Confronted with a potential battle scene fraught with danger, Ashley Dockry and Bonnie Gleicher devised a startling strategy.
“Let’s use our sex appeal,” Dockry said to Gleicher. The duo sensually strutted their way toward the enemy position, exaggerating poses and movements like fashion models on a runway.
When shots rang out, the mood changed instantly. They dove for cover, quickly plotted an attack, then jumped out and ran forward, firing at the enemy. It was all over in perhaps two minutes.
But no blood was spilled, and there were no guns or enemy warriors. The “shots” were merely shouted “bang-bangs.” It was all part of Prof. Tony Simotes’ theater class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where students are learning to act as motion capture performers for video games.