Mainly a performer in the suit, I have been the actress for many projects at the University of Applied Sciences in Breda between 2019 and 2022. I was part of the MoCap Team for 3 years, first training to become a senior member and then training new recruits in handling the equipment and what it takes to optimally carry out a shoot and / or performance.
While at Centroid in 2021 / 2022 I developed myself as a Motion Capture Technician, responsible for everything from suiting up actors to calibrating the volume, creating templates, ROMs, recording and processing data and cleaning the data.
Recently I have set up an in-house inertial studio for Infinity Labs that we used for multiple projects. I am responsible for organising and directing the shoots, and love to do so!
I have a background in acting and dancing which helped a lot in finding my way with the suit. Rhythm is not only important in dance; but also in gameplay and e.g. looping animations. I pick up new information quickly and adapt the way I perform to best suit the needs of the capture and the game / sequence we capture for. There is always a practise day before a shoot day (to minimize time spent in the suit and make sure my performance is in accordance with the director's needs and vision), and besides going through gameplay moves and shoots correctly and efficiently, I learned a lot about the technology too; e.g. recording and processing the data.
At Centroid I developed my skills, mainly as a Motion Capture Technician in AAA, but also as an actress in the MoCap Vaults Curriculum. I compiled an acting reel you can view above.
At the university we worked with Xsens inertial sensors: rotation based instead of location based. This meant we could record in wide range (not being confined to a camera rig). In the last video you can see a livestream that we did with one of our biggest shoots during the pandemic. Its purpose was so any peers and new recruits could see how the process works, the issues we encounter and learn about the system and the suit.
Process Specifics
Xsens suits (inertia based) with MVN software for recording and processing.
FaceWareTech for facial capture and their softwares for processing data.
Autodesk MotionBuilder for characterizing, retargeting and cleaning up the processed data.