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Creative Studio: Motion Capture
ProgramSpring School Holidays 2024

Creative Studio: Motion Capture

Tag iconWorkshop
when
Ended 10 Oct 2024
price
Free
where
PHIVE

Capture and create your own animated character using real-time 3D tool Unreal Engine in this free 3-day motion capture workshop with artist Sally Coleman.

Unreal Engine is one of the world’s most popular game engines, used to create blockbuster entertainments such as Fortnite and Ginger and the Vegesaurs. This workshop will prepare participants to develop and present their animations at home for family and friends. 

Presented by Powerhouse at PHIVE in partnership with TAFE NSW.

Artist

Sally Coleman is a musician, radio personality and the creative director of Big Sand — a sci-fi virtual band that explores emerging technology, digital frontiers and different ways of envisioning the future music industry. Coleman is undertaking a PhD in motion capture for live music performance at UTS, researching ways to perform live as an animated character for an audience in a physical venue.

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