00:14I think the great thing about a motion capture studio when we're doing all of this motion capture is it
00:19gives you a blank slate.
00:21So really you can, you know, fill in, using your imagination, you can fill in the entire space.
00:27And the great thing about Naughty Dog is they give you all these reference photos and they give you the
00:32artwork and sort of the rough sketchings of what a space might look like.
00:36The main thing we wanted to do is we really wanted to render sand and how our characters interact with
00:41sand in a really realistic way.
00:43And the only way to really do that is to get good reference.
00:47And so our animators, our effects guys went out to the Imperial Dunes in California and shot themselves trudging through
00:55sand, falling down and tumbling in sand.
00:59We actually used crash pads to walk to try to get that movement of the heel, how it kind of
01:04slips.
01:06And it really feels, I think we did a good job.
01:09It was really great to actually see, like when you're doing the game and you're seeing them actually like trudge
01:14up the dunes for the first time.
01:15And I think when they came back with a video reference, that was one of the first parts in the
01:19whole video.
01:20You can see them just trying different ways to climb up the dunes and walk across the ridge.
01:24We took the crash pads and put them on an angle, remember this?
01:27Yeah.
01:28And then put big blankets on those crash pads and then had me kind of bear crawl my way up.
01:34And that's what they used, that footage that we captured in the suits is what we used with Drake climbing
01:41the dunes.
01:42I think if I had come here before we did all that, I probably would have done it better.
01:47I think it's passable, right?
01:49Yeah.
01:50Oh, definitely.
01:51What we got?
01:51Oh, yeah.
01:51But after experiencing this, I think it's a whole new level.
01:55Are there any bizarre props?
01:56Yes, there's a million of them.
01:58Human props are really the funniest of all because those guys are taking themselves so seriously.
02:04And they have to just be on because if you're pulling a, Drake is pulling his journal out of his
02:08pocket,
02:09you can't be sitting there fishing around for the guy to hand it to you.
02:14We had to have guns that we were toting and we had to pull them out to get ready to
02:18go after something.
02:19And because we're in the suits and the cameras are picking up our movements, any crew guys that are working
02:25around, the cameras don't catch them.
02:27So they literally are standing by us the entire scene.
02:30And then when we go to reach for a gun, they place it behind our backs.
02:33We pull it and we're ready.
02:34And then when we go to drop it, we tuck it back in and they grab it and run out.
02:38The guys that work on our set are so good.
02:40They just kind of like very confidently and assertively just move in there, slap the journal right on their butt
02:47cheek basically.
02:48And then it's just there to grab and use and then put back.
02:52It's hard not to laugh though because you're watching these guys kind of like squat down and slink around.
02:58But it really works.
03:00The human pocket.
03:01Yeah.
03:01Which sounds dirty.
03:02Every actor on set plays multiple roles at any time.
03:05Nolan will play in any one scene.
03:07We'll shoot multiple takes, multiple pickups.
03:10So he'll be Drake.
03:11He'll be guard A.
03:13He'll be guard B that gets shot.
03:16And a lot of that stuff we shoot without dialogue.
03:19Unlike our main scenes where we shoot the main characters actually recording their lines live.
03:24And so, but they want to look like they're talking.
03:27So they'll talk about random things.
03:30And none of it is safe for public consumption.
03:38Come on, give me a hand with this.
03:55You know, I've often said that I think some of the best acting is just kids at play.
04:01And that's what we do.
04:03You know, we just kind of just jump into that proverbial sandbox, I guess, you know, and just, oh.
04:11Oh, see how I brought that around?
04:13You brought it, you tied it in.
04:15Thank you.
04:16Mm-hmm.
04:16Ha, ha, ha, ha.
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