Edited on Oct 04, 2016
I. Introduction
A. FILM: Kung Fu Panda (2008)
B. Thesis - Kung Fu takes its characters to varying stages from physics to spiritual levels.
II. Body Paragraphs
A. Characters master their own bodies and physical abilities, allowing super strength and going beyond their limits
- Furious Five training with Po
- The bridge battle
- Tai Lung's escape
B. Body vs practicality vs probability vs physics - characters control physics around them to highly implausible levels
- Blows out candles with wave of hand
- Shifu standing on a cane
- Oogway taps peach tree, peach falls to Po's hand
- Shifu takes dragon scroll with a flower pedal
C. Spiritualism - Characters obtain spiritual abilities and properties
- Po becomes the Dragon Warrior. Destiny? Or physical intervention?
- Master Oogway ascends to nirvana, disappears into flower pedals
- The Wuxi Finger Hold and the spiritual realm
III. Conclusion
A. Adapted Chinese mythology, includes a physical world as well as divinity and spiritualism.
B. Laws of physics remain mostly realistic and consistent, but use of Kung Fu is exaggerated in this film.
C. When not demonstrating spiritual properties, character interactions with the laws of physics range from mostly realistic to highly implausible.
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Mini-Portfolio
My name is Travis Tran, and I am majoring in Animation/Illustration at San Jose State University.
I have loved drawing since I was a kid, I loved animated films and cartoons just as long, and I wish to become an animator, whether for theatrical films, television, or indie video games. As of Fall 2016, I am slated to graduate in Spring 2018 with a concentration in animation. I also have experience and secondary aptitude in 3D modeling, graphic design, motion graphics and video editing. I was originally aiming to pursue illustration and visual design, but I have decided to go into animation, both 2D and/or 3D, because I decided that my passion is to pursue a career where I can excercise my attention to detail, as I like to use my eye in detail a little more than my mind in imagination.
I have never taken a physics class before, and I quite simply have little aptitude and potential in any kind of general science, unfortunately. But I have never needed computer science to paint digital art in Photoshop, I never needed environmental science to paint landscapes, and I'm sure I have what it takes to apply concepts of motions, weight, and gravity into animation. I'm a man of skill more than intelligence, and my greatest strengths have always been more in my hands and my eyes, rather than my mind.
Here are some samples of my works from different subjects and mediums.
I have loved drawing since I was a kid, I loved animated films and cartoons just as long, and I wish to become an animator, whether for theatrical films, television, or indie video games. As of Fall 2016, I am slated to graduate in Spring 2018 with a concentration in animation. I also have experience and secondary aptitude in 3D modeling, graphic design, motion graphics and video editing. I was originally aiming to pursue illustration and visual design, but I have decided to go into animation, both 2D and/or 3D, because I decided that my passion is to pursue a career where I can excercise my attention to detail, as I like to use my eye in detail a little more than my mind in imagination.
I have never taken a physics class before, and I quite simply have little aptitude and potential in any kind of general science, unfortunately. But I have never needed computer science to paint digital art in Photoshop, I never needed environmental science to paint landscapes, and I'm sure I have what it takes to apply concepts of motions, weight, and gravity into animation. I'm a man of skill more than intelligence, and my greatest strengths have always been more in my hands and my eyes, rather than my mind.
Here are some samples of my works from different subjects and mediums.
A lakeside digital painting, inspired by Swan Lake
A scene from John Steinbeck's novel, The Pearl
A scene from John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice And Men
An example of what I can model in 3D on Autodesk Maya
And here are some video clips of what I can animate.
Sack Pantomime from ANI 114. It's a short 2D animation of a living flour sack which can move and behave like a human.
A short reel of 3D animation assignments from ANI 128a. The last clip at the beach was a shot for a class-wide group project, Day At The Beach. Click here to see the full video.
3D character models by Joe Daniels (https://gumroad.com/joedanimation).
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