Prince of Persia rotoscopy

[GodberOfDuane]

at 0:18 there is a subliminal image of jordan mechner

[nameless527]

their father composed the theme song

[pablopares]

WOW!

[SopitasMaggi]

0:18 ??? Face?



[MrHopeTelevision]

how did you find this?

[volatilevoid]

@MrHopeTelevision Have a look at the old journals on Mechners site. He uploaded the original videos at vimeo. ;-)

[MrHopeTelevision]

@volatilevoid i checked it out, awesome!

[bobo225884]

so the original prince of persia is actually jordan's brother

[trople]

Wow, that video's a significant landmark in gaming history. Read about it over the years, it's good to finally see it.

Also David Mechner looks cute :)

[jaspertine9]

Welcome to the uncanny valley!

[vorido]

22 seconds of my life ill never get. back

[LaukkuTheGreit]

@vorido You can relive them if you rewatch the video.

[DenisKomment]

Hi, 0gmo, are you a friend of Jordan Mechner?

[aquapendulum]

Wow, welcome to the birth of motion-capture technology, gentlemen!

[StellarJetman]

@aquapendulum

Rotoscoping's been around for a very, very long time; this was hardly the "birth" of the technique.

[iscrocchi972]

It's the original prince! Jordan's brotherXD

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

HOLY SHIT! if you look carefuly at 0:14 he runs like in the game!

[Sprintman210]

lol

[nibzTM]

Incredible! Also... Hi Reddit

[rhockingberry42]

This is awesome.

[bandwagonretards]

holy shit its exactly the same. at first i was like "wait wut, some guy pretending to be the old prince of persia?"

but then saw your rotoscoping comment. these exact clips were used, weren't they?

[0gmo]

You're right. These clips were directly used for the video game.

[UltraBibendum]

and he walks away like its nothing

[Ochobobo]

Awesome!

[eatmealiveplease]

did he die?

[0gmo]

Jordan Mechner is still alive.

[crazyzach5]

I haven't seen him but I heard him talking about the new PoP: SoT movie and he sounds like he's 30.

[chestergeo]

@0gmo I guess @eatmealiveplease meant David - after all, on the later videos he probably had to do some sword swinging, fall from high cliffs into spikes, etc. :-D

[0gmo]

It's not fake. This is called rotoscopy. The recorded movements were converted to the game character.

[playeren]

wow! it's totally his movements in the original!