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Google 3D Warehouse:
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File Front:
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Machinima Documentary - "The Physical Effects of Explosions on Porosity"

A short documentary on the physical effects of explosions on a built environment.
Music - P.O.D - Boom

Week 5

Explosions on and Ramps






Explosions in train station

The Documentary Mode
I chose to film my Machinima documentary from the observational and expository modes. From documentaries I have studied, they all use the same types of angles and subjects before getting onto the actual theme. For instance, documentaries will start off with shots depicting close up and/ or off centred landscapes or objects. Then start to get long pans of the surrounding area before focusing on the main subject. This is done to introduce and get the audience to feel the surroundings and subjects, to feel like there they and experiencing this first hand, allowing them to get into the film on a more personal level. I found that using a combination between these two documentary styles is the key for demonstrating and testing my hypothesis in addition to demonstrating the effects of explosions on the different forms of porosity.
The observational mode will introduce the viewer to the surroundings and setting of my documentary. With long takes and wide pan shots, viewers are left intrigued and wondering what is coming next. Although the pace of my documentary picks up in order to get a feel and better understanding for the characteristics of explosions, the music is synced to add rhythm and flow to excite and entertain.
The cuts, takes and angles are in the style of the expository mode. This is done to emphasize the effects of explosions on porosity and the results. This style allows the documentary to look like a series of test and experiments, leading the viewers to answer the hypothesis.
The documentary presents the hypothesis is a fun, fast paced, exciting way, combining two documentary styles in order to connect and demonstrate these concepts to the viewer.












Result of large explosion












































FAIL!












It was not a success.












I thought making a exploding barrel gigantic would
result in a huge explosion.






















Explosions from mass amounts of C4.

Week 4

Explosions set up and around the train station to experiment
with porosity.



Using C4 to demolish a house.



Going to extremes to blow down a house.




Plans and perspective views of my observation ramps.












Pictures of my observation ramps, train station
and crysis level working together.






















Showing the porosity of the train station. The
observation ramps allow easy access around
the structure.

Week 2

Testing the effects of C4 explosions on a physics entity.



Testing the effects of a grenade explosion on a physics entity.



Hypothesis

Discover the nature of explosions on open and enclosed spaces, different size structures, landforms and entities of a built environment to examine porosity. Investigate how the independent variables of the structures and explosions will effect the size, force and magnitude of the dependent variable.













The end result after blowing the entity up with a grenade.












A picturesque view from my Crysis Environment. I wanted to give at a tropical, island motif, but the huts make it more of a Vietnam setting.













Exploding entity by grenade.

Week 1

A short clip of my Crysis environment using documentary filming techniques.