Posted 10:44 AM by Gene

For Glover's primary performances, the crew used motion capture technology, a recording process that required him to tap dance on a small stage under 60 lights in a black bodysuit that had 40 reflective sensors near his joints. As Glover performed, the light from his reflectors was recorded by an array of 60 cameras and turned into data.

But capturing Glover's every move onstage was only the beginning. Mumble's final performance in the film is in fact an amalgamation of more than 50 artists, including Elijah Wood's voice, mo-cap performer Matt Lee's facial expressions and gestures, five motion editors who refined Glover's performance, 10 computer animators who enhanced it, and more than two dozen background technical artists responsible for lighting and surfacing the 6 million feathers covering Mumble's body.

All this for another tenth-rate computer animation that'll fizzle at the box office.

P. S. at 1:10 p.m. Unfortunately, King Richard, I just wandered onto Your elaborate malfunctioning Web page. I'm thinking the last PEOPLE WARNER masterwork with such a bells-and-whistles site was THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH. (It's STILL UP?!?) Sorry, King Richard, this looks like the modern-day CGI equivalent of the ALL-TALKING, ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING PICTURES that flooded the market after the Crash, and which nearly destroyed the movie biz. (Look no further than the TITLE.) Not to worry, this will probably be a smash because so many parents who use the popcorn restaurants as day-care centers won't know better, but I'd like to believe you folks have laid a gold-plated penguin egg.

Not all is lost however, Kingie; You've probably just delivered a message to Ub Iger.

P. S. PEOPLE WARNER links to a press release in USAOKAY!!!!!, which should prove that paper is good for nothing but press releases.