Jim Carrey's Mars Movie

5 months ago 28th May 13:30

Jim Carrey says motion capture filming is like "acting on Mars".

The actor, who stars in 'A Christmas Carol', which was made using the technique, says it is more difficult than providing a voice-over for a film as there is still physical acting involved.

He said: "A lot of people think of this work, they'll look at these movies and they'll think you did a voiceover. It absolutely in every way and even in more ways than a regular film are complete performances by actors. You have no reference point around you. You're on a mo-cap stage and there are grids and there are outlines of furniture and things like that, but you pretty much have to create the mood in your head, which is a little bit more difficult than doing a regular film where you're helped by the scenery, you're helped by the costumes.

acting on Mars.The actor, who stars in 'A Christmas Carol', which was made using the technique, says it is more difficult than providing a voice-over for a film as there is still physical acting involved.He said:

"Gary Oldman and I were together doing scenes face-to-face and going, 'It's like acting on Mars.' You've got dots all over your face, you've got pincers with HD cameras sticking about this far away from your face, and you have to transcend all of that and give a performance and believe it. So it was challenging in certain ways."

Director Robert Zaneckis is a fan of the process as it reminds him of theatre.

He explained: "What's great about it is we don't have to do things out of continuity. We don't have to break things up for coverage. The cast do the scene from beginning to end just like they're doing theatre, so the pacing and the flow of the scene is all up to them."