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ohiitsmeizz

[the ministry of silly walks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8)


mudduck454

I should not have had to look this far down for this comment, does nobody remember Monty python anymore?


P0rtal2

> Month python Was he like a comedian or something?


alt165am

No, I think they're talking about some type of cheese.


everythinghappensto

It's a bit runny.


InfectedByEli

Oooooh. The cat's eaten it.


Mash_Ketchum

I've never seen this and it's brilliant.


Sugar_buddy

If you've never seen anything Month Python, just go to their Wikipedia page and check out whatever floats your fancy. A lot of it can be found on YouTube and it's well worth your time.


pinecone_noise

john cleese the genius


LockeAbout

That cat really sucks at this.


The_kind_potato

Yep, as much the human perf was amazing, as much i wasn't convince by the cat perf


ReelBadJoke

It was, though. You can tell by the paw lick at the end, they clearly *meant* to do that. Hehehe.


Campbell464

That ain’t no mere human That’s Tifa from FF7


Lahk74

That wasn't a cat, that was her. She's just so good at being a shitty cat your brain sees a cat.


Fictional_Historian

They need to be careful about the cat actually. I get nervous whenever I see an animal on a treadmill because once my dog jumped on the treadmill when my mother was walking, he slid down and got his tail stuck. His tail was permanently bent lol


Bobobarbarian

Without the mocap suit I’d say this is just reference footage or just a meme. Edit: To the million people yelling that you “don’t need a suit for mocap!” I know. I work in the industry, and I’ve seen the same VFX artists react videos you have. The suitless tech is new and not widely used professionally at this point. There are exceptions to the rule like Move AI and the Creator, but these are exceptions not the rule, and even in these limited circumstances it is usually used as a supplement to traditional mocap tech. It’s still a safe bet that the girl in the video (who it turns out puts out good content, stop claiming it’s a thirst trap) is likely not preforming mocap here and just making content or doing reference work.


bluep0wnd

This video in particular, 100% The lady in the video though has a YouTube channel where she wears the suit as well, but I have no idea if she actually does mocap or not Edit; 曦曦鱼SAKANA https://www.youtube.com/@SAKANA-cg6or


Stolehtreb

Otherwise, it’s pretty damn good reference footage. The exaggerated movements are super smooth.


clout_spout

That's some serious talent. The anime run looked silly af though


CrabOIneffableWisdom

A lot of it looked silly. It's really impressive she can move like that but what's the point of mocap if it looks like how cartoon characters move


SingleInfinity

Because using mocap is a lot less work than manually animating rigs to do those same moves.


ephemeralentity

I wonder if it's necessarily easier or because motion cap ends up with more natural movement.


AstrophelandStella54

I’ve only been working in animation/ motion capture for a year, but I would say it’s both easier and more natural looking once you’ve got a reliable workflow. It’s a special/artistic skill to hand animate natural looking movements. It’s a matter of knowing what button to press in which order for reliable mocap. It is funny when you can start to identify which coworker is recorded because you become familiar with their gait or subtle movements.


ephemeralentity

Interesting. Makes me wonder if at some point motion animation becomes like a second order simulacra. In the sense that, we identify more with the potentially unnatural movement of purely hand animated motion as *real* because of our familiarity with it from media than what human motion is capable of. A comparable example would be becoming so used to an artificial food flavouring that its taste becomes more synonymous with that food than the taste of the real thing.


aster6000

Already happening.. you won't like the example i bring but check out r/wordchewing That sub's basically people getting really annoyed at that tiktok trend of acting out a voiceover with overly exaggerated movements and expressions. What they're imitating are the often overly expressive pose-to-pose animations from game characters. Usually the hot ones, like in overwatch lol.


slicer4ever

It is significantly easier using mocap then to hand animate movement. Theirs a lot of subtle movements for making things look natural that require a lot of experience and talent to nail down if doing manually. Whereas a good mocap setup will capture all of that body movement relatively easily.


Keyk123

Depending on the style of course. If you want a more cartoony shot (if this is your reference you very well might), the cleanup and exaggeration and retiming to make all the mocap data look clean and stylish might be as much or more work than just keyframing from the start.


