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>> the team tries out the wings. >> now we are ready to go to our first test flight. >> we thought it would be very strange starring yamo, but from the first test it already works. so we thought well make a first test flight, which would not succeed. >> for the final video, floris and his team make sure that yarno succeeds in his goal of flying like a bird. to establish this, they combine authentic footage with computer animation. >> we went to the park and i was actually wearing the wings but i...

Fire" the second -- >> also a big one. the interesting thing about this, its disney animation as opposed to pixar. >> and this keeps going back and forth, being proceeded by a short that tells you the story, in a way, of disney animation from the earliest days of the black and white hand-drawn disney, mickey mouse animations to this new era of the computer generated three-dimensional computer animation. and disney and pixar, its an interesting kind of story and push and pull within that company....

Theyre very, very effective. a good portion of the closing argument he used photographs of each witness and said something about each witness. and it was flashed on a screen before the jury. very effective. the computer animation, i did the first computer animation in the state of florida. the one he used not effective. fell flat. wasnt a good use of animation. but now in the response from the prosecutor, that was brilliant. he turned it around. he had the last word, which that is what he had, a...

Their side of the courtroom watching mark omaras calm and gentle contrasting closing argument presentation contrasting the closing arguments of bernie de la rionda. we can show some of that computer animation that judge nelson did not allow omara to enter as evidence but did say as a demonstrative exhibit he could use it in the closing argument which they did. it opened up with the figures george zimmerman and trayvon martin at the t of the sidewalk and it shows trayvon martin throwing the first...

Their side but i think they need to use this computer animation, its going to be very helpful. its certainly going to overpower the powerpoint presentation that de la rionda used. i dont think that was very compelling. its not going to be as exciting so at least on graphics i think the edge is going to go to the defense but i dont think the defense needs to respond directly to each and every of de la riondas arguments because they have strong facts and law on their side. they can choose to go wi...

Casually and conversationally, a folksy manner as opposed to the fiery moments bernie de la rionda, the prosecutor yesterday. so george zimmerman there standing up next to mark omara. tried to humanize his client, the defendant here charged with second-degree murder, who really has pretty much just sat there across the room from the jury this entire three week trial. pretty much not making many expressions. finally, mark omara got to show this jury that computer animation he tried so hard to get...

And see how long that feels. its incredibly demonstrative as was the computer animation. its not evidence, but, boy, its in the mind of these jurors, brad, let me go to you on that. how do you think the defense did with that? did it work? >> i think it did. its always tricky when it come to computers and wught on animation. i like to get there early to make sure all my stuff works. so it was awkward at first when he was fumbling around with it. but its extremely effective. if you look at peoples...

One of the most widely watched trials in years is now in the hands of the jury. george zimmerman faces a second degree murder charge in last years shooting death of trayvon martin. the judge is allowing jurors to consider manslaughter as well. the jury has just been dismissed for the night, without a verdict. correspondent phil keating has the latest from sanford, florida. >> you cant fill in the gaps. you can connect the dots from the state attorneys office. >> reporter: george zimmerman attorn...

Second-degree murder. overall, i thought he could have done a better job putting forth and punctuating those issues that proved the case as opposed to raising questions for the jurors to answer. >> ken, you have done 35 murder cases in florida. tell whats you think. >> well, it was a good closing argument for the prosecution, but it was not a great one. i mean, these rhetorical questions is effective if used sparingly to show the jury that youre a minister of justice, youre not just a salesman. ...

Youve heard, based on what you read, was there ill will, spite, hatred in his voice when he made that call -- >> craig, can i say i was shocked as a lawyer watching that that he was allowed to answer that question. that, to me, didnt seem like the sort of thing you ask a so-called expert. that would be left for the jury. >> and there have been a number of attorneys who said the same thing, michael smerconish. not just that question, a number of other questions, as well, that he was asked and all...