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The Evolution of film effects from special effects to cgi

The Evolution of film effects from special effects to cgi. By Des Murphy, Mark Naughton, Andrew Lynch And Sean Fogarty. Rear-view projection in Panic In Bankok 1964 Stop motion animation in King Kong 1933 and Jason and the Argonauts 1963

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The Evolution of film effects from special effects to cgi

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  1. The Evolution of film effectsfrom special effects to cgi By Des Murphy, Mark Naughton, Andrew Lynch And Sean Fogarty

  2. Rear-view projection in Panic In Bankok 1964 • Stop motion animation in King Kong 1933 and Jason and the Argonauts 1963 • 2001:A Space Odyssey used highly detailed miniatures combined with rotoscopes and careful motion-control.

  3. First use of 2D CGI in Westworld 1973 • First use of 3D CGI in Futureworld 1976 • Tron 1982, created 20 minutes / 200 scenes with CGI. The computer used had 2MB of memory • Backlight animation used for costumes

  4. 1983-1989

  5. Stepping stone for evolution. • The last starfighter = Spaceship Shots. • “In 1985 you didn't purchase CGI software, you wrote it.” – Steve Wright • Flight of the Navigator = First time reflection mapping was used. • Luxo Jr. = CGI shadows, renderman, acadamy award. • The Abyss = First use of digital 3D water effect.

  6. 1990-1999

  7. The silver age of cgi • CGI of the 1990’s achieved: • Total Recall(1990): Mo-Cap • Terminator 2(1992): Realistic movement, morphing effects, etc. • Jurassic Park(1993): Rendered 3D dinosaurs • Forrest Gump(1994): Historical footage • Titanic(1997): Water, Cameron’s test run for AVATAR • The Matrix(1999): First use of bullet time • Star Wars Episode 1(1999): Extensive use of CGI

  8. Special Effects of the 1990’s • Terminator 2: Best Visual Effects Award • Jurassic Park: Spielberg’s original idea • Forrest Gump: Best Picture

  9. 2000-Present

  10. CGI of the 2000’s • The Lord of the Rings • Trilogy(2001-2003) - CGI combined with motion capturing technology • The Matrix (2003) - Intro of high definition universal capture (U-Cap) • fight scene - image based facial animation • Polar Express(2004) - 1st film to use motion capture to create every character • 1st use of Performance Capture • Avatar (2009) - 40% action and 60% photo realistic CGI • Further developed Performance Capture

  11. References • http://www.stikkymedia.com/articles/a-history-of-cgi-in-movies • http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/best-cgi-moments-in-movies/ • http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/how-cgi-in-commercials-changed-the-history-of-film-a-creative-cow-magazine-extra • http://www.digitalair.com/techniques/universal_capture.html • http://www.filmsite.org/visualeffects.html • Keyframe-based Tracking for Rotoscoping and Animation(Agarwala et al,2004,Vol 23,Issue 3) • Final Frontiers: Computer-Generated Imagery and the Science Fiction Film(Abbott S,2006,Vol 33,Issue 1) • Movie-maps: An application of the videodisc to computer graphics(Andrew Lippman,1980,Vol 14,Issue 3) • http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-best-movie-special-effects

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