Me in front of the Engineering building at San Jose State
Nature while walking my dog
this is my messy area while i was working on my painting
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Creating Stereoscopic 3D Images
Me in front of the Engineering building at San Jose State
Nature while walking my dog
this is my messy area while i was working on my painting
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Lighting A Scene In Maya
One-Point Lighting (Single key light on the left casting strong shadows).
Two-Point Lighting (Additional fill light to soften the dark shadows)
Three-Point Lighting (Rim light behind the letters to accentuate the edges).
Two-Point Lighting (Additional fill light to soften the dark shadows)
Three-Point Lighting (Rim light behind the letters to accentuate the edges).
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction
When I watch movies I am always caught in the excitement of all of the climactic scenes that occur. I am always caught in the excitement and find myself gripping either the chair or the couch tightly, waiting to see the next moment in the scene. But since I’ve been taking this class, I have been watching scenes very carefully now to see certain speeds and believability to each scene that is meant to be climactic. There are a lot of times in movies where the director wants to spice things up and create a visual treat all the while making the scene as believable as possible. However, it does not mean that these falling scenes are correct and on the contrary they generally do not follow the principles of physics. Rules of gravity or rules of falling objects are often broken by exaggerating the action and sometimes for dramatic purposes movies have to slow time on the falling sequences. Either way, if we criticize these scenes and analyze the way they apply the rules of physics especially through the notion falling objects; we will find that movies typically violate the rules and applied the principles of physics for dramatic purposes.
Galileo’s law of falling objects and Newton’s laws of gravity are the objects of this paper. The law says that the earth’s gravity pulls a heavy and light object down to the ground at the same rate so that both objects hit the ground at the same time. Heavier objects have more mass are pulled towards the ground with twice the force will also accelerate twice as slow, which is inversely related to lighter objects. That is the reason why two objects with different weights or mass will impact the ground at the same time when released from the same height. The following scenes from movies that caught my eye will refer to these principles.
The first movie I am going to talk about is Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon. The movie stats off with Gohan, the hero, stops a car with two guys sitting in front and a big guy in the back carrying lots of ammo. He stops the car in a way where they fly out of the car because of their momentum. The two in the front have a center of gravity closer to the ground and should have hit the ground first, but the bigger guy in the back who is about 100 pounds heavier than the other two but also is carrying more ammo than the other two goons, hit the ground first. This is a violation of Newton’s laws of gravity because a baby has a lower center of gravity than an adult, therefore, if someone or something has a lower center of gravity they will hit the ground before another object with a higher center of gravity. In another part of the movie an old man jumps from a huge tower while the heroes are at a higher altitude they swoop in and save him. In reality he should fall much faster than he really is, but he falls relatively slow just to make things more dramatic. The heroes watch in shock as the old man falls, then react and fly down to save him. After he jumps, he is falling in the air for 6 seconds before the heroes swoop in to pick him out of the air.
The next movie that I want to talk about is How To Train Your Dragon. The scene that I particularly want to talk about is the scene where Astrid falls off of her dragon and Hiccup and Toothless save her from hitting the ground. Astrid falls from her dragon as she is trying to fight the big dragon at towards the end of the movie; she falls from about 100 stories and as she is about to hit the ground Toothless and Hiccup rescue her. The this about this scene is that the reaction time for Hiccup and Toothless is pretty long. The fall takes about 10-15 seconds, as Astrid falls the camera shows Hiccup and Toothless in the sky. Hiccup has the time to scream her name while he is treading in the air on Toothless and then makes his move; this was done to make the scene more dramatic and seem like she is going to hit the ground. To save her Toothless and Hiccup would have to fly at the speed of sound to save her. They are flying from at least 100 stories up as well as a little bit of distance apart, therefore, this scene breaks the Newton’s laws of gravity.
The next and last movie that I want to mention is the Incredibles. The scene that I want to talk about is the scene where Elastigirl, Dash and Violet jump out of the plane as it is blowing up. This scene defies both Galileo’s and Newton’s laws. As Elastigirl grabs both of the kids, she turns into a parachute, pieces of the plane fall to the ocean. The three reach the ocean and a huge piece of the plane crashes in the water and sucks them down, but then they reach the top to grasp some air and there are still pieces of debris falling from the sky. There is still debris falling from the sky and this is after about 3 minutes of the scene. Granted the debris is falling from a high altitude, but the trio also fell from the same altitude which means that the plane and the trio all should have hit at the same time if they were falling all the same.
Movies nowadays have special effects and huge action scenes. They are beefed up to make things look better and more pleasing to the eye, but without a good study of physics the scenes would feel unbelievable to the audience. It is understandable that the director would push things to make them more climactic for story purposes or else scenes as over the top or as subtle as things are, they would not be as interesting visually or emotionally. A lot of movie makers should take into account that there are laws of physics that should try to be kept in order to make things as real as possible, but also a lot people wouldn’t notice if they don’t know anything about simple laws of physics. There are more rules that are violated in the laws of physics, such as action/reaction, rules of force, etc. but I just wanted to show some example of broken laws of gravity and falling.
