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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Outline for the Third Term Paper
Outline for the Third Term Paper
Term Paper #3 Outline
1. Introduction of the movie I want to talk about Lord of
the Ring which has a lot of special effects.
Thesis statement: Lord of the Ring uses instrumental amount
of special effects to great their stunning visuals and amazing in door
landscapes.
A. Inside the caves and mines
a. The inside of
caves are all green screens but how they are able to make that background look
so life like is amazing.
b. The balrog
created with GCI fighting Gandalf was very stunning.
c. Them being chase
by goblins and orcs in the mines were actually just a few people generated multiple
times chasing them.
B. The Battle Scenes
a. Boromir death
scene fighting the urikais
b. The final battle
scene
c. Frodo and Sam have
to sneak around the whole mountain to get to the volcano
C. The ghost of the
movie
a. The ghost that
helps them fight the war.
b. The Nazgul
c. Tree people!
Conclusion: Lord of the Rings uses many stunning visuals and
scenes to show its beauty in special effects and GCI skills.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Stop-Motion Character Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsVsR2WEGaU&feature=youtu.be
I basically used two of my desk decorations as my characters and I filmed them frame by frame moving toward each other. As they met they battled ferociously. At first the Thing was coming on top but in the end Doctor Doom had the last laugh. The Thing was simply no match for him on his own without the Fantastic 4. I filmed them edited the clips together in my adobe premiere pro. I also sped up the duration for each clip so it looks more realistic. Hope this was better than the actual fantastic 4 film that came out recently.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction
Science Facts or Cinematic Fiction?
In this
paper I would like to address a very important principle that a lot of movies,
animated films and video games neglect to add. That principle is gravitational
force in the law of physics. Often times they would leave out gravity on
certain motions or objects that are humanly impossible to do unless you are
trained as a yoga master or the world's strongest man alive. Just because the
character grunts and exerts all his force towards that object or perform a
stunt that looks really cool doesn't mean he or she would actually be able to
move or pull it off. Gravity is the force that weights on you so you don't
float into space or just simply fly around the earth. Gravity controls a lot of
elements around our Earth. Like Newton's third law, "Whatever goes up must
come down" because of gravity. Unless you're an airplane or an elevator.
Then you are defying gravity to the maximum. Of course Gravity doesn't apply in
space either until you move towards the earth's atmosphere.
In the film
Matrix, Neo was being chased by all kinds of bad men known as the agent smiths.
He ended up on the rooftop and have nowhere to go. The agents pointed the gun
at him and fired While the bullets are going toward him he arches his back in a
90 degree angle while feet planted on the ground to dodge those bullets. Is it
possible you ask me? No it is not possible to have your body in a 90 degree
angle while dodging the bullets. Your center of gravity standing up is around
your chest. Gravity would still be on around your chest but the amount of
gravitational force apply to it as well and your weight will cause you to fall
back or break something. Not to mention your legs won't be able to hold you up
like that, its humanly impossible to do and you will wobble and fall. Unless of
course you are a limbo champion and have years and years of training to form
your back and gravity to support you up. In the end Neo did fall but it's
because bullets have gravity apply to them too so as it falls it grazed his leg
and cause him to fall. They sure didn't forget about applying gravity to
bullets huh. I also didn't particularly like when they are doing combat and he
kicks someone and he goes flying up and hits the wall. That's not possible with
gravity and law of physics. Sure he might fly backwards but he won't go ascending
up and then hit the wall.
I am sure
you have seen this famous cartoon called Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner.
Its every 90s kids favorite law breaking cartoon animation by Warner bros. In
this cartoon, it breaks so much law of physics it's almost impossible to
remember and count them all on the top of my head. But I remember Coyote trying
to use a tub of water and a sail then use a fan to make him go forward. Coyote strapping
himself with a rocket and trying to shoot himself forward, with gravity he
would most likely get grazed up against the floor while moving forward. The
most famous one is when he goes off a cliff and he hovers there for a few
seconds then he tries to touch the ground but it's not there. He looks down and
looks at the audience and then he falls. Whenever I watch those moments I can't
help but laugh and watch him fall down. I wanted to try doing that but knowing
the law of gravity, you won't be able to even wait a second and you are already
falling down to your doom. I read somewhere someone wanted to do the bridge
jump when there is a gap in between but sadly even with so much acceleration
his car went down the river bank.
