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Yo ho ho! ILM creates a sea monster and 15 lead characters in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest using innovative mocap and simulation.(Industrial Light & Magic)

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After you've seen Davy Jones' beard writhe like a sea creature. After you learn that Industrial Light & Magic discovered a way to motion-capture the performances of multiple actors during principal photography without using one piece of motion-capture equipment. After all that sinks in, it's the details in Walt Disney Pictures' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest that will amaze you.

Gore Verbinski returned to direct this sequel to the popular action/adventure/ comedy Pirates of the Caribbean: The Carse of the Black Pearl, as did actors Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom, visual effects supervisor John Knoll, and ILM. The sequel has 1100 ...

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