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Movies & Math-The Past, Present & Future

What’s your favorite recent movie? FrozenThe Avengers?  AvatarTransformers? What do these and all the highest earning Hollywood movies since 2000 have in common? Mathematics! You probably didn’t think about it while watching these movies, but math was used to help make them. In this presentation, we will discuss how math is being used to create better and more realistic movies. Along the way we will discuss some specific movies and the mathematics behind them. We will include examples from Disney’s 2013 movie Frozen (how to use math to create realistic looking snow) to Pixar’s 2004 movie The Incredibles (how to use math to make an animated character move faster). Come and join us and get a better appreciation of mathematics and movies.

Come hear Dr. Michael Dorff, a professor from BYU speak about "Movies & Math" in Chemistry 113. Pizza will be provided after the talk for those who attend. This talk is open to all undergraduates, graduate students, faculty & staff. 

Posted:
10/30/2014

Originator:
Jessica Spott

Email:
jessica.spott@ttu.edu

Department:
Mathematics and Statistics

Event Information
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Event Date: 11/6/2014

Location:
Chemistry Building, Room 113


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