System and method for generating visual animation

A method for generating visual animation of a puppet character, the method comprising:

• capturing a first take of a scene with a moveable camera, the first take of the scene including a scene tracking marker disposed within a background set;
• determining a movement track of the moveable camera during the capturing of the first take of scene;
• capturing a second take of the scene with a first user operating a first portion of the puppet character including a first puppet tracking marker, capturing the second take using a fixed camera and moving a moveable platform based on the movement track;
• capturing a third take of the scene with a second user operating a second portion of the puppet character including a second puppet tracking marker using the fixed camera and moving the moveable platform based on the movement track;
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• electronically merging, using a computer processing device, the first take, the second take, and the third track to generate an output scene.

A system for generating visual animation, the system comprising:

• a background set having a scene tracking marker disposed therein, the scene tracking marker including a marker element disposed thereon, wherein the scene tracking marker is a disc having a plurality of rotational notations thereon;
• a moveable camera operative to capture, a first take of a scene within the background set having the scene tracking marker therein;
• a first processing device, in response to the first take of scene and the scene tracking marker captured therein, operative to determine a movement track of the moveable camera during the capturing of the first take of the scene;
• a moveable platform having a greenscreen set disposed thereon and the moveable platform having an animation object controlled by a user therein;
• a fixed camera operative to capture a second take of the scene with the user controlling the animation object, wherein the fixed camera capturing the second take of the scene is concurrent with moving the moveable platform based on the movement track;
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• a second processing device electronically generating an output scene with visual animation by merging the first take of the scene and the second take of the scene.