Extra Credit: Lighting a Scene in Maya.

Comes in four flavors!

Original: 

One-Point Lighting: 

Two-Point Lighting:

Three-Point Lighting: 

Special Effects in Animation and Live-Action

My first two term paper scores were 90 and 85; I will not be writing a third term paper.

Outline for the Third Term Paper

I. Introduction -

          A. Introduce both movies.
          B. Thesis - To compare and contrast the chocolate waterfall in Willy Wonka and The
          Chocolate Factory (1971) to its descendant, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.

II. Body - 

          A. Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
               a. Man-made with a mix of chocolate ice cream and water.
               b. The 'river' looks less like chocolate and more like sewer water.
               c. The waterfall itself is very shallow and spurts more like a water-hose than a waterfall.
          B. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.
               a. Man-made with 'fake' chocolate.
               b. The 'river' has a lovely chocolate viscosity.
               c. Full-bodied and pours like you'd expect a chocolate waterfall should.

III. Conclusion - 

          A. Waterfalls are an extremely hard visual effect to replicate.
          B. Use less water if your waterfall is not made out of water.

Stop-Motion Character Animation

This was a solo project, created using model magic and my niece's toys. Since I lack a tripod, I used some of the model magic to hold the camera steady on a book that I moved around as I shot (although I should've taken more frames per movement, because it looks extremely choppy). I got the room as dark as possible, then lit it using a desk lamp and that's pretty much how this came to be. 

Also, thank you for the extension! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to put it to much use, but it's appreciated nonetheless.