Outline for the Second Term Paper

Outline for the Second Term Paper - Broken Law of Inertia in Live Action and Animated Film

In both animated and live action films, the law of inertia is broken to create epic scenes to entertain the audience. In many of the situations, the events would not be physically possible, and if they were it is unlikely any of the characters in the situations would have survived, let alone walked away uninjured.

Kung Fu Hustle

• over the top comedy karate kung fu movie.
• Live action with a lot of heavy CG to exaggerate movements and create interesting characters and powers.
• Characters fall from ridiculous heights, without sustaining any damage multiple times in the movie.
• - in some scenes the characters are even thrown or physically struck with a large amount of force, and survive impossible falls
• the scenes do not feel “correct”. During these incorrect inertia scenes, the characters feel too 'light” and 'airy, or way to heavy for the mass that they physically have

Phillipe Gamer “The Chase”

• short independent animated film about team of 4 women racing and evading the cops on a high speed chase
• cars would not have had enough engine power to build up enough speed make the final loop at the end of the film
• they would have fallen alongside the police cars that attempt the same loop
• cars do not have enough inertia or force to make the loop at the end of the film
• under the circumstance that the cars did, it is likely the characters would have been crushed by the force

Wreck-it-Ralph

• Video Game inspired 3-d animated film about a “bad guy” who wants to be recognized as a hero instead because of his good intentions
• at the end of the film Ralph is willing to sacrifice himself by falling from extreme heights to build up enough force for powerful punch to save his best friend Penelope
• due to the height of the fall Ralph takes in the climax of the film and his heroic moment it is unlikely he would have survived.
• If he did survive his arm would likely be severely broken due to the force of impact.

Film gives us the power to suspend the belief of the audience, even if it s only temporary to entertain them. It is a creative way to manipulate physics and break the rules, even if it is not realistic or physically possible for the human body.