Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction Outline

Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction Outline

Introduction
Giant and tiny scaled characters has a difference in motion of movement.  Additionally, the environment, such as buildings, around them are key reference.  Some media use special effects to slow-motion the subject to show the difference in scale.  However, some media may defy the physic of scale despite the usage of special effects to show scale.

Johnnie Walker's catwalk commercial.
  • The female models in giant scale strut through the city.  Although, the women's size are inconsistent in different scenes.  At some point they are smaller and sometimes they are bigger.  Despite their size, they strut in normal speed as if they are not giant.
  • There are some measurable scene reference.  First city's 16 feet commercial building, about 160 feet.  Eifel Tower's top floor, 896 feet, 80% tall of Empire State Building, 1000 feet.
  • Assuming that the women does change sizes, their speed in different scenes will differ in slower motion.
Shuffle! Memories.  Episode 12.
  • In the animation, most of the characters was shrunk to about 1 inch while one of the girl character remain about 5 feet of her normal-size.
  • Physically, the shrunk character may fall faster. The normal-size girl should still remain move and speak in her usual normal speed, not in super slow-motion.
  • In the shrunk character's point of view, they fall slow; the normal-size girl moves in super-slow movement and her voice has very low frequency than usual.  In the normal-size girl's point of view, the shrunk characters and herself are at normal speed motion.  Awkwardly, the shrunk characters does not gesture any faster.
Media Impact's Massive series.
  • All the female actress roams on a paper, plastic, miniature models with some water to serve as lake and river.  There are special effects for collapsing debris and explosions. 
  • According to the average paper buildings' window, most buildings are 100 feet tall.  The women tends be more than 10 times bigger than the building.  Therefore, the women are about 1000 feet.
  • The special effects are slowed in motion, but the giant's movement and their building drop speed remain as normal-size speed.
Conclusion
Both Johnnie Walker and Media Impact left their giant characters in normal-size human speed might have to show the women are strong enough to move in normal motion.  Specically, Media Impact is to emphasize the strength in the women's scale.  In Shuffe!, the animation might try to emphasize how huge the normal-size girl in comparison to the shrunk characters by making the normal-size moves and talks super slow.  All three media in common show massive strength and size of the female character in either scale by defying the physical scale with effects.

1 comment:

  1. I'm very much looking forward to reading your term paper!
    10 points

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