A 90-minute lecture and hands-on micro-workshop for engineering students on how classroom maths and physics power cinema.
- Date: 1 March 2025
- Venue: BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Format: Lecture + micro-workshop
- Attendance: 250+ students
The chapter partnered with BMS College of Engineering to present Engineering Behind Movies, a 90-minute lecture for students of Computer Science, Information Science, Electronics and related branches. Using production case studies, live demos and behind-the-scenes footage, the session showed how everyday classroom equations drive on-screen magic.
- Linear algebra & geometry: matrix transforms for camera tracking, skeletal animation and USD-based asset exchange
- Numerical methods & simulation: Euler vs. Runge–Kutta integration for particles, rigid bodies and fluid–solid coupling
- Signal & image processing: Fourier analysis, convolution and FFT-accelerated filters for compositing
- GPU & parallel computing: CUDA, Vulkan and real-time ray tracing
- AI & reinforcement learning: script-to-storyboard tools and learned character motion
Students then built a small particle system in Python in a hands-on micro-workshop, and a lively Q&A connected academic theory with industry practice. The message of the day: a strong grasp of maths and physics is the most powerful special effect in any filmmaker’s toolkit.