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Performance Capture and Motion Capture Courses for Actors
TMA Performance Capture: Course Tutors
TMA motion capture courses and worshops are one of the few mocap training courses taught by professionals actively working in the field of performance capture and the entertainment industry.
Held at Audiomotion Studios, Europe's leading performance capture facility and provider, the course is designed to offer knowledge and skills training by the people currently involved in live projects and hiring actors for work.
John Dower - Director
BIO:
John Dower is a Director with over 20 years experience in film, Televison and video games. He started out as an actor himself, then studied at the Polish National Film Schol in Lodz.
Since graduating with award winning films, John has directed several more short films, numerous episodes of Television Drama including "Eastenders" and "Casualty" for the BBC and most recently on several video games including the Microsoft/Lionhead "Milo" project and the latest James Bond game "007 legends" with Activison/Eurocom.
Bringing a film maker's sensibility into Video games, John has directed in Motion Capture studios in the UK and USA and directed animation and voice in several games over the last 7 years. He teaches character creation and storytelling on the Games Design and Development course at the National Film School (NFTS) and acting for screen at East 15 and ALRA drama schools.
He recently developed this Motion Capture workshop idea with Oliver Hollis, with whom he worked on "007 Legends"
BIO:
Since 2001, Oliver has been working consistently as a motion capture performer on over seventy video game and movie titles including Halo, Quantum Break, 007: Goldeneye, Alan Wake, Iron Man 2, Total Recall,
Harry Potter, as well as the lead role of Captain Scarlet, in the motion captured TV show, The New Captain Scarlet.
Possibly the most widely employed European actor in the field of motion capture, Oliver has worked in mocap studios around the world, including the UK, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Los Angeles.
Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Oliver has both a classical drama school training, and a history of movement skills including martial arts, gymnastics and stunt work.
Oliver's extensive knowledge and vast experience in the field of mocap acting has led to his work as a creative performance capture consultant, directing shoots for developers and training actors to work in this new and challenging medium. With over ten years of experience, he carries with him a unique insight into what is a widely unknown field of work.
Oliver Hollis - Actor
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