Term Paper Outline: It's Frozen

Introduction

1. Animated Feature: Frozen (102) minutes
2. Thesis Statement: The world of Frozen utilizes creative modifications of physics to create a believable yet imaginative environment in which characters exist.

Body Paragraphs
1. The Law of Inertia is ignored
- Kristoff and Anna jumping off a sleigh, from lower mountain to a much higher mountain, but do   not follow the path of action of the sleigh (falling downwards) and instead land/reach the higher
mountain.

2. Inertia & Drag is altered
- Elsa’s long cape during “Let It Go”
* wind element is present at the beginning, cape drags on the floor (not waving)
* wind element suddenly stops, cape swings around (when she takes off her glove)
* wind element is suddenly very forceful, however her cape is the only item moving with that       much impacted force.

3. Lower Terminal Velocity
- In this world the terminal velocity is much lower, such that you would survive despite falling a great distance.
- Anna and Elsa, as children; Anna jumping from mini ice mountain to mini ice mountain, then falling to the ice covered, hard floor. Realistically she would have been badly injured.
- Kristoff and Anna falling off a cliff, without sustaining any injuries. "It's like landing on a pillow."

4. Thermodynamics almost non-existent
- This is present throughout most of the film (after Elsa freezes over the whole village)
- Temperature, realistically, would be freezing or below freezing
* villagers would not survive with just a blanket
* Anna falling from horse, to snow, then having dress frozen after landing in river.
* Snow Storm ~ all characters are walking normally (if walking against a strong wind). However, they should have been blown away immediately or have slipped/fallen (given they were on ice and in a huge snow storm).

Conclusion

1. The laws of physics are purposely broken to sustain a magical element in the story.
2. This movie is a bit of a “Fixer-Upper.”