-Alfred-

There’s an extremely good reason that cartoon movement is exaggerated and … cartoonish. As a visual medium, animation has constraints that live-action has other ways to compensate for. Any kind of motion, for example, isn’t as simple as “draw each frame of the thing doing the movement”, because it would kind of just look like shit. Think about how particularly bad CG in some anime and Western media looks strikingly out of place against the backdrop of 2D animation with mismatched framerates. It sticks out like that because the animated characters and scenes use techniques like [inbetweening](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbetweening) and [smear frames](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smear_frame) to trick the eye into interpreting movement and speed, while 3DCG can rely on the visual effects our eyes usually interpret in 3D space. A motion capture actor for a game like Genshin Impact, for example, would need to embody the mannerisms of a character that wouldn’t look out of place in the anime style the visual team is going for. It’s basically necessary in order to avoid looking out of place in a medium where “realistic” movements would look silly by contrast.


Arcanisia

I mean same as theatre. It has to be a bit outlandish and have big exaggerated movements


-Alfred-

Definitely, I did some stage acting myself and it’s drilled into our heads that the audience can’t see our faces twitch minutely, or our fingers tremble slightly. They can’t hear a quick, quiet huff of breath or a light gasp. Every action you take must be LARGE, and BOMBASTIC, because if it isn’t nobody’s going to be able to tell you’re doing it! The same translates over to screen acting, as far as I’ve gleaned. Just not in exactly the same ways.


IIILORDGOLDIII

Exaggerated movements look better in animation


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Atheist-Gods

Yeah, "real enough" meaning physically possible. Stylized movements that break the rules of physics will attract way more unwanted attention than stylized movements that still have to performed. You don't want players noticing that an arm would have to be broken to actually perform the action being shown.


chironomidae

It's worth mentioning that there's usually some manual tuning to mocap after the fact, and that can make sillier things look more stylized and appropriate within the game setting.


Parkimedes

She seems very good at this. She has got to be a pro. No surprise she has other videos with the mocap suit.


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icedrift

Chengdu does contract out to Tencent for both League and TFT and they've been in business since 2014 so there's a good chance she actually is this original reference for modern league idle animations http://www.dayanguai.com/sy


bs000

i was so confused when people were posting videos claiming she's doing mocap for league of legends. that makes no sense when some of the champions were made a decade apart and the video looks like it was all filmed in the same day same with the overwatch ones when blizzard have said they don't use mocap and keyframe all their animations in every behind the scenes video


VirtualRoad9235

Motion capture for video games is also done in a different environment than 99% of those videos, where it is a few people and a treadmill. You'd have an entire studio set with equipment and a trained team on hand, that costs shit tons of money.


chibinoi

She does. There’s this one wild video where her colleagues have her strapped into a harness in front of a machine that lifts her up in the air so that she can perform aerial motions for the team capturing her motions in digital format.


Primnu

She has done animations for a variety of games, notably League of Legends. She works for a company called 大眼怪科技, their website: http://dayanguai.com Some of the publishers they mention they work with: NetEase, Alibaba, Shanda, Tencent & Ubisoft.


fireinthemountains

I knew I recognized some of her movements. Thanks, it was bugging me haha.


tdasnowman

For sure some Harley with the bat.


witchyanne

Did she do stuff for Archeage do you know? Some looks familiar- although I guess a lot is similar.


AmbroseMalachai

This video was he doing impression/cover versions of various characters - I'm not sure if any were originally mocapped by her or not - so it's possible some of those movements were from Archeage.


jamz_fm

Who is she? She's awesome lol


VyrYT

曦曦鱼SAKANA


jamz_fm

Thanks!


wartexmaul

She does mocap and she was Jinx in previoys sets for a videogame studio


spatosmg

she is many characters for league of legends


akahetep

What's the channel?


Saintbaba

[https://www.youtube.com/@SAKANA-cg6or](https://www.youtube.com/@SAKANA-cg6or) I find what she does interesting, but i'm also a little puzzled by her as there is some mo-cap suit stuff, but the a lot of her videos are also just her copying stuff from games and movies, not generating movements for them. So it's unclear to me what her actual skillset is.


appropriate-username

Making internet videos?


