Outline for the Second Term Paper

Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction Outline

I. Introduction

A. Discuss physics in movies

B. Newtons 3^rd law

C. Thesis: In the movies Super Troopers, Superbad, and Dodgeball Newton’s third law is questioned.

II. Super Troopers

A. Not too much action in a comedy

B. Description of scene: Shooting other cop with a bullet proof shield

C. What happens: Gun and reaction after a bullet hits someone

III. Superbad

A. Description of scene: either booze stealing scene or Seth being hit so many times

B. What happens: Catching flying booze with no effort and being hit by a car with not much reaction to heavy objects

IV. Dodgeball

A. Description of scene: cheerleader scene or the last scene with the dodgeball

B. What happens: A skinny boy lifts a very heavy girl and a dodgeball flys a man backwards really far.

V. Conclusion

A. Summary of physics in movies and Newton’s 3^rd Law

B. Restate thesis