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.