Special Effects in Animation and Live-Action

My first two term paper scores were both above 80; I will not be writing a third term paper.

Outline of the Third Term Paper

Introduction

Snow visual effects

  

Thesis: The comparison of visual effects of snow fall in Legend (1985) and Game of Thrones and how even with different methods that they were both able to achieve realistic qualities of snow.

·       On the film: Legend (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB5379zBbtA

1.    Practical effects designed by Nick Allder

2.    Type of material used

3.    Design of the set to create the snow filled forest

4.    How well the layers and randomization of snow felt

5.    Fantastical snow

·       And the television show: Game of Thrones

https://vimeo.com/104403406

1.    Rodeo FX incorporating cg for particle and fluid simulations

2.    Texture

3.    Randomized and well layered

4.    Weight and the rate it falls

5.    Blending in effortlessly

Conclusion:

Although both examples had different access to the types of medium that were available, both Game of Thrones and Legend are able to create realistic and beautiful snow because of the understanding how snow works.

Character Animation

I chose wet clay as my medium for stop motion animation. I created a simple blob type of character and played around with different key poses to get a feel of how flexible the medium was. This was animated straight ahead with an iPad using the app Stop Motion Studio Pro.

My desk setup: