"Lighting a Scene in Maya"

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"Outline for the Third Term Paper."

Special Effect of Electricity:

Game: Resident Evil 5
Film: Paranorman

       I.            Introduction:
Electricity as a general special effects medium; usually exaggerated very highly because electricity that arcs long distances is an extremely dangerous thing.

    II.            Resident Evil 5 (2006)

a.       -Main character can unlock a weapon that "lobs" electricity bolts as weapons

b.      Successfulness: 

                                                              i.      –Somewhat

                                                            ii.      -while lightning courses in other directions as it arcs out, and the electricity sparks are relatively fast compared to most effects,

                                                          iii.      -most of all you can see a pill shaped "lob" of electricity floating into the enemy; electricity would have to jump very quickly to the enemy

                                                          iv.      Electricity timing kind of just clips through graphics; no feeling of enemy being electrocuted; feeling of coming from the sky as well

                                                            v.      Electricity shoots out in too many directions while arcing out

                                                          vi.      Electricity is difficult to harness as a controlled weapon that would not hit the user

 III.            Paranorman (2011)

a.       Explain Paranorman here (everyone here knows)

Aggie falling apart scene:

b.      –Special Effects Created by:

                                                              i.      Mixture of: 2-D animation, 3-D CG, costuming, stop motion animation, 3-D printing, many hands involved

c.       Successfulness:

                                                              i.      Very appealing scene;

1.      A lot of labor and creativity (hey for this is counts)

                                                            ii.      Unsuccessful:

1.      timing for electricity too slow to be correct

2.      color of electricity generally limited to blue colors; shows yellow

3.      electricity lingers more than it should

Conclusion:

            Electricity is a special effect that’s difficult to manage because in reality it’s a fairly quick visual. For it to be realistically sustained would use a lot of power and be extremely dangerous. However, it does cause audiences to misunderstand the power of electricity being that the most dangerous part about it is generally that you cannot see it. In animated films, though, which is a visual storytelling language, it makes more sense to ‘show’ the audience the electricity in a way so that they understand it. These entertainment pieces strive to do that, and while their depiction of electricity isn't accurate, they get an idea across quite clearly.