Outline for the Second Term Paper

Broken Laws of Gravity

I. Introduction

-State and explain laws of gravity.

-Some concepts and movies break the laws of gravity.

-Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

-Final Fantasy

-Inspector Gadget

-Thesis Statement

II. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

-Introduce movie and background.

-Flaw: Characters can jump/float onto buildings. No gravity

-Only certain characters can float. Possibly a power?

+Explain movie advantage.

-conveys “stereotypical” kung fu film.

III. Final Fantasy

-Introduce movie and background.

-Flaw: Characters can jump and fight in mid-air.

-They jump high numerous times and able to regain posture quickly.

+Added movie effect for dramatic feel.

-Posed for action.

-based on the RPG video game and other anime.

IV. Inspector Gadget

-Introduce movie and background

-Flaw: Gadget seems to get blown away farther than physics allow.

-Since he is a man with gadgets, he is able to do things abnormally.

-Goes flying when gets hit.

+The movie is based on a cartoon and is targeting child audiences.

-Comical effect.

V. Versus

-Using examples from movies.

-Entertaining versus dull

-Realistic versus Fake

+End all, it is up to the movie director

-The viewer’s opinion is all that matters.

VI. Conclusion

-Summary

-Own point of view

-Restate thesis