Creating Stereoscopic 3D Images

Here are 4 images I did in Stereoscopic and my 1 I did in Maya. They will work with red/cyan glasses. The Gundam was my first attempt, which came out weeeeeeird. By the time i did the Xmas tree, I started to get the hang out of it. I also did one of my zombie from 129a

Gundam

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Spongebob

Xmas tree

I also tried to do one of my Zombie from 129a.

Extra Credit: Star Wars Exhibit

I went to the Star Wars exhibit today, which was really cool! they had a bunch of the miniatures and models which they used for the movies and for the sets. The models were incredibly well built and the scale of them were very interesting. Most of the miniatures were only about 2-3 feet long, but they were detailed down to the tiniest speck. You can see the hundreds of hours put into making one of those models just by giving it a quick glance. All in all, the exhibit was very interesting, although a bit pricey at $22 per person.

Tracker Video Analysis of Falling

Video Analysis of Path of Action

Stop Motion Animation of Falling

I chose the book drop, because it was similar to a brick drop, and I absolutely love reading books! I used an old drawer as a miniature bookshelf and I grabbed a few books from "The Wheel of Time" series. I used tape (a LOT of tape) to hold the book to the wall, while I took shots of the book. I used t program SAM in order to take the original shots of the book drop, then brought it into premiere to change the timing of some frames and to give it a little polish.

Recreating Cameras and Lights in Maya

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Building a Scene in Maya

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

Science Fact or Science Fiction?

Science Fact or Science Fiction?

Guns Litter Almost every action movie that has come out in the past year. Whether is is a western movie resulting in a shootout, a sci fi movie questioning reality, or a group of assassins trying to fight destiny, guns are always present. Despite so many action movies having guns these days, have the physics of projectiles and firearms haven't always hit the mark. Although movies like to bend the laws of physics a little bit to make the movie more interesting, certain physics of bullets and projectiles break the laws of physics for no intended reason. Unnecessary bullet physics such as a bullet travelling through many different objects without stopping or shattering, bullets hitting objects but causing no damage to them at all, and bullets providing different amounts of force despite being fired from the same gun.

The movie Wanted, is a movie about assassins trying to change destiny even when getting glimpses of the future. This movie has a lot of tricks with guns and firearms, such as the famous bullet curve. Although the movie has some famous and interesting tricks with guns, there were certain flaws with the movie which may not have been intended. During the final scene, the protagonist fires a rifle from a very long distance. The bullet travels through many different objects, such as car windows, a full soda can, windows of a building, and then finally completely through a man's skull. There are many things wrong with this scene, but there are subtle things wrong with it that don't do this scene any justice. The most unnoticed part of this scene would be when the bullet hits the soda can and passes through it. Disregarding the distance and force that the bullet is travelling (which is extremely pushed physics), this scene would not work. When bullets are fired, they are incredibly hot. The air resistance when the bullet travels cools the bullets down, but the bullets still retain much of their heat. When a bullet travels through a medium such as water, the result is much different. Liquids cool down the bullets much quicker than air can, and also cause a lot more resistance. Because of this, the rapid cooling of the bullet makes the copper very brittle, and will cause the bullet to break and shatter. When the bullet traveled through the soda can however, it did not show any signs of rapid cooling or shattering. On the show Mythbusters, the hosts Adam and Jamie did a test of bullets and water, which showed that larger caliber shells are more susceptible to breaking and shattering than small caliber shells.

Is it a rifle he fired, or an artillery shell?

Part of the Mythbusters episode which was mentioned above

The comical movie The Naked Gun has its share of funny and slapstick shootout scenes. The parody of western shootouts is only heightened by its use of bending and breaking physics. However, certain mistakes can be seen in this movie than were most likely unintended. During a shootout on the roof of a building, the protagonist is firing away at the enemies with his handgun. The enemies are firing back at him, while everyone is taking cover from the onslaught of bullets. The scene becomes a parody of western shootouts, when the camera becomes a wide shot, and it shows how close in proximity everybody is. Despite the satire, there is a flaw in physics which most likely were unnoticed. The guns fired bullets from a very close range, and firing multiple rounds of bullets. While the protagonist hid behind an empty oil drum, the drum protected him from the oncoming bullets. Despite being bombarded with bullets, the old oil drum was unaffected from the impact of the bullets, and did not bend or bow in any way. This is unreal because the bullets would have had enough force to pierce the flimsy metal and go straight through the barrel from being so close in proximity. Even if the bullets had ricocheted from the barrel, there would have been signs of impact.

