Building a Scene in Maya

Special Effects in Animation and Live-Action

My first two term paper scores were 91 and 92; I will not be writing a third term paper.

Outline for the Third Term Paper

Introduction:

-My main focus: Water flows through small tunnels.

-Compare between life action TV show and CGI in game play.

-Water sluicing in life-action could look fake while CGI water sluicing can be realistic and intence.

Body

A: An example from an old TV drama A Journey to the West（1986）

  -Method used to create rapid water flow.

  -What works: Look like real water

  -What doesn’t work: not rapid enough.

B: Example in Capcom’s Game Resident Evil 6 (2012).

  -Method: CGI

  -What work: Convincing and rapid enough to make impact.

  -What doesn’t work: Not realistic enough

Conclusion:

It is hard to recreate rapid water flow to indicate danger.

It is either hard to make it realistic or have big impact.  

Stop-Motion Character Animation

    Basically I used my cousin's toy bears to shoot this stop motion animation. I did some story boardings before I took pictures so that I had a clear plan to shoot. My cousin Sarah helped me to hold the camera while I was managing the position of the two characters. And I use Photoshop to get rid of my hands in the scenes.  It was pretty fun and challenging to make a stop motion animation.