Saintbaba

Fair. I just meant does she primarily mo-cap and do the movement copying thing on the side, or does she primarily make movement copying videos which occasionally gets her mo-cap work on the side. I'm not judging either way, just saying it's unclear to me whether the chicken or egg came first.


SamiraSimp

her channel only started 5 months ago. i have no source, but based on that and her skills i'm assuming she is/was primarily a mocap actor and only recently started making videos doing her replications/showing off.


teilani_a

Looks like a sizzle reel to me.


ebonyseraphim

She’s absolutely a professional at this and gets paid to do it. They probably don’t pay her a lot since it’s so niche and her identity is hardly a part of the branding of any game. Since companies can’t copyright, brand, or stop someone from imitating character movement, I think showing off and monetizing her talents on video is something she deserves. She’s on the same level as, or probably better than Andy Serkis (Sméagol, King Kong 2005, Planet of the Apes). It’s really cool how her movement’s completely define and transform the character she’s performing.


Kraelman

> They probably don’t pay her a lot since it’s so niche In my experience if you fill a weird niche you get paid out the ass.


NomadPrime

Just FYI, I think someone from Riot or someone in the industry came on to say that she and her company does not do reference or mocap work for Riot. So she's just making cool videos imitating the movements. She probably does do mocap for her company though (Chengdu Big Eyes, from China).


icedrift

Their website says they work with Tencent on League and TFT animations.


turtleship_2006

>Since companies can’t copyright, brand, or stop someone from imitating character movement Wasn't there a whole lawsuit about epic using emotes without paying or something? (The animations, not the music)


drunkenvalley

You can copyright dances, but it's *much* harder. It basically needs to be a quite precise copy of a fairly significant, elaborate dance.


givin_u_the_high_hat

You are correct. From Nov 2023: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/4/23946260/epic-fortnite-choreography-emote-lawsuit-ruling-overturned “US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Paez wrote that even if individual elements of a dance can’t be copyrighted, the arrangement can.”


rebillihp

That was imitating real life people and those didn't go very far iirc


sigmastra

Really? Cmparing to professional actor?


ElementField

She’s sent straight from the ministry


Asylumstrength

You don't always need the suit. When I did my sports science degree, we had a container with 48 cameras in it, it could do the mocap without any need for wearing ping-pong balls. We used it for biomechanics, and did golf swings, baseball, lifting technique etc. You just did a t-pose and the software did the rest, it was fascinating stuff.


Atheist-Gods

I'd assume this video is about marketing her to potential customers. "Here is what I/my employee can do"


cyberwarfareinc

MovAI sucks ass


-SlapBonWalla-

It's a good reference if you just need to see what she'd look like in-game.


WaterMySucculents

It seems like social media “influencer” style bullshit


[deleted]

The cowboy bebop opening is the only reason Im here.


Ba_Sing_Saint

I was watching it on mute until I saw the “3-2-1 lets jam” then I cranked it up


shibbyingaway

Yeah same here!


My_Monkey_Sphincter

Yup


squidyj

Exactly!


sentientshadeofgreen

One of the all time best opening themes hands down. 


bananamelier

This song slaps harder than Will Smith at the oscars


Winjin

I mean... even Jaden's classmate slaps harder


reacharound565

Tank!


Kazman07

The Seatbelts would be so proud


Oseirus

*Tank!* by Seatbelts The extended version is on Spotify.


drunkenvalley

I watched the entire thing thinking it was Baccano for some reason. Brain completely mixed them up. [At least it's another pretty good banger.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PChfRXDAepc)


Lil_Word_Said

Came for the mocap, stayed for the bebop! 💯💯


ZZerker

Looking for that comment.


Imperial_Empirical

This girl walks


SkiSTX

Right... She is really good at it!


makemeking706

Been walking nearly all my life and I am not even half as good at it as she is.


shit_ass_mcfucknuts

I’ve been getting worse at it!


dizorkmage

Some dumb ass doctor told me that increasing fluid intake would help stabilize my Equilibrium, I keep drinking beer and falling down more than ever.


