Rocky also fits in the sport genre and follows the generic pattern of a local hero challenging the world of boxing. Rocky’s non verbal language gives us a good impression of his personality as soon as we see him training. He shows lots of impatience when trying to hit the speed bag showing his natural fighting instinct of growing up in an industrial environment. The music used throughout the clip is iconic to the rocky franchise and definitely adds a lot to the clip. I feel it’s motivates the audience in watching the clip as it shows Rocky’s progression leading up to the clip. I feel we could adopt a similar technique in showing the gradual progression of a young boy improving and conquering the boxing world.
The main social group that is represented is Americans with an Italian heritage as the audience is clearly aligned with rocky throughout the film he is portrayed as the hero and the audience con clearly distinguish him as the protagonist. Rocky fills the stereotypical role of a boxing movie as the film definitely confirms to the genre, he shows typical masculine traits and have a very physical muscular physique. Similar to the Ali film Apollo Creed also acts as a mentor throughout the clip, this could interpreted that in life everyone can benefit through the encouragement give by other people.
The main themes present within the clip are,
- Good vs evil, Rocky is viewed as a hero that need to stand up to the other boxer who is portrayed as the villain.
- How a man with a lot of heart can accomplish a lot with the right amount of dedication and heart.
- The effect encouragement and friendship can have on someone when it comes to training for a main event.
Th3e music used throughout the cliup in my opinion creates the tension, furthermore you see Rocky's gradual progression building up to the fight however there is an element of tension as there are parallels drawn between Rocky and his opponent. You see the ferocity of Rocky’s opponent which creates an element of doubt weather or not rocky will win the fight.
The scene setting when Rocky is training I feel are very effective especially with the mirror shot of his improving his footwork, also the lighting creates a musky feel around further enhancing an industrial environment.
Rocky 3 already had a very large following seeing as the first 2 films were extremely successful so they already had a large following, however the target audience would again be boxing fans and a young male audience. However there is an underlying love story throughout the film which could incise other audiences into the film. Rocky was distributed by MGM showing that it was an industrial cinema production as it was quite main stream following the typical boxing storyline of the fighter eventually prevailing. Therefore I feel that boxing films have a proven track record with Rocky films become legendary throughout the industry with the iconic training scenes.
I feel this montage editing used in the Rocky training scene is something which is widely used within Boxing genre films, as it shows a great progression time line of the characters skills, which allows the audience to see the development, something we could do.
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