Apes In Charge Apes charge through a forest They carry spears and other weapons These apes look real But human actors played them The 2014 film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes used motion capture to transform actors into apes
Performance Capture Motion capture is often called performance capture DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES When the actors arrived on set they were not wearing ape costumes They wore tight bodysuits covered with markers called sensors The actors also wore motion-capture headsets Sensors dotted their faces