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IT and Computing in the Movies
In this homework you will research into different ways Information Technology and Computing are used to make Movies. The way the characters in Toy story come to life! The way Spiderman flies through the air! How do they do that?
IT and Computing in the Movies
In this homework you will research into different ways Information Technology and Computing are used to make Movies. The way the characters in Toy story come to life! The way Spiderman flies through the air! How do they do that?
You can choose different movies, Spiderman, Toy story, Batman, Shark Tale, etc,. You can choose different topics such as animation, special effects, movies with humans and animation together etc. How do they do it?
They do it by using technology to alternate things and to make it more exciting.
Q1 – Name at least six movies that needed computers to make them and say how they used computing technology. For example: Toy Story Computer - Animation. (No not use the same technology in each example!) 1. Merlin- adventure 2. G-force- action 3. Monsters vs aliens- fantasy 4. Scooby dobby doo-mystery 5. Spider man- thriller 6. Bed time stories- family
Q2 – Using at least two different types of technology explain how they were used to make the movie. Use full sentences and pictures. (The internet is the place to search.)
1. Avatar- The movie is a combination of live-action shooting and photography, and CGI (computer generated imagery) they also used motion-capture photography and used "virtual camera system. NDA camera called a "simulacra," a combination of a 3D fusion camera and the virtual camera system. 2. Star wars- . Most of the visual effects used motion control photography, Model spaceships were constructed on the basis of drawings.