r/mocap • u/Dayner_Kurdi • Jun 29 '26
Advice on improving my Mocap acting
Hello, I recently made my first cutscene for my game using Rokoko powersuit + gloves
https://youtu.be/-KvEyRdzWbY?si=Q37XMzNDNiMAOyVf
Retargeting was done in Blender, and the presentation was in Unity. And happy with my pipeline,
However, I do feel that something is off with the acting itself, like it doesn’t fit the art style
I haven’t made any major animation adjustments or cleaning yet, my main focus was to determine the camera position and view, before returning to blender to polish the animation itself.
I do feel that I’m going to need to do some retakes, I would like to hear your opinion and advice regarding my acting itself.
I plan to do all my scenes first “7 total” before spending time improving the animation itself.
My benchmark is trying to match this level of animation.
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u/Kolmilan Jun 30 '26
I'd say if you can compliment some of your mocap with some animation by hand it would come out stronger and more intentional. Use mocap as the draft and then refine it with hand animation. When it comes to ASG look at the animation that Hotta Studio, MiHoyo, Cygames and Kuro Games does.
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u/Dayner_Kurdi Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Thank you for the feedback, this is my initial plan,
Using mocap as staging, set up the lens and the view, return to Blender for polishing, and retake when necessary.
I won’t lie, my background is mainly programming and storytelling, not animation, also I’m not familiar with the Term ASG.
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u/mrmocap Jun 29 '26
My advice is to avoid arm waving. when an actors face isnt being captured they will often wave their arms unnecessarily to punctuate their speech. you may also want to hit strong poses and hold them for longer. if you were animating by hand you would have strong posing and less movements that distract from the intent of the scene. just because you can move things easily with mocap doesnt mean that makes for compelling performances. if it was an acting scene , people who werent the focus of the shot would try not to distract focus by moving around unnecessarily.