LO: Inspiration

I am inspired by the software used to create the water in Moana, my favorite Disney movie. The water is animated in an incredibly realistic way, causing viewers to feel Moana’s longing for the ocean. Disney’s software team created a program called Splash, which works in tandem with a 3D animation software called Houdini (third party software) in order to show how water reacts to different settings and objects. The creators were inspired by the largely unrealistic looking water in The Little Mermaid, wanting to animate water in a more detailed way than they had before. The effects lead, Ramos, said the team spent over a year and a half working on getting the water to match the Pacific Ocean, where the film is set.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAbx5kgCJo
Animated by Ron Clements and Jon Musker
LaFrance, Adrienne. “The Algorithms behind Moana’s Gorgeously Animated Ocean.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 6 June 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/the-algorithms-behind-moanas-gorgeously-animated-pacific-ocean/528645/.