Term Paper 3 Outline: Special Effects in Animation and Live-Action

For the Third Term Paper I will be comparing the collapsing bridge scenes in the movies Final Destination 3 and Monsters vs Aliens. 

Final Destination 3: 

- Cause: weak foundation and sheer coincidence

- Practical effects and VFX mixed together

- The way it breaks apart compared to real bridges 

- Bridge's cables holds up a section

- Cables also break under the weight of the bridge
- Bridge sways believably 

Monsters vs. Aliens:

- Cause: Giant Alien Robot

- 3D Animation

- Constant motion of the bridge should have caused it to collapse further

- Weight being pushed to one side of the bridge should have cause it to collapse

- Bridge sways believably

Conclusion: 

Some aspects of both films are correct in terms of the bridges breaking apart, I will compare the differences in both to a real life bridge collapsing and show what they got wrong and what they got right!