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.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Outline of the Second Term Paper - "Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction?"
Introduction
1. Thesis – Many cinematics tries to defy the laws of gravity. This
tends to occur because these movies want to emphasize on the powers of the
characters in the films.
2. List movies – Kung Fu Hustle, The Matrix, and Bulletproof
Monk
Body
1.
Kung Fu Hustle
a.
Summary of movie
b.
Scene that breaks the law of gravity and explanation
of how
At 46:47
c.
Explain why this works with the movie (to add
comical feature to the movie)
2.
The Matrix
a.
Summary of movie
b.
Scene that breaks the law of gravity and explanation
of how
At 54:08
c.
Explain why this works with the movie (in
another world “the Matrix”)
3.
Bulletproof Monk
a.
Summary of movie
b.
Scene that breaks the law of gravity and explanation
of how
At 49:03
c.
Explain why this works with the movie (showing
the protagonist how to fight)
Conclusion
-
Restate thesis
-
Restate why these laws of gravity needs to be
broken for each movie
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Paper 1 - "The Law of Physics - Universal Pictures' Lucy"
Imagine with just the lift of your
hands and be able to move objects across the room. Then imagine being severely
wounded and yet your body is able to heal itself of all injuries. These
extraordinary skills were featured in Universal Pictures’ movie “Lucy.” In “Lucy,”
many of these laws of physics are broken to show how the main character, Lucy,
have evolved past human intellectual.
In the movie “Lucy,” which is named
after its main character, Lucy, she was involved with the Korean gang by her
boyfriend. He tricked her into being a drug mule for the gang. The gang put a
bag of CPH4, a valuable drug, in her abdomen. While she was beaten up and kicked
on her abdomen, the bag of drug broke and spread into her system. The drug gave
Lucy extraordinary strength, telepathic and psychokinesis powers, and the
ability to heal with any injuries. As the drug slowly spread through her body,
in terms of percentages, it starts to disintegrate her cells. To control this disability,
Lucy had to find the CPH4 and took them. Near the end of the movie, Lucy
infused all the CPH4 that she found from other drug carriers, like herself. After
taking a large dose of the drug, Lucy began physically transforming into a
black metallic substance and fusing with all the electronics them disappear with
time.
Many laws of physics were
broken to emphasize the effect of CPH4 on Lucy. One of the physics that does
not applied to Lucy was gravity. The second law of physics that was broken is
that whatever pain that an ordinary human would feel, Lucy does not feel any
pain. Third, Lucy gains the ability to move objects with the thoughts in her
mind. These are some examples of how the law of physics was broken in the movie
“Lucy.”
In “Lucy,” the drug CPH4 gave the
main character, Lucy, many skills that broke a lot of law of physics. One of
these broken laws of physics is when a group of gang ran toward Lucy to attack
her. Lucy gave them a glare and then they all flew off the ground. Their bodies
levitate on air then fell back to the ground. Another scene when Lucy defies
gravity was right after Lucy recovered from her injuries. In a cell, one of the
gangsters came in the jail to give her another beating. The CPH4 is currently affecting
Lucy at 20%. Lucy was able to escape from the cell by beating up the gangster
and flipping him 360 degrees in the air and then he hit the ground. As shown in the image below:
These are a
few examples of how Lucy broke the law of physics.
Pain does not exist for Lucy. The
second law of physics that was broken is the feeling of pain. The CPH4 drug
made Lucy’s body clear of all feelings of pain. In the movie, a scene when after
Lucy killed five gangsters that started shooting at her in an attack. She
pulled out a bullet that was near her clavicle bone without any anesthetic.
Another example of how the CPH4 made Lucy immune to pain was when Lucy asked a
doctor to take out a bag filled with CPH4 drug that was sewn into Lucy abdomen.
The doctor completed the surgery without using any anesthetic on Lucy. As shown in the image below:
These
are some examples of how the CPH4 drug broke the law of physics for Lucy.
The last example of how the law of
physics in “Lucy” was broken was how Lucy obtains extraordinary skills. In a
scene in the movie, on an airplane, when Lucy was panicking because she was disintegrating
due to the effect of CPH4. A flight attending came near Lucy, she raised her
hand in a panic and the flight attendant flew backward. Another example of Lucy’s
extraordinary powers was when the drug CPH4 was activating in Lucy at 50%. This
allows Lucy to use her x-ray visions to see through the walls and people. A
third example of Lucy’s powers was when Detective Del Rio was pointing a gun at
Lucy. Lucy controls the detective so he was not able to move. She also unloads
his bullets with psychokinesis skills. As shown in the image below:
The last of Lucy’s powers was when the
CPH4 was activating at 60%. A group of gangster came running towards Lucy, she
stop all of them by using her psychokinesis skill to raise them all above
ground. They were all suspended on air then thrown to the ground. These are all
examples of Lucy extraordinary powers due to the CPH4 exposure in her body.
In Universal Pictures’ “Lucy,” many
laws of physics do not apply to the main character, Lucy. This was done on
purpose to deliver her extraordinary powers caused by the chemicals in the drug
CPH4. The CPH4 was implanted into Lucy by the Korean gang to use her as a drug
mule. The CPH4 bad in Lucy’s abdomen broke in her body when she was beaten up
by one of the gangster. Additionally, the drug gave Lucy extraordinary
strength, telepathic and psychokinesis powers, and the ability to heal. With
these powers, the movie had to break a few law of physics to support how
special Lucy became after being effected by the CPH4. An example of how the law
of physics was bent for Lucy is the law of gravity. She can levitate her
enemies with her psychokinesis powers and is not affected by the gravity.
Secondly, pain does not exist for Lucy. Lucy became immune to pain as a result
of the drug CPH4. Additionally, the drug gave her healing ability. The third
power that Lucy gains from the CPH4 drug is the abilities of psychokinesis and
telepathy. These three abilities were caused by the CPH4. It only affects Lucy
since she was the only person that has the CPH4 in her body. To make these
abilities convincing, the movie had to break these law of physics. On the
contrary to prove that these law of physics only affected Lucy was when one of
the detective was shot on the neck by the Korean gang. Detective Del Rio was
bleeding and felt the pain clearly since he was not affected by the CPH4. This
proves that CPH4 broke the law of physics for only Lucy to show how she has
extraordinary powers.
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