Outline for Second Paper

I. Introduction
A.Gravity can easily be misconstrued in order to balance a film, add humor, or increase dramatic effect.
B. I will look at 3 scenes, one from each movie
1.Ice Age (2002)
2.The Dark Knight
3. Star Trek (2009)

II. Body
A. Gravity in Ice Age
1. Opening scene with squirrel and nut.
2. Squirrel gets launched so high out of a glacier that is on the side of a cliff that he starts falling back down through the clouds. He lands on a steep incline and starts bouncing his way down the hillside.

B. The Dark Knight
1. About 30 minutes into the film Bruce Wayne plans to break into a skyscraper office.
2. He is a few blocks from his target window entrance. He leaps off the roof of a very high building and manages to break into the exact window by flying through the cityscape with his cape.

C. Star Trek
1. Towards the end of the movie the star fleet is trying to fly out of the suction created by the nearby black hole.
2. The physics of the scene is off because of the ship needs to be pulling much harder to escape a black hole being that close. Also, the gravity maintained in the ship is unrealistic. They might have a virtual gravity machine, but this would be impossible in reality.

III. Conclusion
A. Gravity can be misused in many different ways to exaggerate a scene for emphasis.
B. Gravity is misused in many animated/CGI films in order to add to the tone of the movie. As long as it is crafted neatly in with its context it works.