Meet Motion Capture Actor Adam Jennings
Adam Jennings is an actor who specializes in motion capture. He has come to be known as the "face of Guitar Hero" after working on every title of the video game franchise since Legends of Rock. He has also worked on such games as Guitar Hero: Metallica, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, Tony Hawk's Project 8 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.Adam made his big screen film debut in motion capture acting in Mars Needs Moms (2011) in which he played the roles of multiple aliens. He has logged the most facial motion capture hours of any other actor in the entire world.
Ask Adam Anything
In the video below, Adam Jennings answers questions from Reddit users as part of a series where you can ask various professionals anything and everything:
Mentor Series Playlist
Check out the questions Reddit users asked below to more easily navigate through the first "Ask Adam Jennings Anything" session:
What career path led you to be a motion capture artist?- Can you tell me your general activities on any given day?
- How does the motion capture suit work?
- How does a facial marker set work?
- How are you directed as an actor?
- What are some of the difficulties of being a mo cap actor?
- What projects have you worked on before?
- What makes your job enjoyable?
- What is your dream character to mo-cap?
- Where do you see the future of mo-cap going?
- Do you do anything besides mo-cap?
- What are some of your favorite movies?
- How accurate is your mo-cap performance compared to the final product?
- What advice do you have for someone interested in getting involved with motion capture?
- How was working on Mars Needs Moms?
- Which characters did you play on Mars Needs Moms?
- How was working on Tony Hawk Pro Skater?
- Who have you met or worked with as far as rock stars go on Guitar Hero?
- How is it being the face of Guitar Hero?
- What are you currently working on motion capture-wise?
- Do you enjoy playing the games you've motion captured for?
- Do you enjoy watching the films you've motion captured for?
- What's it like doing different characters for the same game (i.e. playing female characters or your work on Mars Needs Moms)?
- What's your educational background?
- Is there any motion capture training available?
- What was it like working on Marvel Alliance II?
Additional Information
Adam Jennings is a Californian through and through, having been born and raised in San Francisco. He started acting in theatrical productions and on television around the age of 10.To date, Adam has filmed upwards of 500 songs and several thousand lines of dialogue in seven different languages during his motion capture work on Guitar Hero.
Adam's other credits include acting spots on Samantha Who?, So Notorious, Convincing Benny and Dharini. He currently resides in the Los Angeles area with his girlfriend.
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