Throughout my research, I got into the issues of defining the sports film and its genres, the analysis on what characteristics make it work, and even got into the specifics of the sports drama, looking into one sports drama's incredible success and why it got so much love.
The first part that I looked into was the general sports film, and what qualities make it great. There are many different ways to go about with a sports film, but they all seem to cross off the same main points; well, at least all of the good ones do. The best sports films usually incorporate a sense of realism, which is the quality of representing a situation in a way that is true to life. The sports part of the film itself could very well have fiction attributions to it, but the parts around it need to put together a somewhat realistic situation. The need for a hero is almost essential for a good sports film, meaning that there is someone or a certain group of people(maybe a basketball team) that represents whatever the struggle is that needs to be overcome in the sports film. Both of these characteristics usually leads to added tension, and tension allows for the elements of suspense and surprise to be more impactful in the film. The underdog story is also very popular in sports films, as audience members tend to love the "out of nowhere" or "under-appreciated" types of characters and story lines.
The next part of my research was about the defining of genres for sports films. Sports themed films are likely to be outlined in terms of one or many different genres. The idea is to put enough different genres into a sports film in order to appeal to three different audience sectors: male viewers, female viewers and the "tertium quid" audience. The tertium quid is a third part that is undefined, but applies correlation between two other defined parts. But, in order for films to have their genre recognized, they must have a common topic, common structure and a common way of presenting the topic.
The film "Rocky" is one of the greatest sports films of all times, and is a part of what its arguably the greatest sports film series of all time. It's a film that we've wanted to generate our strategies off of, not just with the story line, but with the way that the story line is presented. "Rocky" incorporates a simple story, with relatively simplistic characters, but uses its common motifs and predictable plot points to maximum effect. It uses an inspiring story, combined with inspirational overcome of struggles, and presents these with the right amount of realism, as the audience believes that everything that is going on is real.
I'm not saying that Hayden and I will create a "Rocky", but we definitely believe that we have many of "Rocky"'s successful story aspects incorporated into our story line. I personally believe that the major task for us will be in the filming aspect, as we need to present the idea of our film in a way that the audience can relate and stay with us on, and these next couple of weeks' worth of posts will display our own "struggle" to make this film opening as great as possible.
References:
Crosson, S. (n.d.). The Sports Film Genre. Retrieved March 11, 2018, from https://www.academia.edu/27935619/The_Sports_Film_Genre
'Rocky': A Heartwarming Sports Drama Reflecting Its Very Process of Creation • Cinephilia & Beyond. (2017, June 16). Retrieved March 11, 2018, from https://cinephiliabeyond.org/rocky-a-heartwarming-sports-drama-reflecting-its-very-process-of-creation/
What makes a great sports movie? (2014, July 23). Retrieved March 11, 2018, from https://wtop.com/news/2014/07/what-makes-a-great-sports-movie/
Crosson, S. (n.d.). The Sports Film Genre. Retrieved March 11, 2018, from https://www.academia.edu/27935619/The_Sports_Film_Genre
What makes a great sports movie? (2014, July 23). Retrieved March 11, 2018, from https://wtop.com/news/2014/07/what-makes-a-great-sports-movie/
No comments:
Post a Comment