Building a Scene in Maya

Last term paper

To whom it my concern, I achieved the required grades needed to opt out of the last term paper (89 and 85). So I will not be writing this one. Thank you for this chance.

Special effects in Animation and Live-Action Outline

Introduction – Movies have been notorious for going big, and in sometimes ridiculous when it comes to special effects. One of those effects that can often times be portrayed wrong is magic, but how the hell can someone make magic feel right in the first place when there is no real world example of such effects?

• Introduce two movies that have done magic effects correctly. (Fire, wind, water, even plasma like effects.) Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.

Body one - What makes magic feel real in movies and how did Lord of the rings approach it.

• Did the movie succeed, or fail in that aspect.
• When it comes to physical manifestations of effects did they match real world physics.
• Example – The effect used to portray the realm between the dead and the living, and light emitted from Gandalf's staff.

Body two – How did the Harry Potter series approach magic, how was it different than the Lord of the Rings?

• Did the series create a believable world? What flaws where there if any in the execution of the effects?
• Again did the manifestations match real world physics.
• Example – Specifically from the last few films. The fight between Voldemort and Dumbledor, and the Last struggle between Harry and Voldermort.

Body three – Other examples of magical effects in movies before and after these films where released.

• What did Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter take from previous films, what where they influenced by?
• What films took inspiration from These 2 film series?

Conclusion - Thought wrap up.

Stop motion Character animation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcpwSdJYFOg&feature=youtu.be

For this animation, the idea was to have fun with the project. For me there are few things as fun as cooking, so I wanted to come up with a little pancake magic a la Disney's Sorcerer apprentice. With less chaos, and more syrup.  It was very challenging to get the shots, but with the help of Uriel Martinez and Kai Nguyen I think it looks amazing.