From World War II to a nursing home in the 2000s, and every decade in between, Netflix’s The Irishman tells the tale of hitman Frank Sheeran through scenes from different times in his life. But all three leads in the film — Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci — are in their 70s. A makeup department couldn’t realistically transform the actors back to their 20s and 30s. And director Martin Scorcese was against using the typical motion capture markers or other intrusive equipment that gets in the way of raw performances during filming. To meet this requirement, ILM (Industrial Light And Magic) has developed a new three-camera rig to capture the actors’ performances on set, using the director’s camera (RED Helium) flanked by two infrared cameras (ARRI Mini) to record 3D geometry and textures.
formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.