Collective Intent: Embodied Acting

04/01/2026

Want to enjoy self tapes? Want to feel proud of them?

Make sure you subscribe to my newsletter, put yourself on the waitlist, or head to the blog in the comments to find out more about regular classes aimed at giving you the tools you need to be in a place of competent and authentic play - especially in a self tape.

Also see http://linktr.ee in bio.

Get in the orbit of this growing community dedicated to doing what AI can't - becoming more human and delivering performances that you can be proud of.

03/30/2026

It is time to create communities and join acting classes that are dedicated to creating living characters that you can't look away from - scenes that people will remember for years.

That's what our job should now be and nothing less.

So my contribution to that end is to start a series of regular classes where I will be teaching actors the same techniques and systems that I've been using and developing over the past 20 years - to help the actors deliver castings that are spontaneous, that are surprising, that are compelling, that are engaging, that are unlikely to be forgotten even if they don't get the job.

And in that process, rediscover the fun, the sense of fun that acting can have.

go to my http://linktr.ee to learn more, subscribe to my waitlist or read the blog (also in the IG comment below)

03/26/2026

I'm not a Weequay Pirate. But I can become one.

For years I have tested my technique in the crucible of one of the most demanding of media, and performing physical body doubling or multiple characters. I was bound by NDA's and could never share what I was doing.

Thanks to and I got to play the body of the much loved Hondo Ohnaka - only seen in 2d in the clone wars up until that point - AND I was allowed to be credited with his Motion Capture.

I teach the techniques that I use. So to learn more about what I teach and regular classes I am now giving in Toronto see the Blog link in comments or head to my http://Linktr.ee in my bio.

03/22/2026

"I don't believe you, get off" -
Doreen Cannon my acting teacher in the first year saw it right away.

Although I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic art beating stiff competition I ended up just getting better at giving a good impression of a good actor playing a role. I wasn't transformed. Despite Doreen's blunt guidance.

It was mocap that made me see what I had hoped to hide. I could still see it was me.

Go to my blog (link in comments or my http://linktr.ee in bio) to learn more and about the technique I built over 15 years, and the regular classes I am starting in Toronto.

03/18/2026

Now is the time to put aside the old rulebook - and look with fresh eyes at what it the apparent reality we are entering now.

How do actors and storytellers adapt and continue connecting communities and opportunities for shared human experiences that are never forgotten?

The answer is in bringing the messy live human to everything you do as an actor - even and perhaps especially for self tapes. Don't settle for safe, and what everyone has always done. Your casting is as unique as you are.

Go to:

https://www.collectiveintent.net/blog/the-actor-ai-cant-replace

And learn about the "regular" classes I am beginning in Toronto.

03/05/2026

03/03/2026

You don't know who is going to have a say over your mocap audition.
That could include the director, the lead animator, the lead facial animator etc...

So how do you ensure that whatever skillset is judging your casting you have it cover?

March 22 · Montréal · 10 actors
One day to learn what casting directors, animators, and directors actually want from you in the volume.

$300 - 350 · Link in bio



You don't know who is going to have a say over your mocap audition.

That could include the director, the lead animator, the lead facial animator etc...

So how do you ensure that whatever skillset is judging your casting you have it cover?

March 22 · Montréal · 10 actors

ONLY MCV ALUMNI H&M1 and OR EQUIVALENT TRAINING (MUST Email me to confirm pascal a t themocapvaults.com)

One day to learn what casting directors, animators, and directors actually want from you in the volume.

03/03/2026

You don't know who is going to have a say over your mocap audition.
That could include the director, the lead animator, the lead facial animator etc...

So how do you ensure that whatever skillset is judging your casting you have it cover?

March 22 · Montréal · 10 actors
One day to learn what casting directors, animators, and directors actually want from you in the volume.

$350 · Link in bio



You don't know who is going to have a say over your mocap audition.

That could include the director, the lead animator, the lead facial animator etc...

So how do you ensure that whatever skillset is judging your casting you have it cover?

March 22 · Montréal · 10 actors

ELIGIBILTY: MOCAP VAULTS ALUMNI H&M1 and UP

OR

EQUIVALENT TRAINING IN RECOGNISED COURSE (Contact me pascal a t themocapvaults.com)

One day to learn what casting directors, animators, and directors actually want from you in the volume.

03/01/2026

The casting was like any other video game audition. Two scenes and a note: "Feel free to use the environment."

The part was for Hondo Ohnaka, a much-loved Star Wars character already established in the animated series Clone Wars. Fans knew him. They knew his voice, his swagger, his particular brand of pirate charm. It had to be done right.

There was a problem.

Hondo is voiced by Jim Cummings, a well-known and celebrated actor. Jim and the writers had formed Hondo's character, but it was the animators who had defined his physicality. Jim was not a motion capture actor. Ubisoft needed someone who could physically become the 3D, subjectively acted Hondo that had only ever been a 2D, objectively created character.

That's a specific ask. You're not creating something from scratch. You're stepping into the legacy of a family of creative animators and writers, a character already loved by fans and making it live in three dimensions - in a body, in a space, in real time.

Ubisoft put out the call.

The Shakespeare Gamble
I played Hondo Ohnaka performing a speech from Two Gentlemen of Verona as if he was in a bar.

I made it clear in the submission that it was a bonus … a choice, not part of the brief.

Why? Honestly? Because it was so much fun.

Remember that? How acting can be fun?

To find out when my next classes are scheduled, to apply to audit, or just to put yourself on the waitlist, head over to http://collectiveintent.net

02/08/2026

Last week I ran a great workshop at Humber Polytechnic's Virtual Production program 🎬

This gave three mocap vaults students the opportunity to get in a volume and see their behavior translated into mocap in realtime.

Thanks , .nadine and .voiceactor

Two voice actors and a dancer - Mocap vaults has always been a broad church - and events like this prove why. Each actor is learning how to callibrate their physical storytelling - stepping into their discomfort with the confidence that comes from classes that have proven that discomfort to be where the learning happens! Well done - guys, within minutes I saw that your brains were recalibrating with your bodies!!

Dr. Eva Ziemsen invited me to answer a deceptively simple question: What do people working with mocap actors actually need to communicate to get the best results?

Turns out, after 25+ years of doing this work (Heavy Rain, Watch Dogs: Legion, Star Wars Outlaws...), I could distill it down to 5 fundamental principles that anyone can use - no acting jargon or dives into method techniques required.

The energy in that room reminded me why I love this work. Students from animation, acting, and virtual production all discovering what live performers bring - that AI simply can't replicate.

It was fun. It was human. It was community.

Huge thanks to Richard Dorton and
and to for the introduction!

Want in?
🎭 ACTORS: If you want to learn mocap performance from working professionals, join the Mocap Vaults waiting list https://www.themocapvault.com

🎭 ACTORS (all levels): For future ongoing acting classes using all my techniques applied to practical uses, join the Collective Intent waiting list https://www.collectiveintent.net/waitlist-form

Links are also in the linktree in my bio.

Drop a 🙋 in the comments if you want more info on either!