The BBC’s Click programme has an interesting article on the rise of computer generated characters in film and whether they will replace actors in the future (it also mentions the falling cost of digital efffects). The general opinion is no. I have to say that I agree, although I do think it would be possible for a team of experienced animators to replicate all of the subtleties and nuances an actor brings to the role, given enough study.
Whether this would be feasible in terms of time I don’t know, it might simply be easier to have someone act it out and record it. Another possibility is that we may see the creation of a group of actors who work in the motion capture world, who never actually appear on screen but work on lots of movies to bring animated characters to life, kind of in the same way there are plenty of voice actors working in animated films and TV shows that nobody really sees now.
What is most important is the choices that an actor makes when they are actually performing the character.“[It is] those subtle split-second shifts in timings and reactions to other actors that you bring and really give life to the scene.
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