The Boys Of Winter Film Analysis
The 1980's USA Hockey Team was composed of twenty young men, who were able to boost patriotism within the United States during the Cold War era in a way that no other person or group has been able to create since then. This boost of patriotism came from their astonishing victory against the Soviet Union in a hockey game during the Olympics. This victory would result in impacting the United States in more than sport supremacy but rather in all aspects of intentional affairs. The film Miracle directed by Gavin O'Connor and the book The Boys of Winter by Wayne coffin recreated this “story about a coach with a vision, a team of patriotic kids from mostly working-class families who were prepared to make sacrifices for the unknown, and a nation
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Similar to the camera shot discussed above, this close-up shot also provokes the viewer’s emotion. However, the emotions of the viewer in this aspect play a different role to the film as it makes them more vulnerable to being persuaded. This vulnerability comes from the exposure to the commitment of the team and their feelings. The director is able to take advantage of this vulnerability and present his message in a more direct way to the viewer. Transitioning to the author, his use of pathos in the second aspect of the scene of the scene builds off of the first, as noted above. Futhermore, the author takes advantage in this increase of liability as he describes the second aspect of the scene in a narrative and descriptive writing style to protary chaos; “Then out of nowhere Brooks started to spew, berating his first-line winger for being a candy-ass and a pretty boy… people shouting, mayhem and bad feelings spilling everywhere, out into the hallway. A few players wanted to rip Brooks’s head off” (Coffey 115). The author’s use of aggressive terms such as “candy-ass” and “rip Brook’s head off” provokes the reader’s emotions to a greater extent as it was made liable from the first scene. In addition, the author use of a descriptive and narrative style in presenting this scene creates drama which appeals to the reader’s emotions. Both, the use of aggressive terms and writing styles makes it difficult for the reader to stop reading which allows the author to present his
Similar to the camera shot discussed above, this close-up shot also provokes the viewer’s emotion. However, the emotions of the viewer in this aspect play a different role to the film as it makes them more vulnerable to being persuaded. This vulnerability comes from the exposure to the commitment of the team and their feelings. The director is able to take advantage of this vulnerability and present his message in a more direct way to the viewer. Transitioning to the author, his use of pathos in the second aspect of the scene of the scene builds off of the first, as noted above. Futhermore, the author takes advantage in this increase of liability as he describes the second aspect of the scene in a narrative and descriptive writing style to protary chaos; “Then out of nowhere Brooks started to spew, berating his first-line winger for being a candy-ass and a pretty boy… people shouting, mayhem and bad feelings spilling everywhere, out into the hallway. A few players wanted to rip Brooks’s head off” (Coffey 115). The author’s use of aggressive terms such as “candy-ass” and “rip Brook’s head off” provokes the reader’s emotions to a greater extent as it was made liable from the first scene. In addition, the author use of a descriptive and narrative style in presenting this scene creates drama which appeals to the reader’s emotions. Both, the use of aggressive terms and writing styles makes it difficult for the reader to stop reading which allows the author to present his