Stunning virtual Audrey Hepburn TVC

Stunning indeed! This is from VFX house Framestore, who also worked on Cuaron's Gravity. From their site:

"The process started with an exhaustive search for the perfect Audrey Hepburn[SUP]TM[/SUP] double. The hope was to find someone who could give the performance needed, and ideally to share as many of her features and characteristics as possible. Framestore then completed a round of extensive pre-shoot facial scanning at its in-house Capture Lab in order to deliver the complexities demanded by this project. This included a FACS (facial action coding system) session that allowed the team to record more than 70 possible muscle movements and capture high resolution textures for building their CG AudreyTM.
The 3D team built the model of Hepburn[SUP]TM[/SUP], making use of the star’s entire feature film catalogue, plus all available press and documentary photographs as reference. However, as there was no technical lens information or measurements available for such old footage, it was quite an inexact science, involving tirelessly tweaking to refine the model from every possible angle."

More on that here: http://www.framestore.com/work/galaxy-chauffeur
 
While it is indeed very impressive, it still creeps me out. As far as im concerned, as long as I can tell that a human face is CGI, it's weird. It's like staring at an alien that is trying to mimic human form.
 
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