To Bring Great Fun to Explosive Content
Special effects have entranced movie watchers ever since the dawn of movies, from the first wonders of people disappearing and reappearing to the new aliens of Doctor Who, and so on. This week, we got the chance to explore the beginning steps towards these brilliant effects that people often overlook, but movies can't live without.
Starting out with the basics, we were given a simple task, to make a car garage explode, with small detailed effects being placed cleverly with layer masks to make it seem realistic. Alongside special effects like glows and camera shaking, I was proud to see the final result being so well constructed from a stock footage clip from New York City. But then a challenging task became to animate a still photo. So, stepping up to the plate, I decided to do a fire pit exploding. I took similar elements from the previous project and modified them to make the picture feel like it's live action, with using keyframes to measure out glow periods, specialized effects to create realistic flames shooting from the pit, and even smoke rising out of the ashes.
Finally, we took footage from my friend Greta Lundy and Jessie Blom opening a microwave, and having it explode. Timing the sound, compressing the footage, and even making the camera shake in After Effects, we created a funny, short clip of my friend being blown back by an explosion.
Afterword
These projects were used to show how easy, yet how hard it was to truly master these effects shown in even masterpiece movies such as Avengers, or Hunger Games. It makes one wish to do more, to strive to be the best they could be in their respective field of animation. I hope to continue to do we'll over the summer and discover these effects for myself.
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