Will we eventually not need actors?

[episodic]

I mean in like 10 or less years computer graphics are going to be indistinguishable from the real thing.


Can they just make up ppl then to act?

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

I wonder if we'll have computer-simulated neffers in 10 years too.

 

[episodic]

They already do - episodic = batch file 🙂

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
I wonder if we'll have computer-simulated neffers in 10 years too.

hmmm... I wonder

 

[KoolDrew]

Well with growing of technology I wouldn't doubt it.

 

[rh71]

are you nuts ? We can't lust after computer animations !!!!! That may do it for some of you but not here...

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
I wonder if we'll have computer-simulated neffers in 10 years too.

:thumbsup::laugh:
There always will be time for neffing in the future. Look at OT forum today.Imagine what will happen in 20 years or so.:shocked:

 

[Queasy]

At the very least, they'll need voice actors.

 

[rickn]

Fiona Shrek is a better actor than J.Lo, so maybe.

 

[pulse8]

There will always be a need for actors, I think.

While graphics are moving in a good direction I don't think they'll be able to simulate an actual human properly for a long time.

Replicating the human voice is also not moving nearly as fast as recreating the human figure.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: pulse8
While graphics are moving in a good direction I don't think they'll be able to simulate an actual human properly for a long time.

Well, until they can go out attention whoring (or just plain whoring around) and give us something to post about, they can't replace the real actors/actresses.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: episodic
I mean in like 10 or less years computer graphics are going to be indistinguishable from the real thing.


Can they just make up ppl then to act?

I hope so.

 

[ThePresence]

Watch the Pacino movie S1mone for more on this subject.

 

[Stunt]

When you posted that...i thought you meant making movies out of all actresses...lol.
im all for that 😉

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: episodic
I mean in like 10 or less years computer graphics are going to be indistinguishable from the real thing.
Can they just make up ppl then to act?

Ten years, I think, is overambitious. Right now instead of filming an actor walking across the room for a couple of minutes, you're employing a whole team of computer animators, software engineers, system administrators, artists, and--often enough--an actor who walks across the room in a motion capture suit and maybe another actor with a facetracker or similar device on his head. (Here's me using one, in case you're curious.)

People are making movies digitally not because it's cheaper, but because people will buy them because that's what's cool now. Eventually, it'll become cheaper and better, but at the same time, it'll become less cool. If it stops being cool before it becomes cheap, we'll probably see people moving further away from computer animated features.

What probably will continue to rise in popularity is the use of digital mattes and compositing actors and real objects with digital sets. Crowd scenes is another application where digital actors can save you money, so we'll probably see more of those year by year.

But I don't think human actors are going to be obsolete in ten or twenty years.

 

[Jassi]

Although animation has been a big hit, people actually like to see other people on the screen. Have you seen how star obsessed American culture is?

 

[pulse8]

What we have pretty much seen the end of is traditional animation.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: episodic
I mean in like 10 or less years computer graphics are going to be indistinguishable from the real thing.


Can they just make up ppl then to act?

That's like asking if sex with a blow up doll will ever replace a real woman.

 

[squirrel dog]

Oh wow , who will tell the democracts how to vote ?

 

[conjur]

I keep waiting for the first CGI MSM reporter.

 

[Arkitech]

I suggest you rename the thread to:

Will we eventually not need actors like Ben Affleck?

 

[Ryan]

No, people don't care about actors for their movies, they care about them for the tabloids - CG can never replace a good scandal.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
No, people odn't care about actors for their movies, they care about then for the tabloids - CG can never replace a good scandal.

I take it you've never seen "Drawn Together"

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
No, people don't care about actors for their movies, they care about them for the tabloids - CG can never replace a good scandal.

Exactly what I was thinking.