had to take quick selfie because I was already late!
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Creating Stereoscopic 3D Images
THIS WAS SUCH A COOL PROJECT!!!! Didn't think that 3d imaging would be so easy to make... -_- unfortunately, i think the only one that works the best is the clock tower image... and, for some reason, green and magenta creates more of a "3D" look best for the images i've made...
Monday, May 4, 2015
Recreating Cameras and Lights in Maya
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Friday, April 17, 2015
Term Paper 3: Special Effects in Animation and Live-Action
"My first two term paper scores were both above 80; I will not be writing a third term paper."
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Outline of the Third Term Paper - Motion Capture (Gollum and Caesar)
Introduction
1.
Thesis: The
special effects of motion capture brought many famous characters to life,
including Gollum from Lord of the Rings and Caesar from Rise of the Planet of
the Apes.
2.
Briefly explains what is motion capture
3.
Tools to make motion capture: body motion markers,
facial camera, modeling, texturing
Body
1.
Gollum from Lord of the Rings (the Two Towers)
-
Introduces character and brief summary of movie
-
Scene that has Gollum (at 7:55)
-
Techniques use to form Gollum
a.
Additional studies for Gollum: Dirt, skin
defeat, eyes, muscle movement around the eyes, tissue simulation, tension
control
-
Successful or not?
a.
Success in terms of 2002, but when Gollum in the
Hobbit appear in 2012, motion capture went to a new realistic level
b.
Believable movements and the feelings of an odd
creature
2.
Caesar from Rise of the Planet of the Apes
-
Introduces character and brief summary of movie
-
Scene that has Caesar (51:00)
-
Techniques use to make Caesar
a.
Tools: Motion markers, wireless camera around environment,
facial camera, performance capture suit
-
Successful or not?
a.
Similar to Gollum, Caesar was successful in
2011, but in 2014, the details in Caesar were extraordinary.
b.
Facial imagery, in Rise of the POTA, there wasn’t
much action; it was all about Caesar’s transformation. It has to do with a lot
of his facial expression and motion capture did an amazing job.
Conclusion
1.
Restate thesis
2.
Reintroduce Gollum from Lord of the Rings, and
how motion capture brought Gollum to life
3.
Reintroduce Caesar from Rise of the Planet of
the Apes, and how motion capture brought Caesar to life
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Paper 2 - Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction?
Many
cinematics tries to remove the laws of gravity. This tends to happened due to
trying to emphasize on the power of the characters in the movie. For instance,
movies such as Kung Fu Hustle, the Matrix, and Bulletproof Monk broke the laws
of gravity so that the audience can clearly see how strong the characters in
the movie are getting. Kung Fu Hustle broke the law of gravity in a battle
scene when weight and balance does not make sense. While in the Matrix, it
broke the law of gravity when the protagonist was being taught by his master to
have a stronger mindset. Lastly, in Bulletproof Monk, the protagonist also has
a master to teach him. The law of gravity was broke to allow the master to show
the protagonist on how to be better in combat.
The
first example of how the law of gravity was broken is in the movie Kung Fu
Hustle. Kung Fu Hustle, a 2004 Hong Kong action comedy movie. The movie's
success was based on its cartoon style of martial arts with exaggerated
physics. In addition, throughout the movie, it played sad genre traditional
Chinese music accompanied by the comical moods of fighting scenes. The setting
of the movie is Shanghai, China. In a small town Pig Sty Alley, the townspeople
live quietly. One day, the Axe Gang came to terrorize the town to uphold their frightening
reputation. Luckily, the townspeople were saved by the three legendary kung fu
fighters that retired in their small town.
In
a battle scene from Kung Fu Hustle when two fighters, who use a Chinese harp as
a weapon, come to the town Pig Sty to assassinate their top three fighters was
when the movie broke the laws of gravity. The two harpists ended the battle by
sitting on air as with leg crossed on top of the other leg, as the Chinese harp
rests on their lap. This is impossible because the human body cannot balance upward
on just one leg while all the weights are push to the back of the body. Gravity
will push the back body and will make the harpists fall backward. However, this
scene works really well in the movie because it delivers the message that these
two harpists are powerful fighters.
The
Matrix is the second example of how the law of gravity is broken in cinemas. The
Wachowski Brothers directed the Matrix in 1999 as an American-Australian
science fiction action movie. This movie is most known for an effect that slows
down a shot, and then allows the audiences to see the action of the scene
captured in slow-motion. In the Matrix, a war has been going on between the
humans and the intelligent machines. When the human block the power source of
the machines, the machines capture and put the humans into a container as a
power source. Neo, a computer hacker, might be the key to battle against these
machines and save the human kind.
A
scene from the Matrix that is breaking gravity is when Morpheus and Neo are
both training in the Matrix world. Morpheus was explaining to Neo in the Matrix
world, it is in the mind that is the strongest, and that whatever one believe
in, they can do it in the Matrix system. He did this by showing Neo to jump
from one building roof to the next one. In reality, it is impossible for one
human being to jump from one building to the next building unless they are
really near each other’s, this is not the case for the Matrix. Basically, the
movie was trying to emphasize how the character Morpheus is powerful. This is
an example of how the Matrix broke the law of gravity.
The
third example is the movie Bulletproof Monk. Bulletproof Monk is an American
action film directed by Paul Hunter in 2003. The movie was based on the comic
book created by Michael Avon Oeming. In the movie, a monk that has been
protecting a magic scroll for sixty years from anyone that wants to use its
power for evil. When Kar, a street thug saved the monk from being capture by a
scroll pursuer, the monk intends to pass the scroll on to Kar for protection.
In
Bulletproof Monk, the laws of gravity were broken when the Monk was trying to
show Kar how to fight. While they were in combat with each other, as Kar was
about to kick the Monk, the Monk flew backward elegantly. He flew backward
flowing up to mid-air then slowly landed on the ground like a bird. In real
gravity, if the Monk flown to the air like such, he would not have landed so
elegantly on the ground, he would have simply fall or landed very hard on his
feet. This scene was trying to show the power of the Monk by taking the laws of
gravity.
Numerous
films try to make their movies unique. One of the ways that they did this was
by taking away the law of gravity. This made their movie extraordinary because
the audience are used to seeing what is normal. When films takeaway gravity, it
is something people have not encounter. In the movies Kung Fu Hustle, the
Matrix, and Bulletproof Monk are examples of how gravity was taken away.
Gravity was removed in these movies so that the characters in the movies can be
shown as powerful fighters. For instance, in Kung Fu Hustle, in one of the
battle scenes, the bad guys do not have to obey the law of gravity so that they
can attack the good guys. Another example is in the Matrix, when the master was
trying to proof that if the protagonist’s mind is strong enough, then in the
Matrix system, the law of gravity will not affect him. Lastly, in Bulletproof
Monk, similar to the Matrix, the master was trying to teach his apprentice on
how to fight better by believing gravity does not exist. These are all examples
of how cinemas have taken away the law of gravity in movies to show the powers
of the characters in the film.
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