Week #1 (Oct 19)
This week involved a Teams meeting w Christos (Fri, Oct 23). He requested that this term also include a blog. This task was not part of the Term 4 assignment brief, but as per Christos, the blog can be used to replace the portfolio.
Whiteboard and the Trim Path Effect
Prior to the start of term 4, the last couple weeks has involved watching tutorials (Lancaster 2017) and practicing issues relevant to the trim path effect (TPE). The TPE allows one to mimic the Whiteboard technique as used in didactic settings (Douglas et al, 2017). Part of my agenda for the FMP is to impart a subtle documentary style to my most recent brain film, Emotion's Brain SECTIONS [(EBS), Ottowitz 2019], and this will be achieved by VFX such as the TPE.
The use of VFX to drive a neuroscience didactic (the theme of my FMP), will further be implemented by means of Houdini text techniques and Houdini Volume Trails or Liquid Lines (and possibly Growth Propagation Effects).
Whiteboard and the Trim Path Effect
Prior to the start of term 4, the last couple weeks has involved watching tutorials (Lancaster 2017) and practicing issues relevant to the trim path effect (TPE). The TPE allows one to mimic the Whiteboard technique as used in didactic settings (Douglas et al, 2017). Part of my agenda for the FMP is to impart a subtle documentary style to my most recent brain film, Emotion's Brain SECTIONS [(EBS), Ottowitz 2019], and this will be achieved by VFX such as the TPE.
The use of VFX to drive a neuroscience didactic (the theme of my FMP), will further be implemented by means of Houdini text techniques and Houdini Volume Trails or Liquid Lines (and possibly Growth Propagation Effects).
Target Image
My effort w the TPE was applied to the Limbic System Circuit, as presented in Fig 2 of MacLean's classic Visceral Brain manuscript (1949). The image as below, is actually a representation of the of the rhinencephalon and its connections. All the brain functions relevant to this entire circuit, as portrayed below, are beyond the scope of my EBS video, which is focused on emotion. Thus, my TPE effort focused on just the amygdalar and hippocampal circuitry (as more relevant for emotion). My completed (animated) TPE for the limbic circuit is beneath the following (rhinencephalon) diagram.
My effort w the TPE was applied to the Limbic System Circuit, as presented in Fig 2 of MacLean's classic Visceral Brain manuscript (1949). The image as below, is actually a representation of the of the rhinencephalon and its connections. All the brain functions relevant to this entire circuit, as portrayed below, are beyond the scope of my EBS video, which is focused on emotion. Thus, my TPE effort focused on just the amygdalar and hippocampal circuitry (as more relevant for emotion). My completed (animated) TPE for the limbic circuit is beneath the following (rhinencephalon) diagram.
