The laws of Physics in animation Universe
One
of the many examples in an animated film is the exaggeration use of physics that
goes beyond the limit of reality and one of my favorite example of this is
Disney’s – Pixar Film “The Incredibles” with Pixar Writer/Director Brad Bird
and producer John Walker. This movie was produced in 2005 and was one of the
many Academy Award winners in animated films. I chose to analyze this animated
film because in this world, animator can add tons of exaggerated physics that
no human could be able to do in real life. In the world of animation anything
can happen without anybody getting hurt and this film is proof that anything
can happen. Everything is possible in the world of animation; in this film the audience
can see everything happening right before their eyes. Makes them believe that
this world exists for the character and the realistic movement and the physics
that is applied to this action to make the audience feel like they are part of
the story. One of the reasons that all the physics work perfectly well is
because of the powerful story. Story is king and without a story, physics will
probably not help at all to make it believable and fun. The powerful human abilities and actions,
the dynamic of their powers that surpass, add more excitement visually. The explosion,
falling as gravity is applied exaggerates the action.
The
incredibles is an incredible movie film to watch, the visuals and style and the
gags are good elements to the story. The characters are unique to the story and
they look fragile for the emotional audience this is added to each character to
pursue the audience, along with the cute baby that added another punch so the
audience can identify themselves to a typical family. However this delicate
looking character has powers that no one has in reality. For example, when Bob
Parr chases a criminal in his car and while he is driving, the car turns into a
faster car and GPS is added to the car to see the criminals. Then he stops and helps
an old lady to save her cat who is on a tree. Bob Parr pulls the tree with his
power as a strong man and shakes the tree many times and the movements gets
faster and faster to get the cat down then he swings the tree to the other side
and block the road to trap the criminal. He later tries to go into a machine,
but he does not fits because of his stomach which is to big but after a few
tries as he gets squeeze he gets in with out getting hurt which in real life would
have caused some broken bones. In addition, in one scene he is mad and gets out
of his car and lifts it like if is doesn’t weigh nothing at all, but doesn’t throw
it because a little kid is watching astonished at what he sees. The other scene
is when his wife Helen who is vacuuming the room, Bob is sitting reading the newspaper
and while he is reading he helps Helen by lifting the sofa chair and tables.
Then he goes to exercise and takes a couple trains and lifts both of them and
exercises like he is using a bench press.
There is a scene where he goes to the island but is surprised by a round robot and he starts fighting with it. The scene is believable because the robot feels that he is heavy, but Bob hits it and throws it far away. Then Bob is chased by this robot and throws him a rock against the mountain. The force of the rock would most likely kill someone in real life and smash him to death, instead he gets up and keeps fighting near the lava. The heat also would have probably killed someone if he were standing too close. Bob has an incredible force
The second excitement
that the animator adds to the story is the power that each one of the characters
has when they fight against evil. For example, Helen stretches herself as far
as she can and the suit that they wear protect them from anything such as an explosion,
or a fall and makes them more lighter, a super suit which is impossible to
create in reality. However in this animated film anything is possible and
physics goes beyond the limits. Helen Jumps falls, and climbs and at times she
gets squeezed by doors and even fights the enemy by stretching her feet or
hands, visual physics works in a very realistic way and it definitely defies the laws of physics.
The Incredibles
is a very fun animated film to watch. It is packed with action and danger. They
all survive: explosions, falls, punches and being smashed by robots. One
example, when the robot is fighting Bob close to the beginning of the movie.
The robot jumps and falls as if it acting like a human. The physic goes to a
super exaggerated action, such as when the robots jump up high as if they don’t
weigh anything at all, and other times they show that there is this super heavy
machine. The physics overpower the action but audiences are captured by the
story and they do not notice the physics of such action.
The first time I
saw this animated film I was impressed by the amount of fun and action that theanimator
brings to the audience. Although the Physics in this film is totally insane, no
human being could be able to do such an actions. The industry is full of
awesome animators and the use of physics is beyond their limits. The rules of animation such as appeals,
exaggeration, stretch and squash are added to make this movie successful, even
though they broke the rules of physics. However it is full of fun and
believable action film.