning, we kept changing the performance. 

    From here I learned to discuss the reference with the lecturer first before starting to do motion capture. If the wrong reference is used, it will be a waste of time to discuss and confirm with the lecturer. In addition to these, I found that so many marks were used badly. In order to stop the marks from being used badly by other groups, my teammates and I decided to arrange the marks together and put them together, and this method is also convenient for the next person to use.

Final Performance Video

Music Credit

Reference