Animatronics

Animatronics

INTRODUCTION:

Need of special effects in entertainment business:

Special effects are of great importance in case of entertainment business. Using “Animatronics” it is possible to get wonderful effects that are very realistic.

Following are its application:

Men In Black
Terminator Part 1 , 2
Jurassic Park 1 , 2 , 3
Godzilla
Joe Little Young
Babe

Trade offs between different tools used for achieving special effects:

We are having different tools for achieving special effects like:

Computer imagery and animation
Animatronics

The use of the tool depends on the application or varies according to the application. If we want various views and movements of the character then animatronics is used to achieve real effect.
But if say the character makes complete rotation of head then animation is the right choice.

Also choice of the tool depends on the cost. In many cases software cost is very high than creating an “Animatron”.


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