I think this is even harder than regular acting with a set, costumes, make-up, and environmental stuff. This is some serious advanced acting because you've got seriously nothing but yourself and your co-workers to work with. I'm in awe right now. ❤️
Seeing "Sarah", crying at the scene around 11:20 was really powerful, I can only imagine what she had to think of to bring forth those emotions, same with Troy.
@@azrazukrina2928 think it's like a standard pose that they do at the end of the scene to give the animators a reference point to work from when they start using the motion capture data.
That is the Stanislavski method of acting, where the actor almost completely becomes their character. That means they feel everything their character feels( grief, anger, sadness). So after they finish they need a bit of time to get out of it. I met a girl a few months ago on acting lessons who knew how to do that. Each time she did that she went out for a short walk. It was quite a suprise to me when I and her were acting in front of others. I am trying to get in to the role and then I turn and see her all teared up. It took me a few seconds longer to respond than we planned. Once when I was actin angry I was then still shaking about a minute after that.
@ken cheng Neil Druckman (director) told Troy Baker (Joel) before rolling the cameras that during that scene specifically, "Whatever happens, keep going with it." They surprised Troy by telling the actress who played Marlene to sing the scene like in a broadway play.
Hey It's Me uhh this game is widely regarded as the best game every made and they definitely get the recognition they deserve with awards and other praises
Yeah and even better, i mean, they are not even in a real environment (like those old buildings, woods, streets, etc) but they can pretend like they're really in that place & condition.
@@audryan27 Thats fair, but then again most actions movies are now Just a greenspace So they kinda miss out, because this is also acting, and some good ass acting from this cast
It's both great and tough to see Annie Wersching as Tess in the game here, a couple of days out from her losing her battle with cancer. Thanks for her contribution to games and television. Rest in peace.
It's such a shame that performances like this aren't acknowledged by major award studios. If anything this level of acting is significantly more challenging than being on a set. The level of imagination these actors need to try and envision being in these situations is beyond compression. So glad these actors got a time to shine in the TV show.
I totally forgot that the first game didn't use facial tracking live. The animators had to do all that by hand. The next game is gonna have SUCH great facial features!
@Lesley Well, for Part II the motion capture technology has improved to the point where they can do live facial tracking. The animators' work is still monumentally impressive though.
same! I love how when she says "tell them that ellie" it looks like shes warming up to David but as she says "is the little girl that broke your fucking finger" we know what a badass she is lol
Sarah’s actress keeps crying even in the T pose in, that’s such good acting, I mean, these actors deserve some pretty good credit, everybody in the crew worked their asses off to make this game such a great masterpiece that even everyone’s desperate to play the sequel.
That is the Stanislavski method of acting, where the actor almost completely becomes their character. That means they feel everything their character feels( grief, anger, sadness). So after they finish they need a bit of time to get out of it. I met a girl a few months ago on acting lessons who knew how to do that. Each time she did that she went out for a short walk. It was quite a suprise to me when I and her were acting in front of others. I am trying to get in to the role and then I turn and see her all teared up. It took me a few seconds longer to respond than we planned.
@@clairelh613 That is the Stanislavski method of acting, where the actor almost completely becomes their character. That means they feel everything their character feels( grief, anger, sadness). So after they finish they need a bit of time to get out of it. I met a girl a few months ago on acting lessons who knew how to do that. Each time she did that she went out for a short walk. It was quite a suprise to me when I and her were acting in front of others. I am trying to get in to the role and then I turn and see her all teared up. It took me a few seconds longer to respond than we planned.
"And I won't let you die! Your brain...is worth more.... ALIIIIIIVEEEEEEE!!!!!" I needed to laugh that hard. Man that was the best laugh I've had in awhile
yeah it's crazy how people can really get into character like that. Joel's actor looked fine in the shot where they were t-posing but Sarah's actress was still almost sobbing. I crack up every time XD
You can check the RETRO REPLAY channel. There is a series of Last Of Us definitive playthrough. Both Troy and Hana were reliving the scene again and pretty much were crying. They talk about making this game a lot in the videos.
Yeah, that moment got me too. Even after the director called cut for that scene, you see both Hannah (Sarah) and Troy (Joel) still crying. Such a great moment. Naughty Dog really went all out with storytelling, directing and acting in this game!
Ellie is probably my favorite character of all time. She’s so strong, but still allows her self to be vulnerable. She fights like it’s her last. And will doing anything for the ones she loves. Idk but I just really admire her for that.
m o m o r i n g 。 give her a break man. By the end of the game she was depressed, not eating, clearly had ptsd and then Tommy came and made her feel guilty for letting Abby get away. I honestly wouldn’t do any different.
m o m o r i n g 。 really i think ellie had to leave them in order to do what she needed to get closure. And if she hadnt, she would have never moved on and wouldnt have properly been there for dina and jj. Sometimes whats best for yourself isnt whats best for others. And thats ok. I believe though once ellie had her shot with abby and let her go, that she returned to jackson to make things right
It actually took Joel's actor days to get that scene correct (the one where sara died), he said he even came home and cried because of how tired he was,
dope that Merle Dandridge plays Marlene in both the game and the show. and that Ashley Johnson ended up playing Ellie’s mother in the show. Ugh so good
@@ludwigvancornwall3063 Well yes and that`s it`s name. This is the prevalent one made by a russian person 150 years ago. There is one more made by an american whose name I forgot, but his is basically a copy of the Stanislavski system.
The scene where Troy acts out the death scene of Joel's daughter... What's required to do an performance like this on a emotional and convincing level, while 'doing' your job as well... Serious skills! I'm actually tearing up just thinking about it!
