Remember the Titans was a 2000 film that explored the integration of a white southern high school with African-Americans from a local school in 1981. The story unfolds through the integration of the football team and their leadership in changing the school and city climate by doing what was right when it came to looking out for “your brother.” The movie follows a plot diagram including the exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution, which allows the viewer to join in with the unity and…
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Remember the Titans How many people like sports with good life lessons? Remember the Titans is a movie about a football team who had major problems of racism because the white coach got replaced by a black coach. The football players had to learn to get along because the coaches told them it is part of life, and they had to get along. This movie is a good, genuine movie that has racism coming together, a team becoming a family, and what giving up does to you, and others around you. In this movie…
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Remember the Titans takes place in the early 1970s in Alexandria, Virginia following the establishment of an integrated school known as T.C Williams. Though the majority of the movie focuses more on the Titans and football rather than the high school, there is one brief scene in the film where we get a clear shot of the average students attending T.C Williams High School. In the hallway fight scene, we see a group of girls admiring Ronnie “Sunshine” Bass, who is doing taichi outside, from a window…
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Gerry and Julius have positive influences on characters throughout 'Remember the Titans' directed by Boaz Yakin and set in the turbulent year 1971 in Virginia, Alexandra. Gerry is a resilient and trustworthy leader who is not hindered by race. Julius is Courageous, unafraid to speak his mind and shows leadership. Gerry has a positive influence on Julius and the rest of the team. Julius also has a positive influence on the team and a positive influence on Gerry Bertier. Gerry and Julius help the director…
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Gloria Bicolli Remember the Titans HRD 363 Midterm Tuckman and Jensen 1977 Tuckman and Jensen model focuses on the development of internal relations among the team members. There are 5 stages, Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. The movie Remember the Titans was very inspiring especially because it is based on a true story. This movie showed all of Tuckman’s 5 stages. Stages of Group Development The first stage is forming; this is when members get to know one another…
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Remember The Titans The movie “Remember The Titans” is about a high school football team during the early 1970’s that has been changed into a racially divided team. The original team that is not so happy with this new change is forced to go to a boot camp that will not only train them for the new season, but also for team building. The character I believe that changed the most was Gerry Bertier (played by Ryan Hurst). At the beginning Gerry is portrayed as a typical high school jock on the…
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In this paper I will attempt to analyze the movie “Remember the Titans”, through a social-psychological perspective using examples that are shown throughout the film. In this paper I am to analyze “Remember the Titans” through the social-psychological principles of: Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon, group think, in-group bias, cognitive dissonance and conformity. Within the movie, “Remember the Titans”, there are many examples of social psychology concepts. The movie is set in Virginia 1971, and it’s…
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that change their perspective about other people. This is a common theme found in the historical fiction novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor, which is set in a small, southern town in Mississippi during the 1930s. The movie “Remember the Titans,” directed by Boaz Yakin, addresses this theme in a similar way, and it is based on real events in Virginia during the 1970s-1980s. In the book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, African Americans live with much racism and segregation aimed at…
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In the 4th grade I watched a movie by the name of remember the titans, this was a football movie so at the time this was a topic I really enjoyed watching things over. The movies main plot was a football team during a time of strong segregation trying to come together and become a successful football team with whites and blacks on the team. There were two main characters to this movie one was gary bertier(white) and julius campbell(black) who were the team captions for their senior years and were…
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The films, Remember The Titans (RTT) and The Sapphires are both about discovering significant social messages of racial conflict. With these messages and the techniques used in both films, this has resulted in two powerful films that highlight racial discrimination. This essay will explore the relationship between the filmmaking techniques and the social messages it is trying to highlight, as well as the similarities, differences and techniques shared between both films. Remember The Titans is a film…
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