MOTION CAPTURE

 Motion capture is the process of recording the details of a live actor's body movement tp a special motion capture data file which can be applied to a computer generated 3D model.

Initlally used in feature film effects like terminator II's liquid metal robot, motion capture is now routinely used in the production of life like video games. Libraries of generic movement sequences suitable for small productions are available commercial, one free source of motion data is mocapdata.com.

OpticalMotionCapture Tutorial

Motion capture for the rest of us - Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 2004

Using BVH motion data with the free Blender 3D package 

ANIMATION 

Animation Arena -- News and Tips for the Animation Artist 

Animation World Network -  The largest animation-related publishing group on the Internet,

 Animationtrip.com - Animation publisher and news source.