Sunday, April 18, 2010

Term Paper 2 Outline


Burning reality: The physics of heat in cinema

I. Introduction
a. Draw-in: Fire. It's cool, though not literally. It's in movies.
b. Thesis: Combustion and heat are misrepresented in many movies
c. Essay Map

II. Body 1: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
a. The melting point of steel
b. The melting point of human skin
c. Standing next to melting steel

III. Body 2: Volcano the movie
a. Humans melting
b. Pouring water on lava: death steam
c. 100 degree temperature change in two seconds

IV. Body 3: No Country for Old Men
a. Exploding car
b. Why cars don't actually explode when shot

V. Conclusion
a. Summarize
b. Restate thesis
c. Ending Statement: Fire is awesome.

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