Your definitely right! The scream Joel's daughter does in the beginning made me cry. It honestly doesn't feel like acting. It just feels like raw emotions. This game is honestly the best thing I have ever seen in my life. It's made so well and the actors are incredible
That`s because they are using the Stanislavski acting method which teaches actors to become their characters, that`s why they are so good. They are not just making this faces for fun.
That means they feel everything their character feels( grief, anger, sadness). So after they finish they need a bit of time to get out of it. I met a girl a few months ago on acting lessons who knew how to do that. Each time she did that she went out for a short walk. It was quite a suprise to me when I and her were acting in front of others. I am trying to get in to the role and then I turn and see her all teared up. It took me a few seconds longer to respond than we planned.
@@TheWhiteCrow22 right?! i wish you got that ending as a reward for playing it on hard difficulty or something. fully animated and everything. its so good!! haha
Honestly it makes me so emotional watching the creation of this game. It certainly is a masterpiece. The talent of everyone who created this and the actors. Being in a pretty much bare room with hardly any or no props and be able to still create that atmosphere and act in that environment is incredible!! Makes you appreciate the game so much more knowing the amount of love and dedication that went into it.
Mocap is the wildest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s the most gut-wrenching scene about loss and grief where the actors are suffering for the scene and then the director calls “cut” and they all have to sadly T-pose. Out of context it’s wild to witness.
In voice acting and/or motion-cap work, when it comes to tragic, sad scenes, the actors typically think of the saddest, darkest memory to get them emotional and then the portrayal of the actual scene is what sets them off. You can clearly tell Sarah’s actress was distraught, but you can see Troy Baker in very deep thought…
I wish I could thank these actors personally for giving me the greatest video game experience in my lifetime. Im not sure if even HBO can out do it, but I'm gonna watch.
@@kathrine7498 Ashley wasn't singing in the scene they referred to, and Ashley had to take singing lessons to sing WORSE. Her singing voice was to clean for Ellie, so they got a vocal coach to make her sing "worse" to fit the role better.
Lee Everett CazMatazz when animators and modellers create a model for a character, they create it in a “T-Pose”. This is the default shape of the model, without any animation. At the beginning and end of a scene, Mocap actors have to stand in the same T-Pose as their character’s unanimated models, so that the model can calibrate to them (I,E - Ellie’s arm is the same place as Ashley’s arm). At the end, they T-Pose again, which means the model starts in the same place as it finishes, just like hand crafted animation. It’s also sometimes called the “Bind pose”, as the model ‘binds’ to the actor’s body.
Being an actor in a full set with costumes and everything else is one thing. But this is a completely different environment they have to work in, and they do it so well! They all are very talented actors!
Bhiner1029 this was an early script from around 2010, and was Troy’s audition for Joel, so its was probably a really rough script, so a good 50% of it probably got changed, Fun fact, just five minutes before this video was recorded, Ashley almost got in a real fight with the previous person who auditioned for Joel because he pushed her flat on her ass during the scene. In her words, “And I was like, ‘Fucking forget the scene, I’m gonna fight this motherfucker’”
Originally their relationship was gonna be different. Tess would be the main villain because Joel abandons her to save ellie. I like what they changed it to.
11:34 sarah's actress is crying and joel's actor i think was too..you can see it on his face..i know the story is very touching but i really didn't expect this..making a game is not all fun..
That is the Stanislavski method of acting, where the actor almost completely becomes their character. That means they feel everything their character feels( grief, anger, sadness). So after they finish they need a bit of time to get out of it. I met a girl a few months ago on acting lessons who knew how to do that. Each time she did that she went out for a short walk. It was quite a suprise to me when I and her were acting in front of others. I am trying to get in to the role and then I turn and see her all teared up. It took me a few seconds longer to respond than we planned. Then for you saying it`s not fun, it`s true that it hurts you as you actually feel it( I`ve acted being angry and I was shaking for a minute after I stopped acting), and there is a lot more, but in the end it is very interesting.
Boy I am glad that a bought this game years ago. My friend reccomended it to me I said nah I think its just a typical post apocalyptic surival game. Boy I was wrong it's like reading a book and watching a movie at the same time . The first scene that Joel lost his daughter broke me and I knew that this game was special.
But yeah "it's like reading a book and watching a movie at the same time." Is probably the best analogy for this game I've ever heard. I'm probably gonna steal it just so you know...
Im not a gamer but I love the show. This is so cool to watch though. I had to stop after Sam and Henry came in bc Im only on episode 5. Haha. What great actors and voices they got even just for the game. Really amazing.
I almost fell out of my chair when they started singing in the end. That was hilarious. Plus, you can actually see the crew and the camera guy cracking up.
Neill made them do it another 4 times after doing it for the first time and the first time it wasnt actually acting during sarahs death they actually cried and neill made them go through it four more times
Thank you for uploading this! :-) The whole game movie is filmed in that studio. It's amazing what these actors do with almost nothing around, but with the scenes in their minds. These actors do a great job. A terrific job! If I could, I would award them an Oscar! :-)
Troy Baker doing Sarah's death scene is a work of art. The man went all out. It feels wasted that we can't fully see his emotions in the final product (we see the animated version) but it was worth it for the game. I would have a blood hard time getting into character with those suits on, let alone going that far. Bravo.
Masterpiece deserve a ton of rewards! Everyone who worked for this game I thank you all! I keep replaying the Remake over and over again and never I felt bored on the story and acting. GOAT zombie survival game.
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