Outline for the Second Term Paper


Modern Disney’s Use of Physics Magic


I.                Introduction

a.      Introduce Disney and their longtime study of believable movement in animation

b.     Thesis statement: By observing 3 of Disney’s most recent 3D successes, Tangled, Frozen, and Big Hero 6, we can observe how they use their understanding of physics to bring wonder and magic to their audience through the careful attention to detail in their most central effects.

II.              Tangled (2010) – Rapunzel’s hair is a key effect and plot device in the movie, and as such it required a lot of attention and care to make it believable as not only a long trail of human hair, but also as several tools and other forms it ends up taking throughout the film.

a.       The way it moves

b.      The way it looks

III.            Frozen (2013) – The patterns and movements of Elsa’s ice powers are an essential element in the movie for both its story and its image. Not only was it necessary to make the ice move in a manner that made it believable and readable as actual ice, but it also helped add to the aesthetic charm and spectacle of the movie’s most memorable moments.

a.       The patterns and movements

b.      The structural spectacle of it all

IV.            Big Hero 6 (2014) – As a unique take on the Marvel formula, still filled with heroes and their own accompanying effects and physics, there are many shining examples of Disney’s physics expertise in this movie. However the most striking element is in the particle-like movements of the microbots, in how they move as though they are “magnetic sand”, which is not only a visual spectacle but also potentially a technical marvel as a concept.

a.       How they move

b.      How striking and intimidating they look

V.              Conclusion

a.       Each of these films do an excellent job in portraying the effects of the objects and features that play such crucial roles in their respective films

b.     They are also amazing to look at as spectacles fitting of Disney movies

c.      Restate Thesis

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