How #Gravity Works
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The document discusses the success of the movie 'Gravity,' which debuted with a record $55.6 million and received high praise, including from experts like Neil DeGrasse Tyson. It emphasizes the importance of storytelling over factual accuracy in connecting audiences with space themes, focusing on character identification and classic narrative elements. The author, Dan Roam, highlights that humans understand the universe better through stories than through facts.
How #Gravity Works
- 1. H O W # G R A V I T Y W O R K S ( I T ’ S N O T T H E P H Y S I C S )
- 2. T H E M O V I E “ G R A V I T Y ” I S A H U G E S U C C E S S .
- 3. “No. 1 'Gravity' posts biggest October debut ever with $55.6 million.” LA Times Oct. 6, 2013
- 4. “Gravity” has received one of thehighest Rotten Tomato scores ever…
- 5. Even experts love the movie… Samantha Cristoforetti. ESAastronaut.ItalianAirForceofficer.Lookingforwardtoridinga SoyuzrockettoISSinDecember2014. Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist,Am. MuseumofNaturalHistory.Author:Space Chronicles, InexplicableUniverse,Host:StarTalkRadio
- 6. Butthey do seem a bit bothered… “Iwasn’t toomuch sold on the storyline, but who cares? It’s a great excuse totake a triptospace. Go the movie theater, put your3D glasses andgo take a look. Then go out, look up at the sky andthink that all those things exists forreal, right now, in Earthorbit. Let that thought sink in.”
- 7. “Why are audiences paying more attention tofiction than to fact?” Their real concern is this:
- 8. Let’s look at that.Side-by-side, thefact and fictionare nearly identical:
- 9. But our response is measurably different:
- 10. W H Y ?
- 11. O N E W O R D …
- 12. S T O R Y .
- 13. A L L G R E A T S T O R I E S S H A R E T W O T H I N G S : 1 ) C H A R A C T E R S W E C A N I D E N T I F Y W I T H …
- 14. G R A V I T Y H A S T W O A R C H E T Y P A L C H A R A C T E R S : T H E R E L U C T A N T H E R O . T H E W I S E M E N T O R .
- 15. 2 ) A N D A R E C O G N I Z A B L E S T O R Y L I N E . . .
- 16. T H E S T O R Y L I N E O F “ G R A V I T Y ” I S C L A S S I C D R A M A . T H I S I S M Y I N T E R P R E T A T I O N O F C H R I S T O P H E R V O G L E R ’ S I N T E R P R E T A T I O N O F J O S E P H C A M P B E L L ’ S I N T E R P R E T A T I O N O F “ T H E H E R O ’ S J O U R N E Y ” .
- 17. T H A T ’ S H O W G R A V I T Y W O R K S . I T ’ S N O T R O C K E T S C I E N C E : A S H U M A N S , W E M A K E M O R E S E N S E O F O U R U N I V E R S E T H R O U G H S T O R Y T H A N T H R O U G H F A C T .
- 18. A N D W E A L W A Y S H A V E .
- 19. Dan Roam is a space geek and presentation nut. Heis the authorof TheBack of the Napkin and Blah Blah Blah. Dan’s newbook SHOW &TELL: How EverybodyCan MakeExtraordinary Presentations will bepublished by Penguin Portfolio in March 2014. Dan canbe found daily at: www.napkinacademy.com Abouttheimages: All “Gravity”imagescopyright©2013WarnerBrothersPictures. All imagesdownloadedfromhere: http://gravitymovie.warnerbros.com/#/gallery. All otherspaceimagescourtesyofNASA. All drawingscopyright©2013DanRoam.