The most impenetrable metal barrel known to human existence

In the western movie Open Range, the whole whole movie is building up to the final confrontation between the protagonist and the Irishmen. During one of the greatest shootouts in western film history however, some unintentional flaws in physics subtly made their way into the scene. When the protagonist shoots an enemy in the head, the enemy doesn't move at all, and slowly falls backwards. When the protagonist shoots the next guy over in the leg, the man flys backwards several meters. The force of both bullets were the same on both targets, and both targets had similar masses. Despite this, one man fly's backwards from an angled shot hitting him in the leg, while the other doesn't move and inch. What should have happened, if the bullets had enough force to move both men, is that the man shot in the leg should fallen forward in the same spot, when the man shot in the head should have fallen backwards a foot or two. The impact in the leg should have looked more similar to having a rug pulled from under ones feet. The man shot in the head at a straight angle should have pushed back further, especially if it is believed the bullet was still in the mans head and did not pass through.

(the shots begin at 2:46 - 3:01)

Physics is often overlooked during shootouts and gun movies, especially in the small details. Because movie sets don't use real guns and real bullets, the emulation of guns and bullets relies heavily on the actors and effects artists. Because bullets play a pivotal role in action movies today, it is important to get the physics correct in the small details, while correctly pushing them in the large details to add excitement. It is easy to overlook bullets physics, especially when so many movies push the physics of them, but once you understand the physics of projectiles, resistance, and force, the mistakes become not so subtle.

Outline for the second term paper

Newtons Third Laws of Physics and bullets

Introduction:

1: Every action movie set in modern times uses a firearm of some sort

2: Bullets seem to be immune to the laws of physics

Body 1: Wanted

1: In the ending scene, the protagonist shoots a bullet out of a sniper rifle

2: The bullet travels through many different objects; car windows, soda cans, windows, and a skull

3: the round fired from the gun is intact the entire time and the round is never affected by the objects it passes through.

4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QADr4hVKs3Y

Body 2: Naked Gun

1: the protagonist is in a shootout on top of a roof.

2: The enemies are firing at him while he hides behind a trash can

3: the bullets hit the trash can, while doing no physical harm to the trashcan at all.

4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ItHxt_pAG0

Body 3: Open Range

1: The protagonist wields a peacemaker pistol in this western movie

2: shoots a man from several yards away

3: the bullet hit a man who then goes flying into the air

Conclusion:

1: Newtons third law of equal and opposite reactions are often overlooked in gunfights

2: Bullets are often a pivotal role in action movies

3: the Physics of bullets are often pushed, while the audience tends not to notice

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The Laws of Physics in an Animation Universe

Although the story of most movies are propelled by realism and observation of realistic events, being able to push and break the boundaries of realism can propel a story even further. Being able to take physics at its core and exaggerate it often adds an interesting effect even if the audience can or can’t tell if the physics are off. In the movie The Matrix, physics are intentionally broken in order to support and propel the story line that anything can happen in a computer generated world, and that the laws of physics don’t apply. The main character Neo, must learn how to break and manipulate the physics of the Matrix world, in order to defeat the evil Agent Smith. This is a case where a movie embraces exaggerated and uses it to its advantage.

The movie The Matrix embraces the exaggerated physics from the beginning until the end. One such exaggeration of physics is when Trinity, one of the main heros, is being arrested. While police attempt to apprehend her, she jump kicks one of the police so hard, that he end up launching backwards and into another policeman. The impact was so strong, that both of the policemen end up crashing through the wall and create a large dent within it, while trinity is unaffected from the kick and lands in the spot she jumped from. This is an example of when physics is exaggerated and broken. According to Newton’s third law of motion, Whenever a force exhibits a force, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Because of this, when Trinity kicked the police with the jump kick, Trinity should have been affected by the kick as well. Because Trinity was in the air when kicked, she had no means of bracing herself when she kicked the man, meaning that the force would have to have launched her backwards as well. The breaking of physics was used well for this scene, as it was the first introduction of supernatural strength and paranormal abilities in the movie, which left the audience curious about what was going on.

Trinity getting arrested for breaking the law..... of physics!

Not only does The Matrix break Newtons third law, it also break Newton’s First Law. When Neo is battling the Agent Smith, the agent smith begins shooting at Neo. Neo then proceeds to stop the bullets by holding out his hand. This, of course, is another example of exaggerated physics. According to Newtons First Law, Objects in motion stay in motion unless they are affected by another force. Because of this, the bullets could not have been stopped by nothing. Not only does do the bullets proceed to stop, they float in the air as if they were in outer space. This would also not work because gravity affects the bullets, thus the bullets would have immediately fallen to the ground. Physics was also broken in this scene in order to build up to the climax of the movie. Neo’s character progression was based on how well he could break physics and perform the supernatural within the matrix. Neo stopping the bullets with nothing was an excellent way to show that he had mastered breaking physics.

