REMEMBER THE TITANS

We watched a film with school for English last week. The film was called 'Remember the titans'. It's about white school having to admit black students for the first time. In the film, you follow how the football team faces big challenges as they have to play mixed together for the first time. This film is highly recommended! It was super beautiful and inspiring. I'm going to explain my favourite scene!

Coach Yoast and coach Herman

A brief summary

At lunch, Lastik sits down at the black boys' table to eat. Julius is not happy there at first but with some persuasion from the rest, he agrees anyway. The white boys don't understand what Lastik is up to. Coach Yoast then offers some of his plays but coach Herman is not interested. Herman discovers that the players don't know anything about each other at all. He gives a speech telling them that they must all find out something about each other or else there will be extra practices.

The setting and atmosphere

Everyone sits apart and is in shock when Lastik joins the dark boys at the table. Julius is not happy that Lastik has joined them. The white boys are confused by it. Herman addresses Lastik and everyone is curious. There is later laughter at Lastik's answers but it doesn't last long. The boys are angry and frustrated when coach Herman drops his idea.

The actions and dialogue

When Lastik joins the dark boys at the table, the others convince Julius that Lastik is welcome by singing a song. Herman wants to know nothing about Yoast's plays and decides to talk to the boys. He threatens with extra training if they don’t start to talk to each other. 

Lastik sits in front of Julius

The camera angles and shots

They portray very well that everyone sits separately. White by white, black by black. They make close-ups of the players and coaches’ heads when they react to something. And during coach Herman’s speech they zoom in so that only his head is in the picture.

The lightning and sound effects

They make clever use of music in the scene. During coach Herman’s speech, music begins to play. The music is inspiring and supports the speech. 

The significance of the scene

The scene is very important for the rest of the film. Because of Herman's speech and extra training, the boys have no choice but to talk to each other. This scene actually sets the stage for the friendships the players are going to have. If coach had not done this, the boys would probably never have got to know each other and could never have had such a season.

Ray and Petey getting to know each other

My opinion

I thought this was the best scene in the film. Mainly because I like the fact that someone like Lastik, who looks special himself, doesn't care about the fact that the other boys are black. He sees them as his teammates and friends. It is nice to see that someone like him has no prejudices. It warms my heart to see them singing together. I also like that Coach Herman is interested in Lastik his school plans and motivates him to go to university. I understand coach's point of view and think it is a smart idea to put in extra training sessions while the boys don’t try to get to know each other. Because the boys are already dead after the number of training sessions they have now so it is a good motivation.