Dawn Bonker
Bill Kroyer, professor of film and television in Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, who is a governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Short Films and Feature Animation Branch, will lead an evening focused on two Oscar-winning films –
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
and
Avatar
– to demonstrate how innovations in performance-capture technology, digital doubles, digital makeup, photorealism and image manipulation are affecting actors, Thursday, April 22 at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. “Acting in the Digital Age” will feature a panel of cast and crew members from both films who will discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with these changing technologies. The program includes film clips and behind-the-scenes footage of the actors at work.
Avatar
producer Jon Landau as well as a number of actors and animation supervisors are scheduled to attend. For info and tickets see
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2010/acting-digital.html
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