mocapography

mocapography
 n.— «The movie, which opens in November, was filmed in something called “mocapography” using a multitude of digital cameras doing motion capture. Stars Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone and Crispin Glover moved around on a small stage, wearing dotted body suits, and Gaiman says it was like watching “the cast of Tron doing Shakespeare in the round.”» —“Fans pack comic convention” by Malene Arpe in San Diego, California Toronto Star (Canada) June 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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