Outline of the Second Term Paper: Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction?

The Outline of the Second Term Paper: Scientific Fact or Cinematic Fiction?

Introduction

A.   How the physics of action and reaction can become inaccurately applied demonstrated throughout media entertainment.

B.    Thesis: The film Space Jam, the video game, Grand Theft Auto III, and the animated cartoon, Spongebob Squarepants, all proved that the physics principle of action and reaction has often been demonstrated inaccurately throughout media entertainment.

Body Paragraphs

A.   Space Jam Michael Jordan Dunk

a.     Action: Jordan successfully dunked a basketball from half way across the basketball court.

b.     Reaction: At the same time, gravity, and two giant aliens were pulling down on Jordan’s legs to prevent him from dunking the basketball.

c.     Inaccurate physics: The reaction that occurred simultaneously with jump was too strong and would have made Jordan fall onto the ground quickly.

                                                        i.     Jordan spends too much time in the air, jumps too far, and stretches too long for the dunk.

B.    Grand Theft Auto III character gets hit by a car.

a.     Action: Speeding car drove front on into the character as the character was unknowingly running into the speeding car.

b.     Reaction:  Simultaneously the character ran into the speeding car. The inertia of the speeding car created a greater force then the character could handle and launched the character into the car windshield made the character fall several yards into the air for over five seconds until the character finally hit the ground.

                                                        i.     Inaccurate Physics: Character spent too much time falling in the air and flew too far until finally hitting the ground.

C.    Spongebob flips and catches hamburger meat patties with a spatula while under the ocean.

a.     Action: Picking up a hamburger meat patty with a spatula and tossing it into the air.

b.     Reaction: Gravity causes the meat patty to successfully fall onto Spongebob’s hamburger cooking grill.

                                                        i.     Inaccurate Physics: The water pressure, and gravity effects of flipping meat under the ocean would cause the meat to float to the oceans surface drift away due to the ocean’s current.

Conclusion

A. The media has broken action and reaction principle with inaccurate physics.

B. Thesis: The film Space Jam, the video game, Grand Theft Auto III, and the animated cartoon, Spongebob Squarepants, all proved that the physics principle of action and reaction has often been demonstrated inaccurately throughout media entertainment.

C. The media can get away with inaccurate physics because this was done for the right reasons by wanting to entertain the audience and progress story.