Outline for the Second Term Paper

I.                    Intro – The laws of falling and how they are broken in three different movies: The Covenant, Practical Magic, and Underworld. The unrealistic sense of falling is used in movies for an entertainment pleaser.

II.                  Body

A.      The Covenant

1.      The scene towards the beginning of the movie when the “brothers” are being chased by the cops through the woods. They come upon a cliff in which there Hummer drives over into the fog. Magically it flies up and then falls behind the cop vehicles with little damage or sound.

B.      Practical Magic

1.      At the end of the movie the Aunts, Sisters, and Daughters at their home on Halloween all jump off the roof holding a black umbrella and slowly floating safely down to the ground.  

C.      Underworld

1.      At the beginning of the movie Kate jumps off the top of tall building and lands in a bent over position with no force on her knees or other joints of her body when impacting the stone ground. No affect is on her.

III.                Conclusion