7 Days, 1 Epic Mocap Journey – Cinematic Performance Shoot at Apple Arts Studios

Neel Madhu
Jun 7
2 min read

The past week at Apple Arts Studios has been nothing short of cinematic magic. We successfully wrapped a massive 7-day motion capture shoot with multiple actors, facial rigs, Unreal previsualization, and a dedicated international client team from PB Casting Studio. With over two months of planning, this project marked one of the biggest motion capture schedules since upgrading to our Vicon Motion Capture System.

Wrap-up photo with full studio and client crew after last day

PB Casting actors in a roundtable rehearsal discussion session

It all began with PB Casting Studio prepping their cast during a roundtable discussion at our Hyderabad facility. The tone was set for a seamless performance-driven shoot.

Director briefing mocap actors during rehearsal

Mocap team rehearsing the cinematic scene setup

Our team offered studio rental for rehearsal, allowing the clients to utilize the space efficiently for actor training and choreography setup before shoot days.

Scene preparation with direction and staging coordination

Actors and director discussing live scene action during shoot

The shoot began with seven actors on Day 1 and Day 2, then gradually scaled down across the following days with two actors handling the final cinematic scenes. Our facial rigs (5 total) and Unreal Engine-based previsualization (20 MetaHuman characters) played a key role in real-time visualization.

Real-time actor blocking during performance capture session

Complete view of Apple Arts Studios’ mocap stage in action

Actors performing stunt sequence on elevated ramp setup

Actor duo in action during performance mocap

Selfie moment of actors Lakshmikanth & Ishaan in mocap suits

Multi-cam facial preview with Unreal Engine visualization

Actors in T-pose after completing shoot session

Actor standing in T-pose after the final take

Post-shoot photo of mocap actors in full suits

Every day, we wrapped each shot only after the client’s live review and approval—ensuring smooth delivery and zero reshoots. There were no hardware breakdowns, no scheduling delays, and our minimal crew ensured max productivity.

Neel with mocap actor team post-successful performance shoot

Photo with Neel and PB Casting clients after successful project

Team and client celebration photo post wrap-up

Team and clients enjoying after-party lunch together

📍 Location: Hyderabad, India🌐 Website: www.appleartsstudios.com

Services Used in This Project:

Full Performance Capture (Body + Facial + Finger)
Real-Time Facial Capture with HMCs
Unreal Engine Previsualization
Live Review & Client Approval Workflow
Vicon Vero 2.2 Camera System
Studio Rental for Rehearsals
Post-Processing on Request (tracking, retargeting)