virtual actor
A synthespian is the digital clone of a human being, in voice and appearance, created using both CGI 3D techniques and digital animation, and computer systems for the manipulation and creation of sound.
The article discusses the technological and ethical concerns surrounding the use of synthespians and other digital humans.
Hollywood now seems to have the power to bring dead actors back to life as synthespians.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cinema & theatre: production, direction & recording
acquire
acquisition
armourer
audition
auteur
canister
computer-animated
filmmaker
filmmaking
fog machine
framing
framing device
linear
restage
run through something
rush
screen test
self-produced
SFX
special effect

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