Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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How Davy Jones was brought to life in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' (2006), thanks to actor Bill Nighy and new VFX innovations from @ILMVFX.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:34 - Sponsor: Reallusion
00:01:05 - Why the previous Pirates film matters
00:01:37 - How IMocap was born
00:02:25 - Pearl Harbor was important
00:02:41 - Matchmoving and tracking
00:03:18 - Meet Davy Jones
00:04:06 - Simulating tentacles
00:05:14 - New IMocap developments
00:05:44 - Get the book

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