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3D Computer Animation in Film and Video Games

3D Computer Animation in Film and Video Games. 3D Computer Graphics. Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers.

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3D Computer Animation in Film and Video Games

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  1. 3D Computer Animationin Film and Video Games

  2. 3D Computer Graphics • Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. • 3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that utilize a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images

  3. Means of Animating • Keyframing • Motion Capture

  4. Computer-Generated Imagery • The application of the field of computer graphics to special effects. • Movies • Keyframed – Just like Mickey Mouse • Digital successor to the art of stop motion animation of 3D models and frame-by-frame animation of 2D illustrations.

  5. The Beginning for Movies (1975 – 1993) • 1976: The movie Futureworld uses CGI to create a computer-generated fake face and hand. • Created by John Whitney, Jr. and Gary Demos

  6. Star Wars • 1977 – Larry Cuba uses 3D Wireframe to create the “Death Star Plans” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbHF63b7g50

  7. Tron • 1982 – Commercial Failure; • Used extensive 3D animation • “Light Bike” Scene, Tanks, Solar Sailer • Created 15 minutes of special effects with a computer with 2 MB of memory

  8. The Adventures of André and Wally B • 1984 - A Lucasfilm animation made by a team headed by John Lassetter • Team would later break from Lucasfilm to become Pixar • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHcmUesenx4&feature=player_embedded

  9. Other Notable Early Films with CGI • Alien (1979) – Used 3D wireframes for the ship’s navigational system • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) – Had a one minute completely CGI. • Zelig(1983) – Combined shot footage with earlier historical films. Precursor to Forrest Gump. • The Abyss (1989) – First film to use water effects • Beauty and the Beast (1991) – Combined Hand-drawn 2D animation with 3D environments (the ballroom) • Jurassic Park (1993) – First physically textured CGI (Dinosaur Skin)

  10. The Beginning for Video Games(1970 – 1995) • Spasim and Maze War (1974) • Spasim: Players flew in between different “networks” • Maze War: First “First-person Shooter.” Could walk forwards and backwards, left and right.

  11. “The illusion of 3D” • Racing games in the 1980’s like F-Zero and Pole Position were not really 3D, they just appeared to be. • This is called Isometric Graphics: 2D sprite- and tile-based graphics can be made to represent a 3D gaming environment.

  12. Other Notable Early “3D” games • Q*Bert (1982) • Zaxxon (1982) • Star Fox (1993) • Wolfenstein 3D (1992) • Doom (1993)

  13. The Next Generation of 3D CGI in Film(1994 – 2008) • Toy Story (1995) • First fully 3D computer-generated film • First film in a category that includes Shrek, Finding Nemo, and Tangled

  14. Titanic (1997) • Included and combined several different forms of CGI • Morphing (From the bow of the ship to the underwater wreck) • Digitally replacing one actresses iris with another • Water effects • Fully animated aspects of the ship (deck, smokestacks, etc.)

  15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) • First film to use motion capture to allow a computer-generated character to interact with real, live actors. • Precedent for Avatar and District 9

  16. Other Notable Films in this era • Fight Club (1998) • The Matrix (1999) • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) • Shrek (2001) • The Polar Express (2004)

  17. 3D games from 1996-2009 • Quake • Super Mario 64 • Halo • Biggest Transformation: Evolution from worlds based off of “basic” 3D (Racetracks, hallways, etc.) to actual 3D environments and “worlds” (Princess Peach’s Castle, Hyrule, Futuristic Earth, etc.) • Allows movement of cameral to view avatar from a 3D perspective

  18. Comparison

  19. Comparison

  20. Recent Films • Avatar (2009) • Inception(2010) • Tron: Legacy (2010)

  21. New: Viewing games in 3D • Similar to Avatar • Sony’s next big project • Uncharted 3 • SOCOM 4 • Cars 2: The Video Game

  22. Comparison • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ODe9mqoDE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNwt7xN5OnU

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