Creating Stereoscopic 3D Images

Green/Magenta Image

Red/Cyan Image

Green/Magenta Image

Red/Cyan Image

Recreating Cameras and Lights in Maya

Original Image:

Maya Renders:

Extra Credit: Lighting a Scene in Maya

Non-Lighted

One-Point Lighting

Two-Point Lighting

Three-Point Lighting

My First Two Term Paper Scores were 88 and 86; I Will Not Be Writing the Third Term Paper

Outline for the Third Term Paper

Introduction

Visual effects of explosions are really amazing to watch. They seem so real when everything explodes. For this paper I will be comparing explosion effects in movies, "Transformers: Age of Extinction," and "Fast and Furious 6." 

Transformers: Age of Extinction

-Some explosions were real

-Some explosions are computer generated 

-Real fire

-Real disasters

-Some disasters are computer generated

Fast and Furious 6

-Explosions are real

-Fire is real

-Tank is real and actually crashes things

-Cars were destroyed for effects

Conclusion

Both of the movies have effects that are real and some are generated by computer. Both of the movies are early movies which use newer technology to create special effects. However, some effects are naturally done to make the movie more realistic and exciting.  

Stop-Motion Character Animation

"Lamp Playing With Rope"

For this Stop-Motion Character Animation assignment I was not sure what to do. I came up with the idea of simply using a lamp as my character. I made the lamp move and I placed some rope on the table. My plot was that the lamp was going to grab the rope and move it. I thought it was fun to watch the lamp move the rope. At the beginning of the video I showed my arm grabbing some papers from the table. I did this in order to create the story of the lamp coming to life after I leave. It was fun to make this video.

Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction

     Cinematic fiction has become more popular since the laws of physics were first broken. Fiction has become a way in which the unreal can become something we all love. There is no other thing more fascinating than to watch something unreal because it makes us dream of what we wished we could do in the real world. The laws of motion have been broken in many films in order to produce something exciting to watch. The first law of motion states that on object at rest will remain at rest unless acted by an unbalanced force. The second law of motion states that acceleration is produced when a force acts on mass. The third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. In the movies, Shaolin Soccer, The Avengers, and Fast and the Furious 6 break the laws of motion. 

     The movie, Shaolin Soccer, directed by Stephen Chow, is a film about a group of Shaolin kung fu people who join together to play soccer. The main soccer player, mighty steel leg Sing, has a leg of steel that has extremely high power. At the beginning of the film, Sing fights with some thugs and he uses his might steel leg to shoot fast balls at the thugs. In this scene, the laws of motion are broken. When Sing starts to shoot extremely powerful shots he is not affected by any of the actions. With such power he should be receiving the same amount of force on him and probably hurting him. However, the ones who get affected by the action are the thugs. They are receiving the action, but with less force. In other words, the film is not being realistic because with a powerful shot like that the thugs should get killed when getting hit by the balls. Of course it is all fictional since no one can actually shoot that powerful. We can see how the shots are powerful because when the ball hits the wall it breaks the wall. Therefore, the laws of motion are broken in the sense that no reaction is given to Sing and little reaction affects the thugs. Team Evil is a group of players that have been experimented with crazy steroids. They have stronger powers than the Shaolin players. In the last scene of the film, the main player from team Evil shoots the most powerful shot that even the ball turns into fire. The goalie, Mui, stops the ball by simply controlling it with the wind. This breaks the laws of motion because with a powerful shot like that she should have been affected by it. Instead, she stops the ball without getting hurt. In the real life, something powerful like that would not be stopped by the goalie. The goalie would have probably get some serious injury after that. Of course, Mui’s power is to control wind so therefore she was able to stop the fire ball. Without the laws of motion being broken the film would not be a success because the powers that the players have is what makes the whole movie interesting to watch. 

    

      In another film, The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, is a film about Marvel’s greatest heroes. In this film, the laws of motion are broken in many ways. We all know that Marvel movies are all fiction and they break the laws of physics in order to bring all the action into the movies. One of the scenes that breaks the laws of motion is when Iron Man and Thor have a battle in a park. We know that Iron Man is simply a guy in a metal suit, but Thor is a God. Knowing this we would think that Thor would kill Iron Man like nothing, but in fact Iron Man does not get affected a lot. In the scene, Iron Man tells Thor to stay out of the way and when he turns around Thor throws him his hammer. This is where the law of motion is broken because Iron Man gets hit by Thor’s hammer and he goes out flying, but is not really harmed by it. If this were to be real, Tony Stark would have gotten injured because of the impact the armor had by the hammer. The third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. If this was right when the armor got hit the force that the armor receives should have given the same amount of force to Tony Stark. Just because Tony Stark is wearing an armor does not mean that he shouldn’t get affected by the force acted on the armor by the hammer. Also, since Thor is a God his hammer should be extremely powerful that it should break Tony’s armor. Another example from this film has to do with Hulk. Hulk is known for smashing things. When he smashes things he has no reaction to them. Hulk is very strong, but he should be receiving an equal amount of force when he smashes things. In the scene where Dr. Banner turns into the Hulk and punches the big monster, he stops it without receiving an equal amount of force on him. Hulk receives a little reaction caused by the force of his punch. In the scene, instead of just getting pushed back at a slow motion, Hulk should have received a greater amount of force back. This would have cause him to probably have gotten pushed away very fast. Of course, we are talking about Hulk and therefore the film had to break this law in order to show that Hulk is extremely powerful and nothing can stop him.

     Shaolin Soccer and The Avengers are two movies that are no doubt fictional. They break the laws of physics in order for the movie to make sense. However, in the movie, Fast and the Furious 6, directed by Justin Lin, is a film where real cars are the main focus. This film tries to be as realistic as possible, but the stunts that are made in the film break the laws of motion. In one of the scenes where Letty and the DSS agent get into combat with each other the law of motion is completely broken. In this scene, the two women fight and they hit each other with crazy hits. When they hit each other there are no reactions against each other. When punching each other on the face there should have been an opposite and equal reaction acted on each other. Instead, they fight like the hits don’t hurt. It’s funny to see how the DSS agent slams Letty on the wall, but Letty doesn’t get hurt. In the real world, a fight like this would cause many injuries on both persons because equal forces would be acted against each other. Another scene that breaks the laws of motion is the greatest scene from the entire film. In the last scene, Toretto and his crew are chasing the bad guy, Owen. Owen is inside a tank with Letty and are destroying everything on their way. Toretto finds a way to stop the tank. Brian pushes a car that is attached to the tank in order to use it as an anchor. Letty tries to remove the anchor so she goes outside the tank. Toretto worries about her and he knows he has to save her. The tank crashes and Letty is sent out flying to the air. Toretto gets ready to crash his car and when he does he jumps out in order to catch  Letty and safely land on a car’s windshield. When Toretto jumps and grabs Letty the force on him is passed to Letty and the force on Letty is passed on Toretto. These forces should have given each other an equal amount of force, which means that Toretto should have been extremely hurt when he landed on the windshield of the car. In the real world, Toretto would not have been able to catch Letty nor land safely. 

     In the examples from the movies, Saholin Soccer, The Avengers, and Fast and the Furious 6, we can see how movies portray the laws of motion incorrectly. Most of the times the movies intentionally break these laws in order to bring a sense to the movies. Otherwise, the movies would not be exciting to watch. However, when movies break the laws and exaggerate they make the movies lose a sense of reality. Viewers know when movies need to break these laws, but when they break the laws when it is not required they make an uninteresting and unbelievable film.