Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Outline of the Third Term Paper

For this paper I will be studying rain effects in TV and film, both animated and practical.

Pacific Rim: fight scene in Hong Kong. This is a very long fight that takes place in the rain. All of it is computer generated. Combined with good lighting and texturing, the rain appears very real. Everything looks wet, and is reflecting the colorful lights of downtown Hong Kong.Very effective at looking real and at setting the mood.


Gotham: Episode 4 climax. An assassin is coming to kill his next victim, but Jim Gordon gets to the house first. The scene is set up outside the house, where it is raining. The rain is meant to change the mood and get the audience ready for the confrontation that is about to happen. The rain is a practical effect and was filmed outside in the daytime. It can clearly be seen that it was sunny when it was filmed due to the shadows in the street in the background. This creates a weird scene, which doesn’t portray the right mood. It looks like actual rain, it just doesn’t look like it should be raining at the time. 

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