Outline for the Third Term Paper

Visual Effects have a huge impact on the movie industry.  Especially that of fire.

A.    Films: The Avengers and How to Train Your Dragon

B.    Thesis- Fire is an effect that is now inserted into films digitally and added in during post production.

                                                                                                                   

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1.     The Avengers

a.      The visual effects were mostly added in after filming

b.     Actors filmed on a green screen

c.      Believable fire added in post, creating an authentic scene

2.     How to Train Your Dragon

a.      Fire given a life of its own due to being a main visual effect

b.     Animators gave the fire a slightly different consistency, to make it more believable coming from a dragons mouth

c.      Different types of fire, created differently depending on the type of dragon

Conclusion                                                                                                        

1.     Fire used in normal live action movies tend to be pretty simplistic and used to create believable scenes.

2.     Fire used in movies like How to Train Your Dragon given a little more attention/life since it is a major aspect of the film.