Outline for the Third Term Paper.

Special Effects Live-Action

Movies: Neo in the Matrix, Yoda in Star Wars

Special effects: Character Fighting Animation

Thesis: In the following, I will examine the special effect technique of CG character fighting effects use for Neo in the Matrix and Yoda in Star Wars and the effectiveness of the effect in each movie.

Neo:

-       -   Created using character scan of the actor.

-        -  The environment of the scene is all computer generated.

-        -  Movement is a combination of motion capture and hand animated.

Yoda:

-       -   Created by referencing from a clay model.

-     -     Character is put into real life environment.

-        -  Fabric movements was animated with help from expert specialize fabric movements.

Comparing both techniques:

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              -Neo has less weight on his movement than Yoda.

-          -The lighting in Yoda’s scene is more believable than Neo’s.

-          -The difference of physics for both fighting scene. 

Conclusion: Even though both movies were made with big budget, the fighting scene of Yoda’s is better executed that Neo’s.