Project Animatronics
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The presentation gives a brief view of how animatronics plays a role in modern motion pictures. It also describes the management and engineering perspective of the project of creating animated characters
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Project Animatronics
- 1. Project Animatronics Guided By Mr. Balaji Ramadurai By Vishal Shinde Suraj Gujar Yogesh Thakre
- 2. Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai Mtech Project Management team Yogesh Thakare yograj.thakare@gmail.com Vishal Shinde shinde.vishal91@gmail.com Suraj Gujar gujarsuraj9@gmail.com Connect us on LinkedIn
- 3. What is Animatronics? Animatronics is the use of electronics and robotics in the creation of puppets which simulate life. It is a multi-disciplinary field which integrates anatomy, robots, mechatronics and puppetry resulting in the lifelike animation of any living or lifeless object.
- 4. How it began…. Animatronics made cinematic history long before digital effects were around. It was first introduced in movies by Walt Disney in 1963 Today it is used in films parallel with VFX, museums, advertisements and many more.
- 6. Creating an animatronic character… The storyline The Model and its Mechanical feasibility The Framework The driving mechanism Art work Motion and movements
- 7. The Storyline Artist sketching spinosaurus, At stan winston studios, Los Angeles Proportional clay modelFinal movie scene depicted by model • Story plot and brief role of animatronics in the plot • Sketching the artwork and acknowledgement
- 8. The model Artwork The Art Team develops the model and acknowledges with the director for further work The Feasibility of a larger structure is studied by design engineers Director Joe Johnston and the one- fifth-scale maquette of the Spinosaurus from jurassic park III
- 9. The framework Holds the body Allows motion as per the scene Uses steel, wood, polycarbonate or lighter plastics Live working on the framework
- 10. Driving Mechanism The characters may be driven either mechanically or by human force The mechanically driven character is remotely controlled by RF (radio signals) For small structure, electric motors, and for larger structure we use hydraulics or pneumatics
- 11. Spinosaurus being scaled with epoxy mold Spinosaurus from Jurassic park III, Stan Winston studios To make the character lifelike, body artwork is essential Clay, paint, latex, silicone, polyurethane rubber, plaster are the materials generally used For creating body patterns, a set of molds made of durable epoxy is used Body Art
- 12. In Motion The characters are programmed to play their roles in the respective scene Their timing and control is handled with the help of microcontroller With the help of compliance, we can allow more faster, more realistic movements without sacrificing control over the character
- 13. Cost analysis Story, casting and $ 500,000.00 Sets and video budget $140,000.00 Sound budget $40,000.00 Set and video budget includes Animatronics and visual effects/editing Animatronics budget $ 100000 VFX and editing $ 40000
- 14. Analysis Story and casting $ 500000 Sound $ 40000 VFX editing $40000 Animatronics $ 100000 Set and Video $ 140000 Budget
- 16. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- Anima means life and animatronics is simply the illusion of life with the help of mechanics and electronics
- The first animatronics was used in clocks in Europe where a wooden doll hammers the gong every hour. but as the term was coined by movie makers, It was introduced by Walt Disney and it is still being creatively used at disneylands all over the world, hollywood studios, los angeles. Animatronics is used even in mumbai…..where? Ganesh festival decorations, navratri decorations…. where they depict hindu mythological events
- Animatronics begins usually at the production stage in the planning Gantt chart
- The process of creating the character begins from the writer. the writer shares his imagination to the director. the director then brings it to the paper with the help of the artwork team. Thus the sketch of the character is created. Further, the art team creates a 3D model based on the sketch in a smaller size ratio like 1: 5 model. The 3D model is further analyzed for feasibility by the design engineers team and if structure is suitable to stand and move well with its weight. the design is acknowledged by the director and the main project begins
- Framework is done by design engineers team The frameworks hold the body and the motion mechanism as per the strength required, steel, wood or plastic may be used here we have a small clip from the making of T Rex-The Jurassic park at Stan Winston studios, Los Angeles it is made out of steel, this is the intended model and behind the model, is the main structure framework being joined together