POST PRODUCTION ANIMATIONPOST PRODUCTION ANIMATIONGKN 2133GKN 2133Mohd Jefri Samaroon

Faculty of Applied and Creative ArtsUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak

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Illusion & MagicWhat makes a magic trick work?

Are visual effects magic?

Introduction to Visual Effects Introduction to Visual Effects

1879 Altamira Spain

8 legged animals were drawn to show movement - Animation

We’ve always been interested in capturing our real world.

Early HistoryEarly History

Altamira SpainAltamira Spain

Ancient Egypt: Wooden statues were used for prayer.

Some were mechanical, using a series of pullies activated by a nearby water source.

Pyrotechnics - Moving stages during the Renaissance

Automatons - What the heck are these?

First IllusionsFirst Illusions

Importance of Technology.

1800’s - Theatres thrived. They were huge and used advanced gas lighting systems.

Importance of story and its appeal.

What are the elements of theatre today?

TheatreTheatre

1826 - Thaumatrope (Paris)

InnovationInnovation

Innovation

1832 - Zoetrope (William Horner)

1860 - Celluloid / Film

1888 - Kinetescope (Edison)

George Milies - The Father of Visual Effects

The first edit.

“Journey to the Moon” 1902. The first science fiction piece.

What’s the difference between Visual Effects and Special Effects?

• modify the real world• modify the virtual world

background foreground

Action

Special EffectsSpecial Effects

Lens Sensor

Camera

Processing Image

Post-Production

Visual EffectsVisual Effects

• In normal photography we try to reproduce reality

• In VFX we want to create something that doesn’t exist at all– …and also, fool people into believing it is real

Why Create VFX?Why Create VFX?

• What we want to see doesn’t exist

• What we want to see is too difficult or dangerous to photograph live

• We need to “fix” something we have photographed

• What about Story?

So What?So What?

• Whether VFX are shot on film or video depends on what the effects will be used for

• Often effects shots require much higher resolution than the viewing format

• The ability to shoot at a variety of speeds is also a determining factor

Format?Format?

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