Term Paper One Outline: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

First Term Paper Outline: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Introduction:

A.      Animation Film: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

B.      Summary of the movie- made by Blue Sky Studios, it is the third film of series “Ice Age.”

C.      Thesis: As one of the comedy adventure animation, Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs uses its hyperbolic motion to attract the audience, even though it actually breaks some physics theories.

Body Paragraphs

1.      Positive reaction and the path of action- in the film, animators sometimes overdo the path action; however, it brings interesting effect to catch audience’s attention.

-              (21:21) little dinosaurs “play” with other kids and mass the playground totally.

-              (31:57) Buck screws his waist, which is impossible in the real world.

-              (41:02) when Rudy steps on the ground, magma spew out from the crack to show his power and cruelness.

2.      Funny moment and weightless gravity- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs  ignored the gravity in some places to get the comedy effect in the story.

-              (02:27) Scrat will never reach Scratte during the fall if the gravity is working- the speed of falling should be the same no matter how heavy the object is.

-              (19:26-20:26) Squirrels are caught by huge bubble; in fact, the air buoyancy is not strong enough to catch both of them (bubble should explore). 

-              (72:10) Scrat and Scratte enjoy their romantic moment, so they stay on the air for a long time and ignored the gravity.

3.      Law of Inertia in the film- in some parts of the film, the law of inertia is misunderstood and magnified by the scene.

-              (13:14) it is impossible for Sid to catch the eggs only if the tree trunk has no friction (so Sid can keep the same speed with the eggs)

-              (21:21) The kids go straight forward when they were actually doing circular motion a moment before.

-              (70:30) when Sid is dropped by the Pterodactyl, he keeps slipping with same direction for a while.

Conclusion

-              Physics sometimes disappears in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

-              However, the film gives the audience a relaxed time and pushes the whole story to fit with its comedy and adventure style.