Outline for the Second Term Paper

Physics in “Final Fantasy VII Advent Children”

I. Introduction – Incorrect Physics in the fight scene between Loz and Tifa in the church
• a. Action/Reaction Principle broken
• b. Newton’s first Law of Motion broken
• c. Physics principles concerning overlap broken

II. Action/Reaction Principle broken

• a. Tifa’s roundhouse kicks to Loz
o first main attack of scene and sets stage for physics of scene
o Loz barely reacts to the kick, bending back but not flying away
o Balanced forces here, sets standard for scene
• b. Loz’s first attack with his electric weapon
o Loz’s attack has very little horizontal force
o Tifa’s reaction is flying back several yards away
o Imbalance of forces
• c. Loz’s pew kick at Tifa
o Loz kicks the pew with strong force, but not enough to justify the distance and speed it flies
o Tifa blocks pew and hardly reacts at all to the horizontal force of the pew
o Imbalance of forces
• After Tifa jumps off the wall, she grabs Loz and throws him up into the air
o Tifa grabs Loz with 1 hand and pulls him off his feet, dragging him against ground
o Tifa throws Loz into the air without pushing off from the ground at all
o Imbalance of forces

III. Newton’s first Law of Motion broken

• a. Tifa is thrown against the wall and stays there for long period of time
o Shot is simulating centrifugal effect that can be seen in spinning carnival rides
o However in those rides the centrifugal force is constantly acting on the people to keep them against the wall
o Tifa comes to a complete stop against the wall, meaning that the wall exerted an equal and opposite force on her which canceled out her horizontal force
o The moment Tifa’s horizontal force is canceled, she should fall to the ground, but doesn’t
o Had Tifa increased the time of impact by bending her legs as she hit the wall, she would stay there a little longer in real life
o Crumple zone effect in cars
• b. Loz thrown into air by Tifa
o Loz’s horizontal speed slows down in midair
o Breaks Newton’s first law of motion b/c no force is lowing Loz down
o Tifa must use a great amount of frictional force to stop her horizontal speed before she jumps up into the air

IV. Physics principles concerning overlap broken

• a. When Tifa is thrown against the wall
o Flowers fly up as an overlap to Tifa flying by them
 The flowers fly up vertically with no horizontal motion to them
 In real life, the flowers would fly in the direction Tifa was moving, because of the wind current created by Tifa flying by them
o How Tifa’s drapery reacts
 Tifa’s drapery slowly hits the wall
 In real life it would slam into the wall at the same speed Tifa was going
 Newton’s first law, the drapery would keep going at the same speed until it hits the wall
• When Tifa is being spun around and knocked into the pews by Loz
o One pew reacts by being struck by Tifa
 The pew flies up into the air with very little horizontal force, despite the fact that Tifa hit the pew horizontally
 The pew flies high up into the air and stays there for quite a long time, despite the small vertical force on it

V. Conclusion

• a. Summarize points
• b. Restate thesis