My third and
final animation that defies the principle of gravity is from a video game called
Resident Evil 5. In this game, the main character Chris is attempting to move a
boulder forward so he can get across to the other side and save his partner
from falling into the lava. So with all his might he push and push and he ends
up being able to push the boulder by punching it several times. Normally in a
real life situation its physically impossible for someone to push a 5 ton
boulder and make it move forward, let alone punching it. The force planted on
your feet with gravity is the same as you exerting the force onto the boulder,
which still wouldn't be possible to move it. When you punch it you are only exerting
temporary force and its like a blow of force for a few second that it. Keep on
pushing it would be more wise and healthier for your knuckles. Also the way the boulder bounces into the lava is just unreal its like gravity doesn't apply to it at all. The boulder looks like it was made out of rubber. This is similar
to the Kung Fu Hustle movie when the woman pushes a car sideways to park it.
Normally you won't be able to do that in real life because first the car is
heavy with gravity and second the woman was just giving it a one two push to
slide it into place. It's not possible in any sort of way. Regardless of how
buff and strong Chris is, its not possible to move that boulder out of his way.
Even Brian Shaw the world's strongest man can't punch a boulder to make it
move, or can he? He's done some crazy world breaking record things. So I
wouldn't doubt him to try it, but he's not a normal human.
Overall all
these three films, cartoon and video game shows that a lot of developers and
film creators don't remember there is something called realism and the
principle of gravity. But in their defense I understand why they choose not to
put gravity into consideration to make the movie more interesting. Its suppose
to defy gravity to make the audience more interested and like it. People love
unreality situations and it grasps their attention, if everything is base on
physics and reality in movies, video games and cartoons then it will be very
boring and lots of people will die in movies. While
we are on the topic of gravity, I also want to point out the movie gravity with Sandra
Bullock, there are a lot of things that are not right. When they go from one
place to another and then meet back together so quickly. According to actually
NASA professionals its not that quick and it takes some time to go from point A
to point B. Also china's space station is not next to ours, so she would of
been dead long ago. Just some food for thoughts facts. All in all, Gravity is bringing us down!
Monday, March 14, 2016
Outline for the Second Term Paper
Term Paper #2 Outline:
1. Introduction of the 3 Movie/Video Game 3 scenes.
Thesis statement: These 3 movie scenes defies the law of physics
in order to allow the hero survive without a scratch.
2. First Film -
Matrix
A. Neo's back arch dodge against bullets
a. His
back would break in matters of minutes because of gravity and how he bend it.
b. Timing
of the bullet would of hit him before he even arch back
c. He
should of fallen and there is no way he can arch like that without hurting and straining
his legs and back and fall down.
3. Second Film -
Indiana Jones
A. Boulder away from Boulder.
a. Can you
really run away from a boulder without getting crush?
b. the
speed of a rolling ball is much faster than you if you are running in a
straight line
c. Not to
mention he dived out of the cave, he should have a few broken bones here and
there.
4. Video Game - Resident Evil 5
A. Boulder punching scene to make it move and go forward
a. It's
impossible for someone to exert force by punching something repeatedly to make
it move. especially if its 2 ton the weight.
b. It
would be better and make more sense if he pushes it harder and harder with
force rather than punching it
c. Gravity
is much heavier on heavier objects such as boulders so it would take more than
just one big muscled man to push or punch it to move it.
5. Conclusion on the 3 scenes and rephrase on why these 3
scenes are physically impossible to do with the law of physics.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Stop Motion Animation of Falling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzQeRpO8WNM&feature=youtu.be
I just thought that showing a ball falling to the ground would be boring, so I decided to use coins instead. I spin them and each of them takes a duration of seconds to fall flat. I just like the idea of coins spinning then they reach to a certain point in physics and it slows down and falls. Its interesting to me but it might be very boring to a lot. That's pretty much how I got the idea for this assignment.
