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Vicon works with Audiomotion on World War Z
Vicon works with Audiomotion on World War Z.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4542I OMG PLC 03 July 2013 \n \n\n3 July 2013\n \nOMG plc\n(\"OMG\" or the \"Group\")\n \nOMG's Vicon works with Audiomotion Studios on World War Z\n \n- WWZ, starring Brad Pitt, breaks Motion Capture records -\n- Europe's Largest Ever Motion Capture Volume created for the recently released blockbuster -\n \nOMG plc, (LSE: OMG), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that its Vicon division worked with Audiomotion Studios (\"Audiomotion\"), the leading motion capture provider for movies and videogames, on the recently released film, World War Z (\"WWZ\"), from Paramount Pictures. \n \nAudiomotion deployed 160 of its Vicon cameras on location at Shepperton Studios, creating one of the world's largest ever motion capture stages. Certainly the largest ever created in Europe. The 50' x 85' volume was used to capture hundreds of stunt moves which were later transformed by The Moving Picture Company (\"MPC\") and Cinesite into thousands of zombies. \n \nStarring Brad Pitt and directed by Marc Forster, \"World War Z\" revolves around an ex-United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. The film also stars Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale.\n \nMick Morris, Managing Director at Audiomotion Studios states: \"Once the vast motion capture volume was in place, we set to work capturing the performance of the stunt crew, meeting the creative vision of the fluidity of the infected hordes. Filling streets and alleys, swarming over vehicles, climbing and falling like a mass of insects. We then delivered the assets to MPC and Cinesite for the teams there to work their magic. The final shots look absolutely amazing.\"\n \nVFX Producer Robin Saxen said, \"World War Z required us to have humans move in an unnatural way. Mick and his team at Audiomotion helped us to compile a series of actions that allowed us to create that signature Z motion. It was a real pleasure to work with Audiomotion on World War Z.\" \n \nAdam Davis, Global Head of Crowd Simulation at MPC states: \"Audiomotion was involved right from the beginning of ...