Taught By Industry Professionals
Terry Notary
Avatar • Planet of the Apes • The Square • Kong: Skull Island
Terry Notary is one of Hollywood's most in-demand movement coaches and creature performers, and his work has helped shape how performance capture is done.
A former Cirque du Soleil performer, he got his start in movement coaching when director Ron Howard hired him to teach an entire cast how to move. His first motion capture film was Avatar, where he was the movement coach for the Na'vi, and he went on to work as stunt coordinator and movement coach across the Planet of the Apes reboot series, where he also played Rocket. He performed Kong himself in Kong: Skull Island and played Cull Obsidian in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, and he gave a standout performance as the ape-like Oleg in the Palme d'Or-winning The Square. His credits also include The Hobbit trilogy and The Adventures of Tintin: Secrets of the Unicorn, along with Nope and The Electric State. After 28 years of training A-list actors, athletes, and elite military operators, Terry has distilled everything he has learned about presence, movement, and performance into techniques that help artists perform at their best. He is extremely excited to do his first collaboration workshop with JC Leon in their Markerless Motion Capture Masterclass.
Designed to build confidence and create their own performance piece, participants will collaborate directly with motion capture technicians and directors in real-time performance scenarios. By the end of the session, performers will have hands-on experience working in a live MoCap volume and receive polished FBX animation and video references of their work.
JC Leon
Motion Capture Technician/ Specialist
JC Leon is a leading Character & Motion Capture Specialist in markerless optical tracking pipelines, multi-camera calibration, using Unreal Engine integrations.
JC bridges physical movement with real-time digital environments, guiding technical participants through the full stack of modern markerless motion capture: from multi-camera array alignment and spatial volume calibration to MetaHuman streaming. Learn the technical side of motion capture systems, including how to set up and operate a Captury system using FLIR cameras, as well as utilizing OptiTrack & MOVIN cameras. Participants will explore a variety of innovative tech mocap systems. In addition to mastering recording workflows, post-processing data, and character retargeting, technicians will learn how to properly prepare and rig characters for capture. To apply these skills, participants will work in a live production environment alongside actors and performers. By the end of the workshop, everyone will walk away with ready-to-use FBX animation data and fully assembled project files.