Josef Fares has already proven his talent as a director with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, but now he’s mastering a new skill: motion capture. Fares revealed that he did all of the motion capture for one of A Way Out‘s main characters, Leo. The other main character, Vincent, was also handled internally, as Studio Manager Oskar Wolontis donned the role. It’s a unique approach, especially considering they did their own stunts, but Fares said that he was “prepared to do everything” for his project.
Here’s how Josef Fares described doing the A Way Out motion capture in a recent interview with EA:
Not only did we do all of the mo-cap, we did of the games? stunts as well. We didn?t have a stunt guy so all the jumping, fighting and everything else players will see in-game, is done completely by us. It was pretty tough going, but we just got on with it even though we hurt ourselves a few times. If you believe in something and are passionate about it, then you?re prepared to do everything for it. Even if its long Walk and Run Cycle sessions for Motion Batch, where we captured every animation and movement possible, from crawling, to crouching, to sprinting, to jogging for almost twenty hours.
I don?t know how many hours I personally put into wearing that mo-cap suit, but it?s a crazy amount of time – so I guess I?m a mo-cap expert now. There are even some crazy stunts that we did, that I can guarantee are not supposed to be carried out by...