"No" - Neo

Aside from the breaking of Newtons Laws, the matrix also breaks other laws of physics, such as exaggerated arcs. When Neo attempts to jump from one building to another, he ends up falling and hitting the pavement hard. The pavement turns into a rubber like substance and propelling Neo back up into the air. When neo hits the ground again, the Pavement returns to being a hard pavement like substance. Despite the change back to hard pavement, Neo still bounces into the air a fair distance. This scene looked similar to that of a rubber ball bounce, though, it should look more like a water balloon drop. Because humans are made up of 70% water, Neo should not have been rebounded so high into the air because water is a non-compressible substance. The settle in which neo hits the hard pavement was also wrong, as he shouldnt have bounced up into the air so high the second time. What should have happened is that when Neo hits the ground, he should have splattered, just like a water balloon falling off a building. This exaggeration of physics was used correctly, as if Neo had splattered onto the ground, the movie would not have been interesting. Despite Neo being bounced on the first bounce, the second bounce was an error of physics, although mostly unnoticeable.

Pavement doesn't always save you from a deathly fall, unless it can turn into rubber

Another example of exaggerated arcs is when Neo gets himself off the ground by hitting it with his fist. When Neo is knocked to the ground, he decides to slam his arm on the ground in an arc in order to lift his whole body up off the ground and land on his feet. This is another example of exaggerated arcs. Lets say that Neo’s punch to the ground is a force moving on the X axis. When Neo begins to rise into the Air, he ends up rotating on the Y and Z axis. There were no forces causing the Y and Z rotations, as the only propelling force was his punch to the ground on the X axis. The breaking of physics in this scene wasn't as great as other scenes. Although Neo getting up off the ground looked interesting, the breaking of physics looked more like an accident than being used purposefully to help the character progression.

A cat will always land on its feet, but will Neo?

Despite The Matrix breaking physics many times during the film, the directors did this intentionally. The exaggeration of physics add to the entertainment of the movie, and also propel the plot line. The exaggeration and breaking of physics is also justified as Morpheus, The advisor to Neo, explains that anything can happen in the matrix, and that everything he knew about physics meant nothing in the matrix. Because of this, Newton’s first law and third law are broken on many occasions, and many of the arcs are exaggerated throughout the movie. Because physics were broken and pushed, the movie became more interesting and was more entertaining than if it hadn't broken physics

PHYS 123 Paper Outline

Introduction
1: Feature Film: The Matrix (1999)
2: Thesis: The film The Matrix exaggerates the boundaries of physics in order to give the movie a surreal effect, strengthening the plotline of the movie.

Body Paragraphs
1: Exhaggerated shifts of energy and breaking newtons third law
     a: Trinity jump kicks a policeman mid air. The police man flys backwards hitting another policeman only to be stopped by crashing through a wall. Trinity, having done the mid air kick, lands back down in the spot she had originally jumped.
     b: During a battle in a hotel lobby, Trinity blasts an enemy with a shotgun. The enemy end up flying backwards at an accelerated rate, while Trinity is unaffected by the force of the shotgun blast.
     c: Agent Smith attacks Neo with a gut punch which not only sends Neo flying to the wall and creating a dent, but Neo ends up twirling in the air from the hit.

2: Breaking of Newtons First Law
a: Neo is holding a spoon, in which he begins to focus on the spoon. The spoon then bends and bows with no force acting on it.
b: Agent smith begins shooting bullets at Neo, who ends up stopping the bullets mid air. The is no force acting on the bullets, but they stop.

3: Exaggerated arch
a: during a scene in which Neo trys jumping from on building to another, he falls off a building and slams into the pavement. The force of the impact is so strong, that the pavement sends Neo bouncing upwards, as if Neo were a ball bounce
a: When neo is knocked to the ground, he slams his fist against the ground, which ends up propelling his entire body into the air and he ends up landing on his feet.

Conclusion:
a: Physics are intentionally broken in this film
b: In the film The Matrix, physics are intentionally broken in order to aid the story line and the manipulation of the "matrix" in which rules and boundaries can be broken.

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Mini-Portfolio

My name is Eric Yam, and I am a 5th year animation/illustration major. I am currently taking Ani 117a and have taken animation classes such as 114 and 115. I also enjoy taking science classes such as astronomy as nutrition classes. I hope to become a full time modeler working at a small game studio around the bay area. I would love to work at the studio Gears for Breakfast which is a studio of people whom have made my favorite games growing up. I'm specializing in modelling and hope to graduate in the spring of 2015.

Black and White Painting

113a

 A piece I did in my 113a class With the professor Inga Poslitur. This is one of the pieces I was most proud of doing and completing, although my edge work is awful and the paint is starting to get raised on certain parts of the painting

Zombie Eric Yam

129A

This is a piece from my 129a 3d modelling class tought by Tom Austin. My favorite part of this class was using z brush and really being able to sculpt the grooves and creases of the fabric. I had trouble getting good lighting unfortunately and I hope PHYS 123 can help me with that!

3 Barking Dachshunds

115

This is the group animation I worked on with Tyna Chen and Anh Nguyen for our 115 Dachshund assignment taught by Alice Carter and Courtney Granner. It was a long and arduous task, but we were pleased with the results and it was the most fun I had doing and animation during my time here at SJSU.

The First Post

Here it goes