Up to now, the box‑office revenue of the movie One and Only has exceeded 700 million RMB. As a street‑dance‑themed film, it successfully integrates street‑dance cultural elements into its storyline. By telling a story about a group of young people experiencing setbacks and personal growth while pursuing their dreams, the movie showcases the energy, passion and freedom embodied by street‑dance culture.

The dance scenes in the film are spectacular. Every movement reflects the hard‑won efforts of the actors, delivering an immersive audio‑visual feast for audiences.

The movie features numerous battle sequences between leading characters and street‑dance lovers on stage. Few viewers are aware that the medium‑and‑long shots of cheering spectators in the auditorium were not filmed with real‑life extras.

This effect was achieved with digital‑human and motion‑capture technologies co‑developed by Shanghai Jinglang Culture Media and faculty and students from the Digital Entertainment Center of Shanghai Film Art Academy. CHINGMU optical motion‑capture cameras recorded real‑world human movements including arm‑waving, glow‑stick shaking and body swaying, converting them into motion data. Self‑developed software algorithms processed the data to drive pre‑built 3D character models representing virtual audience members. Crowd‑simulation animation technology then placed these cheering virtual characters into the scene, producing high‑definition, seamless footage of a full auditorium waving glow‑sticks. This in‑depth industry‑education‑integration training model helps cultivate urgently‑needed tech‑talents and enables Shanghai Film Art Academy to deliver industry‑oriented teaching programs.

With the continuous development of the film industry, the combination of character modeling and motion‑capture technology has become an indispensable tool for film‑and‑television production. Optical motion‑capture delivers outstanding real‑time tracking accuracy, which improves shooting efficiency and image quality, shortens production cycles, cuts labour costs, and renders lifelike, natural character movements.

One and Only contains multiple vivid scenes of packed audiences cheering. These immersive shots rely on CHINGMU optical motion‑capture technology. High‑precision motion data captured from a single performer reproduced rich cheering gestures for the virtual crowd. Boasting high accuracy, low latency and strong robustness, this technology greatly enhanced the realism of on‑screen visuals, delivering smoother and more authentic viewing experiences.

At present, CHINGMU optical motion‑capture systems are widely deployed not only in filmmaking, but also across animation, game production, digital‑human creation, virtual idols, virtual live‑streaming and other entertainment sectors.

△ CHINGMU Motion‑Capture Cases for Film & Entertainment

As a fully‑domestic professional optical motion‑capture brand, CHINGMU has built up extensive project experience in the film‑and‑entertainment industry. In the future, CHINGMU will continue to increase investment in research and development, pursue independent technological breakthroughs in motion‑capture innovation, and empower the cultural‑entertainment industry with self‑developed algorithms, systems and software. Through high‑precision hardware and professional‑grade services, CHINGMU will support creators to produce higher‑quality works and strive to meet the public’s diverse cultural‑entertainment demands.