Outline for the Third Term Paper

I.                    In Byron Howard and Nathan Greno’s Disney movie “Tangled” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim,” both films use special computer software to generate glowing effects in the jaegers and Rapunzel’s hair.

II.                 Tangled

     A.                 Iman Sadeghi developed new software to help light and animate Rapunzel’s hair.

         1.                  Lights hair realistically but still allows for artistry

      B.                 Convincing. Still seemed realistic for hair that glows when Rapunzel sings.

III.              Pacific Rim

     A.                Mirada Studios uses computer software to composite elements, images, and colors in order to convey any glowing parts of the jaegers that the pilots use.

     B.                 Successful, because the glowing lights on the jaegers feel like they are really coming from the robots.

IV.              All in all, both films successfully made use of computer software in order to create their desired effects with glow.

Stop-Motion Character Animation

When I was trying to figure out which of my figures to use, I wanted to do something that I could get a chuckle out of. I tried to imagine each character not acting like themselves, and Tyrael stuck out to me. He is one of my favorite characters from Diablo 3. He is a great warrior and always rather serious, so I kept imagining him as someone who did not know what he was doing and who was rather useless. My animation was simple. I set Tyrael up against a door and posed him in a resting position following into a shrug, as if someone had asked him a question and he was just standing their uselessly. 

Reverse Video Reference

This assignment was a lot trickier than it looked. Trying to get everything down perfectly was pretty difficult!