Monday, February 29, 2016
The Laws of Physics in an Animation Universe
Laws of Physics in The Incredible
In this animated universe, there are lots of unique
characters that has the abilities to defy the law of physics in order to save
their world. They are a family of heroes that ended up having to fight a kid
who grew up to became a nasty villain because the main hero Mr. Incredible
didn't recognize him as his side kick. There is Mr. Incredible, able to lift anything
10x heavier than himself, there is Mrs. Incredible who is pretty much an
elastic woman. She can stretch herself as far as she wants. Their son Dash who
is a speedster, can run faster than any bullet train and travel to another
country and back before you can even say Mississippi. The daughter violet can
hold together a force field to protect herself or just use it to travel around
like a hamster ball. Last but not least their baby boy Jack Jack. He doesn't
really show any crazy abilities until the end of the movie, which he combust into a human torch. That's The Incredible family.
They have a family friend named Frozone. He shoots ice out of his body and can freeze anything he wants. The villain Syndrome doesn't have powers so he created an anti gravity bracer so he can lift and hold anything in the air with a single point. Due to the fact he also can't fly he made jet boots to wear so he can fly around. This is the cast of the Incredible and I want to get into the Physics of each of these characters and dissect on why its practical or impractical to this universe. The Incredible Universe has people that can defies the law of physics in our world.
They have a family friend named Frozone. He shoots ice out of his body and can freeze anything he wants. The villain Syndrome doesn't have powers so he created an anti gravity bracer so he can lift and hold anything in the air with a single point. Due to the fact he also can't fly he made jet boots to wear so he can fly around. This is the cast of the Incredible and I want to get into the Physics of each of these characters and dissect on why its practical or impractical to this universe. The Incredible Universe has people that can defies the law of physics in our world.
The Law of Physics
works very differently when it comes to super powered heroes. Mr. Incredible is
able has super strength that most normal human do not have. Normal human cannot
do lat pulls on 2 freight trains that probably weights around 130ton, or he can hold a car above their head like it's made
out of rubber. Physics does not apply to this man. He can also jump from a 40
floor building to catch someone in mid air, going through a window and end up
without a scratch. The funny thing is the guy he saved end up suing him because
he got hurt. Oh the irony, that's why
sometimes I am not sure if I should move or help someone when they are hurt.
They could blame it on you and sue you. He also has a body that can withstand
electricity like no one can. He still gets shock and hurt but he absorbs them
like a sponge.
Mrs. Incredible can stretch herself as long as she wants
which is very amusing because that makes you into a rubber man/woman. She can
turn into a parachute to slowly descend to the ground at least there is gravity
applied there. Last I remember Elastic or rubber if dropped from a high
altitude do not expand and will just fall with gravity straight to the ground.
So I am kind of antsy about her powers. Is she really Elastic woman or is she a
parachute cloth woman. But you can't stretch cloth it will tear. Her ability is
very questionable. She even turn into a boat going 80 m/h, if a normal person
goes even faster than 50 they probably can be crowned king of the sea. But in
reality they body will be shredded and not in a good way. Water has inertia so
it would tear their flesh off from him if they are going that fast. The resistance
of water is very great.
Dash their speedster son, runs faster than the speed of
light and can also run on water. He can outrun any bullet train or even a
bullet itself. its pretty intense I really like his ability because speed can
do a lot in the Physics world. Speed can cause electromagnetic charges, it can
cause wind, it can let you travel between time if you run faster than the speed
of light. Its just a very helpful power to have. Not to mention transportation
wise you are set. Violet their daughter have an ability that can create a force
field which is pretty cool too. Combining with dash's speed, they run together causing the force field to move forward like a hamster
on a hamster wheel. Its great exercise. She can also make it bigger too, I
guess you can say she is a impenetrable wall. She can even block bullets and laser that is the speed of light. She is able to shield her family from a an explosion. Normally it would blast them away with physics but her shield is so strong it stays in place.
Frozone can freeze bullets with ice an its pretty nuts because
he can also freeze any liquid even spit. In order for a human to freeze liquid
their body would have to be way below absolute zero to cause any liquid they
touch to also freeze. He shoots out ice and makes a make shift bridge out of it
which is pretty neat. He slides around on it to travel around. With Law and Physics
if applied to this man, he would be dead and its impossible for someone to be
freezing a bullet that is traveling at a high velocity. The also goes with Mr.
and Mrs. Incredible youngest son Jack Jack. At the end of the movie we learn
that he can turn himself into as heavy as metal or even harder. Then he can
combust his body to flame on. Not to mention he can also become a monster. This
little kid has so much powers its crazy. The becoming metal part there is no
way the villain could of held on to him while he turned into metal because his initial
force of holding him wasn't the same as the one when he turned to metal.
Last but not least there is the villain Syndrome. Because he
is an ordinary human. He has no power even though he wants to be a superhero.
So he turned into a villain pretending to save the world by creating robots to
attack them and faking to save them. He wanted to defy the law of physics so
much he made himself a anti gravity bracer where he can hold and freeze anything
with a point of his fingers and lift it up as it weights nothing. He also have
jet boots to fly. I feel bad for him but he shouldn't try so hard.
Overall I really enjoy this movie, when I was a kid I
dreamed of having super power and this Pixar movie made me so happy. The laws
of physics on it is a little wacky but I don't mind that one bit. It showed me
that just because you are an ordinary man, that doesn't mean you can't be a
hero. You just can't turn yourself into a villain and try so hard to please
people.
I sort of deviated from the outline because I believe there is more to talk about with the Laws of Physics in this movie with these characters. The environment and other stuff doesn't really have much of an impact for me to talk about. In the end the characters are whats the main point for the law of physics in this universe.
I sort of deviated from the outline because I believe there is more to talk about with the Laws of Physics in this movie with these characters. The environment and other stuff doesn't really have much of an impact for me to talk about. In the end the characters are whats the main point for the law of physics in this universe.
Monday, February 22, 2016
Term Paper Outline - Law of Physics in the Incredible
Law of Physics in The Incredible
I. Introduction
a. Introduce the Incredible characters and story
b. Motion
Animation
c.
Hypothesis: The incredible cast has abilities that defies the law of physics
for a normal human being.
II. Characters
have abilities beyond the law of physics
a. A kid that
can run faster than a bullet train
b. A mom that
can stretch her body to any size she wants.
c. A dad that
can lift 200ton his own weight. Lifting 2 train on each side.
III. Environment that defies physics
a. Odd maneuvers
that the characters do that would probably get kill
b. Running on
water
c. Villain has
a anti gravity bracer that can lift anything
IV. Actions
a. Scenes
where character trying to save someone but base on physics they would of broken a bone or two.
b. Skating on
ice in the middle of Spring!
c. Character
being shock by 10,000 volts and live
V. Conclusion
a. Recaps on
major key point on how physics aren't applied in this movie.
b. Talk about
my opinion on do I think the movie will be better with physics or not. c. Some
scenarios they do apply physics into it and its pretty good.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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Mini-Portfolio
This image was taken from Digital Media Academy article by Geoff Beatty
http://news.digitalmediaacademy.org/2010/04/23/learning-maya-animation-one-step-at-a-time/
This image was taken from Animation Mentor Maya Tutorial
http://www.animationmentor.com/workshops/maya-workshop-animation-basics/
By Students from Kingston University London
Hi my name is Dexter and I am a full time student at SJSU, This is my final semester before graduation. I am very excited to be graduating and going into the real world, hopefully I will find a job that is close to what I want to do. I studied in different majors. I switched major 3 times throughout the years. My first major was computer engineering, I didn't think it was what i wanted to do working with hardware and programming them. Then I switched to computer science, it was interesting but it wasn't what I was looking for either. Then I asked myself is it that I don't like to program stuff. It hit me and I have always wanted to work with camera, directing, producing and acting. So I ended up in Radio Television and Films major. I enjoy it a lot ever since i switched. My main goal after school is to pursuit acting, if that doesn't work out I don't mind working behind the scenes too like camera work lighting set design and all that. I would even love direct and produce or even come up with ideas on a movie. Someday I will reach my goal and do everything on my bucket list. Thanks for listening!
Sunday, January 31, 2016
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