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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
James Clarke

How facial performance capture has evolved from Avengers Infinity War to The Fantastic Four First Steps

VFX in Avengers Endgame.

Established in the early 1990s, Digital Domain has sustained its profile as a major presence in visual effects, contributing to hugely popular movies that have included the iconic Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

A distinctive aspect of its work over the past decade and a half has been in facial performance-capture and its realisation on screen through animation and visual effects (for more inspiration, see this year's VES Awards winners and our pick of the best movie CGI). As part of our new Film in Focus series, we caught up with the studio's VFX supervisor Phil Cramer to learn about how the tech has evolved.

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