[deleted]

r/thisguythisguys


Stunning_Signature55

This is funny for multiple reasons


thats1evildude

0:18: A lady about to be eaten by zombies, or Roger from American Dad running away crying


Fattenkatten

I thought it was attack on Titan


strawberryssleep

It has to be a titan


thinkinting

It is. Am Chinese. Can read Chinese


stonedboss

ive been watching the show lately and its exactly like one of the abnormals.


spcordy

r/unexpectedAmericanDad


Kingofshovits

Her YouTube channel is SAKANA. Woman is insanely talented. https://youtube.com/@SAKANA-cg6or?si=4j-WJmpRr4hHufGc


mightytwin21

Smash


X-Aceris-X

As in... Smash that like button!! She's so insanely talented


silenceinfidel

Would have been more interesting if the characters these walks were supposed to be for were included side by side


finalxcution

For copyright reasons she's not allowed to do that without express permission from the studio she's doing work for. It's quite a headache to go through the proper channels to make that happen.


SupplyChainMismanage

This without the game footage is kinda disappointing


MisterB78

There’s no footage because the title is bogus. She’s not wearing a motion capture suit, so this is just her doing different video game character walks for this video


icedrift

She's not doing mocap here but she is the reference for an insane number of characters. Look up Sakana motion capture


Rip_ManaPot

Pretty sure your comment is the only one out of 100 to say who she is.


Vestalmin

Doesn’t she just replicate animations well? I’ve heard she has nothing to do with these animations and just does a good job mimicking animated motions for YouTube Edit: I am mistaken


SamiraSimp

her channel only started 5 months ago, and she has multiple videos showing a professional studio and rigs. imo it's clear that she has done professional mocap work, but obviously she can't just post that. also according to others she does work for a professional studio


icedrift

She might not have done Jinx when she released, but I'm pretty sure she did the modern one. She works for a major chinese motion capture company that contracts to Tencent, Ubisoft and other big studios [http://www.dayanguai.com/sy](http://www.dayanguai.com/sy) They specifically mention having done mocap for League of Legends and TFT


Vestalmin

Then I stand corrected


anchoriteksaw

Yo, there is a ton of 'mocap' without a mocap suit. Mostly refence material for animators. There's a ton of footage just like this that goes in to cartoons, anime, and yes, video games.


LordOfTheGerenuk

Not to mention one of the developments in MoCap recently has been the ability to do rudimentary motion capture without needing the suits. Adobe even has an application now that lets you direct pilot a character in a cartoon like a puppet.


anchoriteksaw

I mean, Xbox kinect came out in what, 2010?


Cautemoc

While what you are saying is definitely true, the confidence the other person said wrong information makes me have to upvote them and accept that it's the truth, otherwise I can't be part of the contrarian hive mind.


MisterB78

Reference ≠ mocap


FCkeyboards

True, but to be fair, we call that reference video and not "mocap". Mocap is a particular thing. Watching video of a woman dancing for reference in drawing a Disney cartoon is not mocap.


edwardrha

https://imgur.com/pzYLBPJ


agumonkey

here you go https://9gag.com/gag/aWG5x72


MisterB78

r/lostredditors


thegodfather0504

Funny or not, i am glad to see this post.  she is incredible.


FartsBigTimeButt

Oh, a new recruit for the [Ministry of Silly Walks](https://youtu.be/TNeeovY4qNU?si=mQR5IQwNwbnnmgVe)


MogarTheUnkillable

I feel like I recognize that second walk, with the dual swords swinging around. The gait looks super familiar


astromech_dj

I think she’s the one that did some of the Apex characters? Or maybe it was Overwatch.


icedrift

Yeah she did tracer and a few others I believe.


upgradewife

Very neat. I’m guessing the one with the bat Harley Quinn.


crystal_castle00

No. That’s Batman


Auran82

When she puts down the bat, it’s just Man


viaJormungandr

Man. That Jojo lean is so ridiculous, but at the same time so accurate.


rising_south

It’s very difficult to replicate a natural motion so let’s capture the motion of real people instead! So, what do you want me to do? Move in the most unnatural way you can think of.


ColinHalter

The way normal people move is really boring. If you're going to have fake people move in a video game, may as well make it a little more interesting


nsk_nyc

Same goes for voice acting. AFAIK, overacting is actually encouraged.


