Monday, March 24, 2014

CGI DOUBLE FOR PAUL WALKER OMG!!!! :)



After long waited time, they finally announced it. Instead of making it look like he left the franchise, they are going to continue to have him in the 7th movie of FF, and what better way to do so than to use technology. CGI commonly known as computer generated imagery, is the main technology the movie will be made up on. Of corse they have actors who have the same body build as him to do some of the scenes, but the voices and face will be topped on it. With hard work and complex movie editing, they set the release date on April 10, 2015. Although F&F will never be the same without him, he will always be remembered RIP Paul Walker :'(

Major Concepts:
1. I think the idea of continuing the movie with the same character not only shows how much love there is in the movie set and how they wont give up one person.
2. The advancement of technology is enabling this to happen, and even though it takes a lot of time and patience to do the editing, it's turn out to be really good.
3. I think the idea of using his voice and face will really benefit the quality of the movie, since it will give us the feeling that it is really him acting.

Potential Strengths
1. The movie will continue even after the loss of one of the greatest's ever, they are trying hard and will continue to do so until the series comes to an end.
2. This new movie shows a great deal of sophisticated technology which can show how much technology can be used and how advanced it can get.

Potential Weakness
1. Even though they will try their best and i'm sure it'll be good, but it'll never be the same without him. With all the special effect in F&F 6 i think that there was too much, but now with his loss they will have to add in more effects and it'll be hard.
2.  The team will need to have to same person, due to the strong bond between everyone, and plus Vin Diesel's wing man was Paul walker, and they have strong bond. It'll be hard for him to act naturally with a "stranger"

Discussion Questions
1. How do they crop only his face?
2. Why don't they just end the movie with his death.


Citation:
http://www.slashgear.com/fast-furious-7-to-use-cgi-and-doubles-to-keep-paul-walker-in-the-film-24321754/

Monday, March 10, 2014

Hijack or Plane Crash; MH730 Still Remains a Mystery



Summary 
"Flight MH730 left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing at 00:41 local time on Saturday (16:41 GMT on Friday). But radio contact was lost at 17:30 GMT, somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam." says BBC. More than 3 days have past since the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200ER has been reported missing. There has been no evidence or wreckage debris.

Major concepts
1.The flight had been turned before it had lost contact.
2. No debris or possible wreckage found off the coast of Vietnam and  no visuals.
3. More than 259 people on board the flight, including 10-15 kids.
4. They have identified 2 fake passports that have been used in this flight

Vietnamese helicopter prepares to join search, Phu Quoc (10 March 2014)

Potiental Strengths
1. More than 90 motorized vehicles are searching for any signs of the plane.
2. 40 Ships and 45 Aircraft were sent from 9 different nations
3. Passengers on the flight came from 14 different nationalities

Potential Weakness
1. "Officials say they still have no idea what went wrong."
2. The flight MH370 has turned it's route before getting off the radar 
3. No debris or any form of wreckage was found that linked to the plane around that area

Questions
1. What do you assume happened?
2. Why would someone or something caused this?