Action Talks with Eric Jacobus
TV & Film:Film Interviews
Stan Hom, an animator and fighter raised on HK cinema (Action Talks #2)
Stan Hom is a character animator for video games (Callisto Protocol, 2022), motion capture director (Mafia III, 2016), martial artist, and Hong Kong movie fan. He talks about how Hong Kong cinema affected his animation style and motion capture process. You can find his Moby Games profile here: https://www.mobygames.com/person/4285... Timestamps: 00:00:25 Early interest in action 00:02:47 How he started in animation 00:03:52 Making character moves and key poses 00:08:11 Blocking out combat engine 00:11:15 Learning animation and first games 00:14:01 The gradual development of software/hardware 00:15:49 Working with motion capture 00:19:01 Got into boxing and training 00:21:31 Transferring real fighting to film/game fighting 00:24:09 Fighting styles, intention, influence 00:28:39 Approach to mocap shoot and directing 00:33:56 Finding performers and choreography 00:35:47 Violence and psychology 00:44:17 Why do characters fight 00:46:43 Hong Kong action vs American/Japanese action 00:49:57 Character development
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