Monday, February 29, 2016

The Laws of Physics in an Animation Universe


Laws of Physics in The Incredible



In this animated universe, there are lots of unique characters that has the abilities to defy the law of physics in order to save their world. They are a family of heroes that ended up having to fight a kid who grew up to became a nasty villain because the main hero Mr. Incredible didn't recognize him as his side kick. There is Mr. Incredible, able to lift anything 10x heavier than himself, there is Mrs. Incredible who is pretty much an elastic woman. She can stretch herself as far as she wants. Their son Dash who is a speedster, can run faster than any bullet train and travel to another country and back before you can even say Mississippi. The daughter violet can hold together a force field to protect herself or just use it to travel around like a hamster ball. Last but not least their baby boy Jack Jack. He doesn't really show any crazy abilities until the end of the movie, which he combust into a human torch. That's The Incredible family.

They have a family friend named Frozone. He shoots ice out of his body and can freeze anything he wants. The villain Syndrome doesn't have powers so he created an anti gravity bracer so he can lift and hold anything in the air with a single point. Due to the fact he also can't fly he made jet boots to wear so he can fly around.  This is the cast of the Incredible and I want to get into the Physics of each of these characters and dissect on why its practical or impractical to this universe. The Incredible Universe has people that can defies the law of physics in our world. 







 The Law of Physics works very differently when it comes to super powered heroes. Mr. Incredible is able has super strength that most normal human do not have. Normal human cannot do lat pulls on 2 freight trains that probably weights around 130ton, or he can hold a car above their head like it's made out of rubber. Physics does not apply to this man. He can also jump from a 40 floor building to catch someone in mid air, going through a window and end up without a scratch. The funny thing is the guy he saved end up suing him because he got hurt.  Oh the irony, that's why sometimes I am not sure if I should move or help someone when they are hurt. They could blame it on you and sue you. He also has a body that can withstand electricity like no one can. He still gets shock and hurt but he absorbs them like a sponge. 








Mrs. Incredible can stretch herself as long as she wants which is very amusing because that makes you into a rubber man/woman. She can turn into a parachute to slowly descend to the ground at least there is gravity applied there. Last I remember Elastic or rubber if dropped from a high altitude do not expand and will just fall with gravity straight to the ground. So I am kind of antsy about her powers. Is she really Elastic woman or is she a parachute cloth woman. But you can't stretch cloth it will tear. Her ability is very questionable. She even turn into a boat going 80 m/h, if a normal person goes even faster than 50 they probably can be crowned king of the sea. But in reality they body will be shredded and not in a good way. Water has inertia so it would tear their flesh off from him if they are going that fast. The resistance of water is very great. 







Dash their speedster son, runs faster than the speed of light and can also run on water. He can outrun any bullet train or even a bullet itself. its pretty intense I really like his ability because speed can do a lot in the Physics world. Speed can cause electromagnetic charges, it can cause wind, it can let you travel between time if you run faster than the speed of light. Its just a very helpful power to have. Not to mention transportation wise you are set. Violet their daughter have an ability that can create a force field which is pretty cool too. Combining with dash's speed, they run together causing the force field to move forward like a hamster on a hamster wheel. Its great exercise. She can also make it bigger too, I guess you can say she is a impenetrable wall. She can even block bullets and laser that is the speed of light. She is able to shield her family from a an explosion. Normally it would blast them away with physics but her shield is so strong it stays in place. 





Frozone can freeze bullets with ice an its pretty nuts because he can also freeze any liquid even spit. In order for a human to freeze liquid their body would have to be way below absolute zero to cause any liquid they touch to also freeze. He shoots out ice and makes a make shift bridge out of it which is pretty neat. He slides around on it to travel around. With Law and Physics if applied to this man, he would be dead and its impossible for someone to be freezing a bullet that is traveling at a high velocity. The also goes with Mr. and Mrs. Incredible youngest son Jack Jack. At the end of the movie we learn that he can turn himself into as heavy as metal or even harder. Then he can combust his body to flame on. Not to mention he can also become a monster. This little kid has so much powers its crazy. The becoming metal part there is no way the villain could of held on to him while he turned into metal because his initial force of holding him wasn't the same as the one when he turned to metal. 




Last but not least there is the villain Syndrome. Because he is an ordinary human. He has no power even though he wants to be a superhero. So he turned into a villain pretending to save the world by creating robots to attack them and faking to save them. He wanted to defy the law of physics so much he made himself a anti gravity bracer where he can hold and freeze anything with a point of his fingers and lift it up as it weights nothing. He also have jet boots to fly. I feel bad for him but he shouldn't try so hard.



Overall I really enjoy this movie, when I was a kid I dreamed of having super power and this Pixar movie made me so happy. The laws of physics on it is a little wacky but I don't mind that one bit. It showed me that just because you are an ordinary man, that doesn't mean you can't be a hero. You just can't turn yourself into a villain and try so hard to please people.

I sort of deviated from the outline because I believe there is more to talk about with the Laws of Physics in this movie with these characters. The environment and other stuff doesn't really have much of an impact for me to talk about. In the end the characters are whats the main point for the law of physics in this universe. 

Monday, February 22, 2016

Term Paper Outline - Law of Physics in the Incredible

Law of Physics in The Incredible


I.    Introduction
      a.  Introduce the Incredible characters and story
      b. Motion Animation
      c. Hypothesis: The incredible cast has abilities that defies the law of physics for a normal human being.


II.  Characters have abilities beyond the law of physics
     a. A kid that can run faster than a bullet train
     b. A mom that can stretch her body to any size she wants.
     c. A dad that can lift 200ton his own weight. Lifting 2 train on each side.


III. Environment that defies physics
     a. Odd maneuvers that the characters do that would probably get kill
     b. Running on water
     c. Villain has a anti gravity bracer that can lift anything


IV. Actions
     a. Scenes where character trying to save someone but base on physics they would of broken a bone or two.
     b. Skating on ice in the middle of Spring!
     c. Character being shock by 10,000 volts and live
    

V. Conclusion
     a. Recaps on major key point on how physics aren't applied in this movie.
     b. Talk about my opinion on do I think the movie will be better with physics or not.          c. Some scenarios they do apply physics into it and its pretty good.  

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Mini-Portfolio




This image was taken from Digital Media Academy article by Geoff Beatty
 http://news.digitalmediaacademy.org/2010/04/23/learning-maya-animation-one-step-at-a-time/







This image was taken from Animation Mentor Maya Tutorial
http://www.animationmentor.com/workshops/maya-workshop-animation-basics/








By Students from Kingston University London





Hi my name is Dexter and I am a full time student at SJSU, This is my final semester before graduation. I am very excited to be graduating and going into the real world, hopefully I will find a job that is close to what I want to do.  I studied in different majors. I switched major 3 times throughout the years. My first major was computer engineering, I didn't think it was what i wanted to do working with hardware and programming them. Then I switched to computer science, it was interesting but it wasn't what I was looking for either. Then I asked myself is it that I don't like to program stuff. It hit me and I have always wanted to work with camera, directing, producing and acting. So I ended up in Radio Television and Films major. I enjoy it a lot ever since i switched. My main goal after school is to pursuit acting, if that doesn't work out I don't mind working behind the scenes too like camera work lighting set design and all that. I would even love direct and produce or even come up with ideas on a movie. Someday I will reach my goal and do everything on my bucket list. Thanks for listening!