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Passengers The 515 doomed passengers and crew in this shot are both real and computer-generated—trick question! All of the passengers in this shot, from first class to steerage, were created digitally, but the motion for the "synthespians" was provided by live actors via motion capture. For this technique, the actors wear reflective markers at key body joints, and surrounding cameras sense reflected infrared light, recording their body movements in the computer. Later, this motion is applied to the digital character. Fewer than 20 performers provided the motion for hundreds of virtual characters in "Titanic." (back to Titanic: What's Real) Reel Timeline | 50-Foot Chicken | Wizards of Ahs | Be in Pixels Titanic: What's Real | Virtual Humans | Resources | Teacher's Guide Transcript | Site Map | Special Effects Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000 |