Going back to the words of Paul Delaroche, I don’t agree with his statement of painting as a medium being dead. The reason why is because no matter how many new methods are released overtime every technique has its own unique purpose just like how above I mentioned many types of different cameras, each and every one has its own significant purpose. Just how a painting would have it’s own unique style in comparison to something being drawn etc…

Keyframe animation and motion capture are both alike but yet quite different in their own ways. Keyframe animations are extremely easy to execute in programs such as Autodesk Maya; this is because you can create a rig character which you can pose joints and keyframe which will unlock the specific movement in a 3D space. After each keyframe has been set within Maya it will automatically interpret the in between movement allowing animators to refine the core pose which can be exaggerated as much as the animator pleases. Motion capture is a digital representation of an actor which captures subtle behaviour patterns which are often lost when animators transfer character movements into keyframe animation. To use motion capture you need cameras 360° around the actor, you could have as many cameras as you like; the more cameras you have the more of an accurate reading you’ll get.

The film ‘The Polar Express’ was the first ever movie to be made using performance capture technology; also known as motion capture. Robert Zemeckis the director of the movie was known for using technology in his movies, he asked Tom Hanks to play 6 different roles within The Polar Express: The Conductor, Hobo, Scrooge puppet, Santa, Father and the hero boy. Animators went through a lot of work during the production of this movie from creating every single strand of hair for each character to animating the hair moving and to also designing each costume which every character would play. Once the step of the costume was created it would then need to be scanned into the computer for animation. It’s crazy to see how far modern technology has come saving money and more importantly time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwLCqVGHpTM&ab_channel=EditG

Edit G. (January 17th 2007). The Polar Express_Behind the Scenes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voVPO8w9-x4&ab_channel=UnrealEngine

Unreal Engine. (24th October 2018). Virtual Production: A New Era of Filmmaking | Unreal Engine.

I watched a video from Unreal Engine, within this video it was a snipet behind the scenes of how far production has come. They also mention how with the use of game engines it has become a huge part of virtual production, allowing creators to enhance the render quality. Using game engine has allowed creators to more accurately simulate the real world in terms of lighting. The main advantage of using this is allowing the creators to create and being able to adust in real time. This allows them to not waste any time by going back and forth and they are able to create eveything exactly how the director perceives. The use of LED screens also significantly improve the production of films by allowing the actors on set to see souroundings of the scene being shot, whereas if LED screens were not available they would have to use greenscreens. Greenscreens are still used vastly while filming, however the downside of using LED screens is the cost that goes into purchasing; but the effects it allows the actors to experience in real time is phenomenal. The Mandalorian was one of the first tv series to use LED screens while filming. As well as all the positives I mentioned above LED screens make the lighting better, filming smooher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufp8weYYDE8&ab_channel=Insider

Insider. (11th June 2020). Why 'The Mandalorian' Uses Virtual Sets Over Green Screen | Movies Insider.

I watched the video above, on The Mandalorian using virtual sets over green screen and found it quite intresting on how LED screens we’re used allowing the creators to create a lot of shots they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to achieve with the use of a green screen; by this I mean if they wanted to record a different angle within a scene; the use of the LED screens would allow the creators to achieve the desired angles they we’re going for whereas with the use of a green screen that’d not be possible. The LED screen would allow a 360° angle within the scene allowing the cameraman to record from any angle without the need of altering anything because the scene has already been rendered on the screens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysIOi_MP_cs&ab_channel=HiveDivision

Hive Division. (24th July 2020). LED Wall Virtual Production - Bye Bye Green

I found the video above quite interesting going into more depth on the use of green screens and how it benefits the actors on set as well as the production team, further adding giving a true sense of lighting while filming within the current scene.

It’s surreal to say there was once a man called Plato, and he had his theory about the cave.
To simplify, Plato basically said that everything we see isn't always real and our senses can easily fool us. We can see examples of this in photographs (photoshop), film (vfx) and other forms of media. 

Below shows an image illustrating the theory.