Extra Credit: CTN and Ottawa Animation Festival

CTN:

OTTAWA:

Creating Stereoscopic 3D Images

(Red/Cyan)

(Red/Cyan)

(Green/Magenta)

Recreating Cameras and Lights in Maya.

Original:

Maya:

Extra Credit: Lighting a Scene in Maya

Unlit

1-pt (Spot-light)

2-pt (Spot-light and Ambient)

3-pt (Spot-light and 2 ambients)

Special Effects in Animation and Live-Action.

My first two term paper scores were 88 and 90; I will not be writing a third term paper

Outline for the Third Term Paper

      I.         Introduction

a.     Evolution of special effects in movies from hand-drawn, practical, SFX (simulated)

b.     Introduce Lava topic

c.      Hand-drawn lava vs. Special effects lava

                                               i.     Fantasia 2000 vs. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 

    II.         Fantasia 2000 by Disney 1999

a.     Firebird scene: https://vimeo.com/22856764

                                               i.     Effected animation by Ted Kierscey

                                              ii.     Character animation by John Pomeroy

b.     Layered animation

                                               i.     Movement depends on main character movement

c.      Animated in traditional

d.     Effectiveness success

  III.         Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

a.     Anakin vs. Obi Wan Lava scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3cn6sIsfI

b.     Special effects done by ILM

                                               i.     Green screen

1.     All acting done in front of a green screen

2.     Markers for reference points

                                              ii.     Matte painting background

                                            iii.     Lava Simulation

1.     Layered approach

a.     Base à Steam à Sparks à Secondary animation àDebris

c.      Reactions between interacting forces are important

d.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iAIOuCNc4E

e.     Very Successful

   IV.         Conclusion

a.     Success depends on believability

b.     Key to believable special effects is how much you study the materials

                                               i.     Think about how materials interact

Stop-Motion Character Animation

For this project I worked with fellow classmates Kathy Chu, Ryan Eways, and Geoff Nakanishi. First we thought of a story and then storyboarded the sequence. After we tied down our story, we created the set and props. Then, we finally set out to animate. Because there are multiple cuts, we had to plan out which parts we could film all at once so there's consistent camera angles. We all helped each other out, doing different characters each scene but we always kept in mind the main movement we wanted and the story. Everybody animated every character at one point or the other. Overall, I think this film was successful because of how collaborative our group was.

Here are some pictures of our process: