Remember the Titans is a film set in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. At this time the first school ever was being merged with both races, black and white, and nobody was happy at all. The film completely overcomes racism and uses techniques such as dialogue and music to give a lot of emotion to the audience. In the beginning of the film, the white and black members of the team hate each other. The whites say they don’t want to “Play with any of those black animals” and the blacks don’t want to merge either because they don’t trust “your people to be honest.” One scene where we seen this clearly is when Alan and Petey are forced to learn about each other at the football camp. They are sitting on opposite sides, facing each other. Between them …show more content…
Coach Boone takes the team to the cemetery where the battle of Gettysburg was fought. This scene is where coach Boone gets in front of the players and says “if we don’t come together, right now, on this hallowed ground, we too will fall.” This scene is basically proving how important it is to come together and be successful as a team. One key technique is the use of a sound technique: the Titans Theme music. This is a music piece which plays throughout the whole movie at amazing scenes. The combination of this song and the dialogue from the film gives heart warming emotions in the audience as they go through the decision that the players on the football team have to make: Unite and grow as one and become a team or hate each other and stay racist and fail as a team. The next scene they decide to come together as a unit, the audience is greatly happy at least I was – Instantly the audience feels the team-mates slowly turning from a team into to family. The music is one of the most important things used in making this film. The 1960’s song “Na, na, na, na/ Hey Hey Hey/ Goodbye” is one that is heard throughout the whole film. First, when they win their first game and it’s like they are saying “Goodbye, and we are finally going far as a team and we aren't going to lose.” Finally, the last time it is played is at Gary’s funeral when it is sung as a goodbye from all of his team mates which
The movie "Remember the Titans" is a character education filled film for all ages. To summarize, this movie takes place in the year nineteen seventy-one and follows the issue of racism. Two high schools in the town of Alexandria, Virginia are being integrated into an African American and Caucasian school, and that mix includes the football team. The movie follows the story of their development. At first, the two races sit, talk, and practice separate. After one practice camp, and one passionate coach, the boys learn to respect and become friendly with each other. However, after the two week practice camp is up and they go back to school, the rest of the high school does not understand why the football players have changed. However, the football
When Boone was appointed to the position of football coach at T.C. Williams High School, he became the visionary of success to the program. His vision for the team from the beginning was to win a state championship. As a leader one must be a visionary and have an ultimate goal that needs to be accomplished. Difficult situations continuously present themselves and need to be handled effectively in order to accomplish the leader’s vision, which often occurred during Boone’s journey with his team. Throughout the film, no matter what circumstances Boone encountered, he was able to stay focused on the goal of winning a championship which consequently allowed the team to
leadership style. When Boone first meets the Titan coaching staff, he knows that he is not
Both To Kill Mockingbird and Remember the Titans had their communities play a crucial role into the development of the story. In the towns of Maycomb County and Alexandria, Virginia, many of the blacks experienced racial prejudice to which they became united with their other blacks. However their was always a leader who wanted to change the community for the better. Because of the similarities of To Kill a Mockingbird and Remember the Titans the audience can see how important community is in the development of a story.
Especially with the new emerging technological tools, such as home theater surround systems, IMAX movie theaters etc, film has become more than just a visual experience. The film music does not necessarily mean something to the audience; it tells them how to feel, how to make sense of this crazy fantasy they are watching. It works on the unconscious mind.
The first game is opened with great trepidation, Coach Boone addresses his team with the knowledge that if they lose, he will lose his position as head coach because the school board was waiting for any reason to fire Coach Boone. “Tonight we 've got Hayfield. Like all the other schools in this conference, they 're all white. They don 't have to worry about race. We do. Let me tell you something: you don 't let anyone come between us. Nothing tears us apart…” (Yakin)
Walter Winchell once said, “Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” The movie Remember The Titans gives truth to this quote. Produced in 2000, this movie stars actors such as Denzel Washington, Will Patton and Wood Harris. One may think that this movie is just about football but its depth is so much more. Taking place in Alexandria, Virginia, race mixing is unheard of until 1971 when T.C. Williams High School is established. When the schools are integrated a new football coach is brought in and the community and students are not happy about it, as the new coach is an African American. This movie shows how people overcome adversity and unite as one to achieve a common goal.
In the movie "Remember the Titans" there are many lessons that every person should learn in their life. One of the most important lessons is that of racism. In this day and age some people believe that racism is over because there are no longer any slaves, some people believe that there is still racism but that it is ok. I believe that those people would benefit a great deal from seeing this movie. I know that there is still racism, I also know that it is not okay.
It is clear to us that Boone did in fact face a challenge that he overcame. He wanted to be accepted by the community by proving that he was a valued member of it, a valuable football coach. In order to do this he had to prove that he could coach The Titans through all of their games, this required team unity. He gained the respect and acceptance of the football players in order to encourage their unity. He knew that only through their unity could they succeed. It is not the mere challenge that Boone faced that gained merit; it was what he succeeded in doing that was the real important achievement, succeeding to prove to the community that they could indeed be united.
We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game but if you play like that, we cannot be defeated.” He used pathos to hit the player’s soul by explaining himself, explaining that he doesn’t want the team to be the champion by winning, he wanted the team to be the champion by showing their hard work and their passion on the field. And also the coach is using logos by bringing up the six Sons of Marshall, the six players, the six teammates who went away by a plane
Remember the Titans is a film based on the true story of Coach Herman Boone, who tries to integrate a racially divided team. Throughout training camp and the season, Boone and Yoast 's black and white players learn to accept each other, to work together, and that football knows no race. As they learn from each other, Boone and Yoast also learn from them and in turn, the whole town learns from the team, the Titans. Thus, they are prepared to pursue the State Championship and to deal with and some adversity that threatens to effect their season.
I can remember one of my old varsity football games playing mostly an all-white team, and my team was dominantly black with 2-3 whites was the worse feeling ever. Although, we beat the team like 52-0 that and took an easy win. That made their fans very mad at us. After the game was over we usually pick where we want to go eat at, but in this case, we had to take our food home on the bus. I had always asked myself why were we treated like that, but I was only a freshmen in high school so I didn’t understand the feeling of hatred by another color. It was later said we weren 't allow to play them anymore because we didn’t respect the house rules of beating a team very bad. It’s just sad that we couldn’t even eat in their town because how bad we beat their football team, but now that I’m older I realized that most team we played never really didn’t like us; because of the black athletes we had on our
The sound effects and music for the play was recorded to go with the actions of the character’s and whatever was taking place on stage; for example, when Ian and Chuck would play a game since there was no television they needed sound effects to better depict them playing a game. The music used in the play was relevant to today’s period and fit in well with the scenes, like when Ian says he’s going to get a job the song “I’m going to win” fit in perfectly, because it showed his determination. They also used music to help...
... relationships of the black and white people, and how they learned to interact with each other in a time when this was not the way of life. It displays a team that puts a dent into a major problem in the United States at that time. Through leadership they were able to break through a common thought, and as I have said before it really is inspiring to watch. As Coach Boone said, “Make sure they always remember the night they played the Titans” (Moviequotes.com)”
The importance of music in movies is highly regarded for manipulating the viewer’s emotions and helping them immerse into the story. Music is one of the prime elements in cinema. Without it a movie would feel dull and unexciting. There are three elements in a movie: one is acting, the second is picture, and the third one is music. It is a holy trinity; if incomplete, there would be a lack of sensation and excitement. Both acting and picture can stand independently from one another, but music is the one that makes the movie memorable.