“Technical animation issues for the battle droids of Star Wars: (Episode I The Phantom Menace)” by Tooley and Hourihan
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- Production & Animation and Rendering
Title:
- Technical animation issues for the battle droids of Star Wars: (Episode I The Phantom Menace)
Session/Category Title: Star Wars Episode I Technical Animation Challenges
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Abstract:
Two distinct factors were evident in the decision to use motion-capture technology in the early preproduction phase for the Battle Droids: the Battle Droids are, by design, very humanoid in nature, so they required a hyper-realistic range of motions, and they appear in large numbers, which made the duplication of basic actions and motions a necessity for completing a shot.
