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When the first motion picture camera was developed in the late 1800s, we finally had the ability to capture and replay moving action.
第一部電影攝影機在十九世紀末研發出來之後，我們終於能夠捕捉以及重播動態活動。

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Now, since then, our technology and our creativity has evolved to the point where anything imagined can be brought to the silver screen.
自從那時以來，我們的科技與創意已然演進到任何想像的東西都能夠在大銀幕上呈現的程度。

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And there's one company that has mastered transforming movements into fantasy.
有一家公司更是擅長將動作轉變成奇幻作品。

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Known for perfecting the groundbreaking craft of motion capture, Weta Digital has been responsible for bringing some of the most magical cinematic worlds and characters to life.
Weta Digital 工作室以精通動作捕捉這項開創性的技術聞名，至今已負責讓若干最神奇的電影世界與人物成真。

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Do not come back.
別再回來。

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It's been a significant breakthrough, you know.
這是一大突破。

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I think that our ability to have actors now on stage, you know, playing other creatures, you know,
我認為我們現在可以讓演員在舞台上扮演其他生物，

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or on location, on set, has been fantastic both for the performances of the creatures that they're portraying,
或是在外景或棚內表演的效果非常好，對於他們扮演那些生物的表演成果，

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as well as those, you know, perhaps, the human characters they're playing off in the scene.
或許還有與那些生物對戲的人類角色而言都是。

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The process begins with the actors being dressed in plain bodysuits and black shoes.
整個過程首先是演員穿上素色的連身衣與黑鞋。

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More than 50 tracking markers are strategically placed, allowing the computer to detect where their body parts are, how tall they are and their movements.
五十多個追蹤標記配放在適當位置，讓電腦偵測演員身體部位的位置、演員的身高以及動作。

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Today, two actors are performing part of a scene from the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
今天，兩名演員正在表演《猩球崛起：黎明的進擊》中一個鏡頭的一部份。

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This set has 84 cameras to capture their performance.
這座片場共有八十四部攝影機捕捉他們的表演。

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Motion-capture technology, unlike traditional animation, is not a frame-by-frame process.
動作捕捉科技和傳統的動畫技術不一樣，不需要一個個影格製作，

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Instead, it provides a fluid model for animators to then tweak and perfect, bringing a new level of authenticity to the movement.
而是提供流動的模組，然後讓動畫師調整修正，為動作帶來全新的真實性。

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The apes are similar, you know.
猩猩和我們很像。

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They have a similar kind of physique to humans and similar weight, you know?
牠們的體形和體重都和人類很相似，你知道吧？

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It certainly makes that... it makes the motion a lot more believable.
這肯定會讓那……會讓動作有說服力得多。

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It's not that we couldn't do it ourselves as key frame animators; it's just that that kind of work takes a long time.
身為關鍵影格動畫師，不是我們沒辦法自己製作出這樣的畫面，只是那樣的工需要花上很長的時間。

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And so, yeah, it gives us believable motion a lot quicker and gives us time to concentrate on what we consider to be perhaps the more important things,
所以，沒錯，這種技術可以更快給我們可信的動作，讓我們有時間專注於我們覺得可能是比較重要的事情，

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like maybe facial performances and things like that.
例如臉部表演之類的。

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The challenge comes with actors being physically able to actually perform each action.
挑戰在於演員能夠用肢體確實表演出每一個動作。

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For this scene, they have to wear arm extenders, since apes have longer arms than humans.
為了演這一幕，他們必須配戴手臂延長器，因為猩猩的手臂比人類長。

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This helps shift their weight so they'll move more like an ape.
這樣有助於轉移他們的重量好讓他們的行動更像猩猩。

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Just be natural.
保持自然就好。

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If you're being... if you're trying to force a [performance], it's always gonna look forced, I think.
如果你……如果你想勉強表演，就會呈現出勉強的感覺，我覺得。

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So, you just gotta be natural and just trust all the practice and research that you've done into the motion.
所以，你必須保持自然就好，相信你對這種動作做過的所有練習與研究。

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And just do whatever comes natural.
自然地去做就對了。

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As the technology has advanced, the performances have evolved with it.
這項科技不斷進步，表演也隨之演進。

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With facial cameras, the small nuances of emotion can be captured.
利用臉部攝影機，情感的細部表現也都能捕捉到。

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It's incredibly detailed. You know, the slightest changes in muscles on the face can completely change the emotion that's being portrayed on that face.
其中的細節令人難以置信。臉部肌肉最細微的變化也可能完全改變臉上表現出來的情感。

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You'll never see a facial performance without the head being a part of that.
如果不把頭部包含於動作捕捉當中，就不可能看見臉部的表演。

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And you'll never see a head moving without the body moving along with it.
而且頭部只要一動，身體也一定會跟著動。

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So, and again, I guess that's one of the strengths of motion capture.
所以我還是要說，我想這就是動作捕捉的一大優點。

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If you look at my head turning now and the way my body's moving, it's just these little movements that are kind of hard to animate.
你看看現在我的頭在轉動和身體跟著移動的樣子，就是這些細微的動作比較難描繪。

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You know, it's hard to pick up that detail.
要捕捉這些細節很不容易。

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Whereas, if I was being captured right now, all of that detail would be picked up.
不過，我現在如果接受動作捕捉，那麼這一切細節就都會被記錄。

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And now with the ability to film outdoors, the actors can interact with each other and their environment.
由於現在已經能夠在戶外拍攝，演員也就能夠和彼此以及周遭的環境互動。

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One of the biggest developments, in terms of getting great performances out of our characters, is having the ability to shoot on location,
就獲取演員的傑出表演而言，其中最重大的一項發展就是在外景實地拍攝的能力，

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having -- say, in the case of Caesar -- having Andy there playing off Jason Clark, you know.
以凱撒為例，安迪在那裡與傑森．克拉克對戲，

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It just makes for great performances, and it's really freed up the actors.
這樣能夠造就絕佳的表演，也能夠真正給予演員自由空間。

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They're no longer standing on the stage trying to imagine, looking at a tennis ball, imagining the person they're talking to.
他們不再是站在舞台上看著一顆網球努力想像，想像自己對話的對象。

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They're actually looking at the person they're talking to.
他們實際上是看著自己對話的對象。

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So yeah, it's been... there have been big changes.
所以，沒錯，這……這種技術已經有了重大的改變。