Introduction
A.
Paranorman (2012)
B.
Thesis- In Laikas stop motion feature
Paranorman, many laws of physics are broken to allow for entertaining and still
believable animation.
Body
A.
Anticipation
1.
When characters fall, such as when Norman falls
off the stage, he has added air time before hitting the ground.
2.
Norman has to retrieve a book from a dead body,
for more dramatic purposes the weight if the dead body has slow anticipation in
falling and reacting to Norman.
3.
Norman is speeding off on his bike and bumps
into school bully who proceeds to make multiple spins before hitting the
ground.
4.
Van gets in a very big accident but seems to
come out intact until comedic moment when it collapses way after the accident occurred.
B.
Forces
1.
Zombies are fragile and loose body parts but are
able to be strong enough to break through doors and car roughs.
2.
Weight of motorcycle cop bumps fast moving van
and tips.
3.
Running women is able to run through wooden
fence making a large shaped hole in a shape like herself.
C.
Gravity
1.
A high speed van ends up crashing making multiple
flips, bounces and rolls, van stay intact and all characters walk away as if it
was nothing.
2.
Norman falls from a high tower but lands in a
different location
3.
Paranormal powers manipulate the physics that
Norman is used to and finds it challenging to deal with floating ground he is
standing on.
Conclusion
1.
The laws of physics that are in the normal everyday
world that the film is trying to convey, are still not true to actual reality.
Entertaining stop motion animation calls for the rules to be pushed and broken
to let the audience appreciate what it is they are watching.
2.
Paranormal powers such as zombies and ghosts
have their own laws of physics that have to be made up yet still believable to
the audience.
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