Term Paper Outline: Despicable Me 2

Physics 123 Term Paper Outline: Despicable Me 2

Intro:

• What is the purpose for altering Physics in Animation Films?

• Comparing the Physics in the film, Despicable Me 2 to real world Physics

• Thesis: For this particular film, Illumination Studios decided that their tone for the film would be fairly comedic and therefore exaggerated the physics to almost an unbelievable point.

Paragraph 1: The Devices

• Magnet ship picking up research building

     o       Falling objects/objects in “tracktor” beam

• Lucy’s Submarine car as it takes off the dock

• Lucy’s airplane car as it shoots out the Mall

• Lucy’s hand glider after she jumps from the plane

• Jelly Gun’s and shooting minions

Paragraph 2: The Characters

• When Cru gets lipstick tazered and falls out of the car

• Edwardo dancing (too top heavy to do some of the moves)

• Little nuances: cru yelling at someone on the phone (beginning)

• Cru rolling a bit too much after falling from the balcony

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Paragraph 3: The Falling/Throwing during Certain Situations

• When Cru’s date has been shot with a tranquilizer and their taking her out of the restaurant

• Lucy opening the door to the airplane and jumps out

• Edwardo monster jumping from balcony (no recoil?)

• Jumping from the rocket that is heading into a volcano

      o Also shark’s landing from being cut loose from rocket

Conclusion:

• The physics in this film are extremely exaggerated and wouldn’t work if it weren’t a very comedic/cartoon film

• The exaggeration is a very risky move, but it played to the directors advantage by adding to the ridiculousness and goofiness of certain scenes and characters for flow in the story.