Digital Actors

1. Is this acting or is this animation?
I believe that this is acting because they need actors to act certain scenes out for them to animate. I would consider it animation when the characters are being completely drawn out and onlt voice actors are needed. The actors in this animation actually do have to act because their facial expressions and mouth movements are used and animated for the movie. Even though animation is involved and this whole movie is basically animated, actors were still needed to act out the facial expressions.

2. Do you think that animated character should be eligible for acting awards?
No, I do not think that animated characters should be eligible for acting awards as they are still animations. I think that the actors playing the role should be the only one eligible for acting awards because they are the ones that acted as the animated character was created from them. No matter how real it may seem, animated characters are fake and I do not believe they should get an award as the actor playing the role should.


3. Do you think that human actors will ever become obsolete? Why or why not?
No, I do not think that human actors would ever become obselete because they are the original. Animated characters can not show the same emotions that humans could and that is a major reason why human actors wouldn't become obselete. If they did, the need for actors wouldn't be as high but the need for voice actors would be. Humans are the only ones that the viewers could relate to and so I do not think that animated characters would satisfy the viewers more than humans.