Building a Scene in Maya

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My first two term paper scores were 87 and 89; I will not be writing a third term paper.

Outline of the Third Term Paper: Effects Animation

1. Intro

a. Video games and movies use different effects to create interesting situations.

b. By comparing a movie derivative and the original show could be used as comparisons to see which one worked better.

Thesis: By using the Avatar: the Last Airbender show and the Avatar: the Last Airbender movie, we can compare how these two movies approach water effects.

2. The effect

a. When Aang controls a tidal wave to repel the Fire Nation invaders, it is a giant wave that destroyed their ships in the movie.

b. In the animated version, Aang infuses with a spirit and rampages against the enemy troops with a variety of water magic(water bending).

3. The movie critique

a. For such a big tidal wave, the eventual crash seemed underwhelming.

b. Even if the tidal wave is magically controlled, it would take quite a considerable effort to keep it standing still for so long.
c. The rising of the tidal wave seemed more powerful than it pitifully collapsing down, considering the size of the final tidal wave.
4. The cartoon scene
a. The smaller tidal waves were moving fast enough to knock over the tanks.
b. In that form, the water spirit was able to cut ships down. Water could be pressurized to cut a lot of things including steel, although its quite a bit of a stretch since magic is involved.
c. The same huge tidal wave was actually as powerful as it would be to a bunch of ships.
5. Conclusion
a. It is obvious that the critically panned movie was not as effective as the animated series.
b. Just because animation can get away with impossible scenarios, it doesn't mean that some of effects couldn't work scientifically.