Galileo’s law of falling objects and Newton’s laws of gravity are the objects of this paper. The law says that the earth’s gravity pulls a heavy and light object down to the ground at the same rate so that both objects hit the ground at the same time. Heavier objects have more mass are pulled towards the ground with twice the force will also accelerate twice as slow, which is inversely related to lighter objects. That is the reason why two objects with different weights or mass will impact the ground at the same time when released from the same height. The following scenes from movies that caught my eye will refer to these principles.
The first movie I am going to talk about is Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon. The movie stats off with Gohan, the hero, stops a car with two guys sitting in front and a big guy in the back carrying lots of ammo. He stops the car in a way where they fly out of the car because of their momentum. The two in the front have a center of gravity closer to the ground and should have hit the ground first, but the bigger guy in the back who is about 100 pounds heavier than the other two but also is carrying more ammo than the other two goons, hit the ground first. This is a violation of Newton’s laws of gravity because a baby has a lower center of gravity than an adult, therefore, if someone or something has a lower center of gravity they will hit the ground before another object with a higher center of gravity. In another part of the movie an old man jumps from a huge tower while the heroes are at a higher altitude they swoop in and save him. In reality he should fall much faster than he really is, but he falls relatively slow just to make things more dramatic. The heroes watch in shock as the old man falls, then react and fly down to save him. After he jumps, he is falling in the air for 6 seconds before the heroes swoop in to pick him out of the air.
The next movie that I want to talk about is How To Train Your Dragon. The scene that I particularly want to talk about is the scene where Astrid falls off of her dragon and Hiccup and Toothless save her from hitting the ground. Astrid falls from her dragon as she is trying to fight the big dragon at towards the end of the movie; she falls from about 100 stories and as she is about to hit the ground Toothless and Hiccup rescue her. The this about this scene is that the reaction time for Hiccup and Toothless is pretty long. The fall takes about 10-15 seconds, as Astrid falls the camera shows Hiccup and Toothless in the sky. Hiccup has the time to scream her name while he is treading in the air on Toothless and then makes his move; this was done to make the scene more dramatic and seem like she is going to hit the ground. To save her Toothless and Hiccup would have to fly at the speed of sound to save her. They are flying from at least 100 stories up as well as a little bit of distance apart, therefore, this scene breaks the Newton’s laws of gravity.
The next and last movie that I want to mention is the Incredibles. The scene that I want to talk about is the scene where Elastigirl, Dash and Violet jump out of the plane as it is blowing up. This scene defies both Galileo’s and Newton’s laws. As Elastigirl grabs both of the kids, she turns into a parachute, pieces of the plane fall to the ocean. The three reach the ocean and a huge piece of the plane crashes in the water and sucks them down, but then they reach the top to grasp some air and there are still pieces of debris falling from the sky. There is still debris falling from the sky and this is after about 3 minutes of the scene. Granted the debris is falling from a high altitude, but the trio also fell from the same altitude which means that the plane and the trio all should have hit at the same time if they were falling all the same.
Movies nowadays have special effects and huge action scenes. They are beefed up to make things look better and more pleasing to the eye, but without a good study of physics the scenes would feel unbelievable to the audience. It is understandable that the director would push things to make them more climactic for story purposes or else scenes as over the top or as subtle as things are, they would not be as interesting visually or emotionally. A lot of movie makers should take into account that there are laws of physics that should try to be kept in order to make things as real as possible, but also a lot people wouldn’t notice if they don’t know anything about simple laws of physics. There are more rules that are violated in the laws of physics, such as action/reaction, rules of force, etc. but I just wanted to show some example of broken laws of gravity and falling.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction Outline
Galileo’s law of falling objects and Newton’s laws of gravity.
The law says that the earth’s gravity pulls a heavy and light object down to the ground at the same rate so that both objects hit the ground at the same time. Heavier objects have more mass are pulled towards the ground with twice the force will also accelerate twice as slow, which is inversely related to lighter objects. That is the reason why two objects with different weights or mass will impact the ground at the same time when released from the same height.
Incredibles
Plane parts falling after theyre already in the water
How to train your dragon
Astrid falls from her dragon, and hiccup riding on top of toothless sees from a higher altitude and dives after her and saves her right before she hits the ground
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
An old man jumps from a huge tower while the heroes are at a higher altitude they swoop in and save him
The law says that the earth’s gravity pulls a heavy and light object down to the ground at the same rate so that both objects hit the ground at the same time. Heavier objects have more mass are pulled towards the ground with twice the force will also accelerate twice as slow, which is inversely related to lighter objects. That is the reason why two objects with different weights or mass will impact the ground at the same time when released from the same height.
Incredibles
Plane parts falling after theyre already in the water
How to train your dragon
Astrid falls from her dragon, and hiccup riding on top of toothless sees from a higher altitude and dives after her and saves her right before she hits the ground
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
An old man jumps from a huge tower while the heroes are at a higher altitude they swoop in and save him
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Mid-Semester Survey
This is to certify that I completed the anonymous mid-semester survey for Art/Physics 123 and am requesting the five points of extra credit.
As a student at San Jose State, I understand the university's Academic Integrity Policy (http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/catalog/rec-2083.html).
As a student at San Jose State, I understand the university's Academic Integrity Policy (http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/catalog/rec-2083.html).
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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