Making Faces
Gollum went through many different forms before arriving at the final creature that audiences saw in the films. One of the most significant changes happened when animators decided to use Andy Serkis' motion, as well as his voice, to bring Gollum to life. In the process, the team redesigned Gollum's face to resemble Andy's.
It wasn't quite feasible to animate Gollum's face using motion capture, however. Instead, the animators filmed Andy reading lines and making hundreds of expressions. Then they recreated his performance using conventional key-frame techniques.
Soon, animators will be able to film an actor's face and use that film to drive all the facial sliders in an animated character.
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