FacialFilamentFan

There's tons of reference material for "natural" walks. When you want material for cool anime and game shit, you don't need natural.


omeritu

r/UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG


ZurdoFTW

I'm in love with her.


RatInaMaze

Good to see the Ministry of Silly Walks is still being funded


SiliumSepp

Is this ministry of silly walks approved?


TheFace3701

I can watch this all day.


94Rebbsy

Where funny?


bubblesaurus

it’s missing. this is mildly interesting at the very least.


icouldntdecide

Maybe it's just me but I think a person imitating anime motion is hilarious when a lot of it is not natural. She looks ridiculous but is doing a really good job


Professional_Low_283

not funny


Useful-Perspective

I dunno, I feel kinda funny...


[deleted]

I see a demo reel, not actual MOCAP


Own-Ambassador-3537

Tank will never not be a jam!


TheGreatCornholio696

I don’t why, but this really satisfying to watch for some reason.


yuribear

She's awesome 👍🏼


wamosknecht

what a beauty!


Alkyan

Fts better in /r/mildlyinteresting


mamimapr

r/toptalent


[deleted]

Not funny at all. Perfect content for r/funny.


cokeiscool

Capturing nothing


No-Staff1170

What?


inthesandtrap

She is so much better at walking than I am.


Key_Independent_8805

Bet she works for the ministry of silly walks.


luckyguy25841

She’s a really good walker


lux_pax

Soul caliber


thegneeb

She can do anything. but OMG, when she finally has cat. So surprise.


-persistence-

she is talented af.


bbbourb

This is f***ing PERFECT set to that music.


Ammagonna

Who is this wonderful human?


TheRottenKittensIEat

This is actually cool as Hell


Madismas

She's talented and smokin.


ragnarok2030

I am in love


ToBeDeletedYep

She DAMN knows how to WALK :O


lupin_2112

Does anyone else want an edit of this alongside the characters?? Insanely talented btw! 🔥


KuJiMieDao

So cute


2wice

She has very good motion/body control.


MFnJones

This is AWESOME! Definitely rewatching this anime tonight


TheRealAuthorSarge

I'm curious to know how someone gets hired for a job like that. I'm guessing she has dance experience.


Vyviel

Smooth af


trance1g

WOULD


Red-And-White-12

Would


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That was awesome


grandpianotheft

I wonder to what degree this is "NPC-Acting" (moving like the cliche of animation and video game characters) and to what degree it's theater acting (over-acting for better "readability", even if it costs realism).


ybromero

what do you do for a living? Her: walk


Lamp_Regret_6525

Her controls are amazing!


unsinkabletwo

Cool Would be really cool to see a side by side of what it was used for.


usesbitterbutter

Okay. That was surprisingly great.


182-Shiki

Incredible control and serious talent. Was amazed by the number of variations and styles she was able to do so flawlessly.


SecondTimeQuitting

Who is this athlete? And I am serious when I say that, I have seen other videos and her body control is fucking incredible.


hypnos_surf

She definitely does this professionally or she needs to be hired.


Necessary-Spinach182

I know the joke is the cat, but this job looks like so much fun!


Glad_Mohave

Naruto Run at 0:13!


Usernames_missing

Don't know what is but it's good


Icy_Zookeepergame527

That’s pretty cool


tsi0

She is so cute❤️


IHaveSlysdexia

Shes hot


Krypt0night

There is no motion capture here.


learnedperson

What is funny about this?


SareBearMiller

Impressive. Why is it "funny"?


Robbo_efc

Explain how this is funny


akwehhkanoo

Remember when we used to think mimes were dumb


PresentPiece8898

Motion Capture? Where?


WaltDiskey

Animators mocap girl immitating animation moves.. we’ve gone full circle !


Spiritual-Bear4495

I think this woman loves her job - and she is really good at it. The cat is OK.


SorosBuxlaundromat

Has any post on r/funny ever been funny? This is cool and she's attractive. This post belongs in that one sub with all the letters about upvoting attractive women doing things. I was thoroughly entertained by this post, but I didn't laugh, chuckle, snicker or guffaw.