Sunday, April 13, 2014

Outline of the Third Term Paper


Special Effects in Animation and Live-action


I: Introduction
A. For this paper, I will be comparing the visual effects of Lighting from two different movies, Paranorman and Xmen 3
I. Thesis: both movies, had their own way of making this lighting as realistic as possible but both movie effects contain flaws.

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II: Paranorman

A. Describe movie
I. Paranorman( 2012)- 3D stop-motion animated comedy horror abour a misunderstood boy who has to save his town from zombies
B.. Describe scene:
IThe scene of Aggi and when Norman faces her. She is this ball of electric energy

C. Techniques used to create the special effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4INaV43NKjg
I.Could have easily done digital but wanted to have that stop motion feel
II.Lighting was created handmade and all departments worked on it
III. hybrid process: Computer animation, stop motion and hand drawn
i. 2D ink paintings scanned and laser cut into plastic to create lighting, Also used microwaved CD’s
ii.Stop motion- used armatures and lit head to give glow
III.CG- Hand animated lighting bolts to add more effect
D. Successful?
. I.Unsuccessful
i.color is yellow, lighting is bright white
ii. there’s too much texture
iii.speed is slower and not as erratic
a.movement lingers and is like ink splatter
. II. Successful
i. successful for this type of stop motion film, adds to texture/ look of film, as well as give story to the character.


III: X-men: The Last Stand 
A. Describe movie and scene : X-men: the last stand  (2006)  
I.Directed by Brett Ratner 
II. About a group of mutant superheroes who must fight against other mutants
B. Scene
I.This particular scene was when Storm meets her match, Callisto and kills her with blast of lightning

C. Techniques used to create the special effect of storm’s lightning :
- i.Effects created by GenArts
ii.Used Sapphire Plug-ins, which is a program to create organic, credible lighting bolts, The program allows the artist to move or add effects to create a believable looking lighitng effect
iii. Used 3 effects and layered them onto the movie shots- Sapphire’s Zap, Glow spark, and Len flares
D. Sucessful?
I. Unsuccessful -
i.When lightning hits Callisto, doesn’t feel that electricity is surging through her
ii.Lighting feels flat and 2-D (no sense of direction- where is it coming from?)
iii.ground/ storm doesn’t feel lit
II.. Successful
i.Color and lighting movement feels realistic
ii.pacing of lighting feels believable
iii.gets point across
IV: Conclusion:
I.Summarize points

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