L.A. Noire
Makeup artist Kali Balugo creates a 1947 look for Gil McKinney, an actor for the motion-capture video game L.A. Noire. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Director Brendan McNamara works with actor Aaron Staton, in an orange shirt with green fuzz balls attached to help the motion-capture process, on the set of L.A. Noire at Depth Analysis in Culver City. Staton uses the image of “Mona Lisa” as his eye line while performing hard-boiled dialogue. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Aaron Staton, best known from his role as ad account executive Ken Cosgrove on “Mad Men,” works on the L.A. Noire set, where his every move is recorded by a total of 32 cameras. He stars as Det. Cole Phelps, whom players control to investigates an array of crimes in the shadows of 1947 Los Angeles. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Camera rig operator Nick Martin looks at multiple views of Aaron Staton. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
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Video editor Josh Rifkin shows images of Aaron Staton for L.A. Noire at Depth Analysis in Culver City. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Mona Lisa looks out on the set of what Team Bondi and Rockstar Games hope will be a masterpiece (and blockbuster) of a video game. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
“With a television show or a movie, you have an idea of how it’s going to look because you were there,” Aaron Staton said. “In this, you feel very removed because the physical process was separate from the line reading. I have no idea how it will look when it all comes together.” (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
