Sirius Black

Sirius Black is a fictional character from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He is Harry's uncle and is often seen by the law as a criminal however he works for a secret organisation fighting against dark forces of the magic world. He uses a specific incarnation on himself to change himself into two different types of dog. We never see him change shape however we see shadows and clues to justify that he changes shape.

Here he is a greyhound and walks behind the clouded glass to show his shadow changing shape. It all happens in one smooth movement. As he enters the room the dogs stomach gets larger in order to match the size of a humans. Black brings his arms up as he straightens his back into a standing posture; the tail tucks in and then blends with the flow of the coat. The hair on the head grows out a little which matches the scruffy look of the dog and the snout/nose shrinks in to form the shape of the nose and mouth. Finally the details of the collar of Black's coat appears.

This is another method I could use. By hiding the actual metamorphosis it makes the whole motion smoother and has less room for error. The producers and lighting managers have also used the positioning and and direction of the light behind the glass to make it darker near the floor as he enters the room. This makes the shadow blend in a little more and allows some error in the smooth motion in the change. Looking closely at the tail it seems to disappear just before the blend but it isn't that noticeable because of the column and the shadow. The heights that are used and the forward movements also remind me of the evolution of man diagram from ape through neanderthal to homo sapien.

Actually I really like the idea of using shadows because it's very simple but very effective. Using props and specific pop culture I could show the evolution into super humans through the style of pop culture. Using different heros from different pop cultures I could end up with a lot of of different endings for evolution.