Definitions
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- noun A completely
computer -generated character who appears in afilm orwork of a similarmedium ; avirtual actor .
Etymologies
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Blend of synthetic and thespian.
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Examples
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When a serious actor of his stature says "Who needs actors anyway?", his sardonic expression says more than any special-effects "synthespian" ever could.
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The word "synthespian" was coined by Jeff Kleiser.
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Intrigued by the potential of motion capture to link natural human motion to our synthetic characters, we created Don't Touch Me, a music video piece that premiered at SIGGRAPH 1990 in which singer/songwriter Perla Batalla was optically motion captured (by Motion Analysis in Santa Rosa, CA) to drive a singing synthespian called Dozo.
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A year later, the pair created a short film Don't Touch Me, featuring a singing synthespian named Dozo.
bilby commented on the word synthespian
"... may be a real person, such as another Member, a digital actor, an avatar or a synthespian (e.g. a computer generated 'person' or 'character’)."
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October 6, 2008
DavidSutton commented on the word synthespian
Seems to be a computer-generated image of an actor used in place of the actor when filming stunts
June 5, 2009