334 Term Project Proposal

Haoran Weng

Haoran.weng@stonybrook.edu

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dPQAVFOSWUhhDOVVzXQ_FdHoFN90w3Ut?usp=sharing

Title:

“The Earth”

Synopsis:

A glowing ball resembling the earth’s inner core is shown in a dark background. As it is rotating, each of Earth’s layers starts to appear and finally the Earth’s surface appears at the very top, but it is red. Then, the surface transitions from red to blue, and landmass appears and starts to form into pangea. Lastly, pangea starts to split into continents, the landmass that we know of today. The end.

Objective:

To use graphics and animation to illustrate the histroy of the Earth as well as the layers of the Earth. 3D models of Earth’s layers will be built, including the mantle, upper core and the inner core.

Audience:

The film is meant for teenagers and children who are learning the Earth and its continents and layers for the first time.

References:

References: Two reference: one for earth’s layers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_structure_of_Earth

For pangea to now: https://www.gsi.ie/images/images/Pangaea_to_present.jpg