Week 13 Exercise 1

Pixar Short: Luxo Jr. HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhZm5FRV4s

 I find this video interesting and cute. In this video, is about animation of 2 table light - a big and small one, playing around balls - small and big. What makes this video interesting is because, the way it is animated, it brings out a story.

For example, in the picture above (0:23), the way it is animated seems that the table light is "looking" at the small ball in a curious way. As if the table light is saying "What is this?", as the big table light is blending down and looking at the small ball in a funny way.

Also, in the picture above (1:02), the small table light is hopping on top of the small ball happily, it keep jumping non-stop. While the big table light is looking at the small table light, in a curious? envy? way, as if it can't wait for it turn to play with it.

The sounds played at the background also play a important part to the video. It make the video look more interesting and also the sounds played at the background are matching with the action of the table lights. For example, in 1:05, when the small table light burst the small ball, it give off the air-busting sound which allow the user to hear and understand that the ball is burst.

To conclude this exercise, I understand that in Maya, we can also do animation and we can do something similar to what we had seen in this video. This video might be short, but it can be seen that there are a lot of efforts used to do the animation. From modelling to rendering and sound etc, I hope that in future, I will be able to do such animation video in Maya as well!