Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Science fact or Cinematic Fiction?

Intro
  • Thesis: Based on the action reaction concept along with jump magnification and path of action, mainly principals dealing with jumps these three movies break these principals in many ways.
  • Introduce movies: Kill Bill Vol.1, Fearless, and Bolt
Bolt
  • Introduce Scene:
  • Bolt Jumps over a hovering helicopter
  • Explain Broken Principals: Jump Magnification, and Path of action
  • When Bolt approaches the jump he merely crouches down about 2 inches before his leap, yet manages to traverse the hovering chopper.
  • Bolts path of action seems to jump during the cut making him leap futhere then his original path
  • Explain how these conflicts can be resolved:
  • having his pause before the jump a little longer
  • and following through the path during the cut
Fearless
  • Introduce scene:
  • fight scene on a towering platform in the middle of the city.
  • Explain Broken Principals: Path of Action,and Action Reaction
  • During fight the protagonist leaps from the edge of the tower fanning his legs out and and returning back to the platform in a crescent path parallel to the floor.
  • his original jump does not hook up with the reaction to the rest of the stunt
  • Explain how the conflicts can be resolved:
  • By tracking his path of action and changing the jump completely
Kill Bill Vol. 1
  • Introduce Scene: Large fight scene gang boss chases the protagonist onto high catwalk.
  • Explain broken Principals: Jump magnification, path of action, and action /reaction
  • The Boss runs up the wall in a matter that's physically impossible with no preparation for the leap
  • his path of action is severely flawed
  • the action of his foot grazing the wall does not match his reaction propelling him on to the catwalk
  • Explain how these conflicts can be resolved:
  • he needs a push factor in order to leap as high as he does
  • his path of action should require more pedestals for him to reach the top
Conclusion
  • restate thesis
  • digress

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