Essay for VFX

I have my Title as ...


"HOW VFX HAVE BEEN USED IN PRODUCTION"
So I will basically be talking about how VFX  came in handy and how they developed it on what ever the footage or game is.


I will discuss various artists as well and what movies or games they developed.


This is a good idea for me as I want to get into the industry.

Essay topic/ Subject Idea

I have thought of an idea on what topic to bring up in my Essay, personally I am fascinated on how much different old school movies are manipulated in re-makes for example Romeo and Juliet. The question is, what subject should I bring up as my main title? as that will be the discussion without going off track on my subject title.


The area I am interested in particular is the VFX on how the original movie used it compared to the modern movie. That is what I will be focusing on.


Research will be made and illustrations will also be made... mainly Digitally for ideas.




First of all, I will need to make an essay title. I will first do some research and paste on some resources.


Here are a list of Movies I have found that had the original produced and then a re-make made -

• Romeo and Juliet

1968

1996

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990

2014

• Charlie and the chocolate factory

1971



2005

TITLE OF ESSAY:

"COMPARING VISUAL EFFECTS FROM THE ORIGINAL MOVIE RELEASED TO THE RE-MAKE MODERNISED"

I still have to think which movie to compare, for this I have to do some research.

One which caught my eye was "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory". The original is called "Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory" (1971) which was made by Roald Dahl and the Re-make is called "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) which was made by Tim Burton.

Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/books/news/2014/09/14/willy-wonka-vs-charlie-for-the-better-chocolate-factory-movie/

Personally I think this film will be a good idea to use for my essay. I will be looking at different VFX Artists now.

Source of top VFX Artists:

• http://www.imdb.com/list/ls002143779/
• http://www.creativebloq.com/digital-art/vfx-artists-you-need-know-101517168

(VFX breakdown in 2005 movie)

(Original Film 1971)

Allan McKay (Visual Effects Supervisor and Technical Director)

https://vimeo.com/allanmckay

This man is the top dog in the VFX area of the Film and Games Industry. He has major clients such as UbiSoft, Activision, Autodesk and ILM.

He has over 20 years experience in the Film and Games industry specialising in VFX. Major titles he has done vary from Star Trek, Halo and Transformers.

As I have mentioned Autodesk, he specialises and contributes their work with Maya and 3D Studio Max.

He has over 100 workshops and does classes all over the world in furthering peoples careers.

https://vimeo.com/170569448

Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen is known for his movie magic on motion effects. He was best know for his special effects role in Clash of the Titens.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm



ESSAY STRUCTURE



I have carefully thought through my Essay structure and the layout. Here is what I have planned out.

Introduction : 500 words

Topic : 500 words, this will explain the films I will be comparing about the original and the re-make and what will be discussed in it. It will also explain who I will be talking about in who did the Visual Effects on the films.

Original film: Will talk briefly about the story of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971) -

• The main special effects used in the film and how the characters are created
• The VFX team
• How the effects are resourceful in the time ere

Re-make film: Same as how I will explain about the Original but this time with the Re-Make which is called "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) -

• The main special effects used
• The VFX Team
• How the effects are used in advanced technology

Comparing the two films: I will discuss how the effects used in both films have changed, and will also discuss the computer work used compared to the raw special effects man made.

Conclusion: This will discuss the end answer and an overall view on the 2 films I have compared.  

Intro on Module: Essay + Portfolio

I have just started the module which is quite late. I have a few ideas on what to do regarding my Essay and also the character port folio. It will consist of pre production and production work.