the jungle book intro

1. Jon Favreau directed the movie.
2. Bill Murray- Balloo

Ben Kingsly- Baghera
Idris Elba- Shere Khan
John Favreau- Pygmy Hog
Scarlett Johansen- Kaa

1. Rudyard Kipling and Justin Marks wrote the screenplay
2. uses CGI - new technology, photo realistic rendering, key frame computer animation
3. 175 million dollar budget

what do audiences want from a film?:
entertainment?
escapism?
large special effects?
well known actors?
high production values?: mega special effects, a clean look, 3D, imax, digital cinema

performance capture is the technical process used to translate an actors performance into a digital character, as seen in films such as lord of the rings and avatar. each subtle facial expression, body movement and vocalisation is recorded via a synchronised array of specialized cameras and used to deliver a computer generated or 'digital' character. this process allows for direct real time communication and spontaneity on set between actors, and between actors and directors. performance is a at the centre of the process, giving the digital character life and soul. with teams of highly skilled visual effects artists, they create digital characters of whom an audience can fully and emotionally engage.


the only actor in the room performing was the child who played Mowgli. they brought in animal puppets for Sethi to act against, although none of them appeared in the finished film.


using a rig called a simulCam, also developed on Avatar, Favreau's crew could combine the live-action footage-shot in native 3D using a Cameron-Pace rig- with the previz se and motion capture in real time. "you'd see the kid with a guy in a blue suit, or a puppeteer, then with SimulCam you'd see the bear walking next to him", says Favreau. "we had the editing system onset, and we would cut what we just cut into the movie, so that at any given time you could watch the whole thing". finally, the finished footage would then go into the post-production for the bulk of the visual-effects work - animating every tiny hair (modelled on those of real animals) and shadow by hand - and editing. the result is the jungle that looks and feels intimidatingly real.