“When an animation is done properly, it can show in a few seconds what no amount of oral expert testimony can get across.” – Morgan C. Smith
The key to effective trial advocacy has always been preparation – Schoenfield (1978)
“Computer generated evidence are not filmed or videotaped captures of actual events that happened in the past. Rather, they are dynamic representations of those event”
“Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, shame, or judgment. It’s a shield” – Brene Brown
“The animations can be summed up in one word – Glorious!!!” – Cokinos Law Founder on Fox Animated Engineering.
Work is more enjoyable when your mind is unburdened. Your focus is sharpened, procrastination is dealt with and productivity increases.
“We have never seen creativity. More precisely, we have never seen the creative process. What we have seen is the creative individual and the outcome of creativity”- Dörfler et al (2010)
“If we have different ways of communicating, it makes little sense to rely on only one” – Brown (2014)
“Defendant argues against the use of animated video in his appeal of the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of criminally negligent child abuse resulting in death”
“Can computers think?” “No, thinking is conscious and it’s an activity of an existential value to humans” “Yes, we now have modern computers capable of performing the highest possible mental operations”
The use of computer-generated evidence in criminal cases can often be more problematic.
In some quarters, forensic animation has been considered to be a “figment” of the producer’s imagination. However, in the true sense, forensic animation in a court case doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It has no life of its own and its reliability depends heavily on evidence.
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