1. The character of coach White——
Keywords: American football coach, irritable, upright, ordinary family with wife and two daughters
2. The history of White——
Because he accidentally hit a student and was expelled from the school, he could only go to a small town in the border area of Mexico to serve as a high school teacher, and the whole family moved to this place;
3. Character motives-
Just staying in McFarland, Mexico for a while, waiting for the economy to stabilize and want to go back to the big city again.
Seeing that the high school students are talented in running, they randomly prepare to change the track and prepare to form a cross-country running team to participate.
4. Action logic driven by White's motivation——
(1) Team formation: Convince 7 people to join in, quickly cut montage; Typical characters: Contestant No. 1 is the fastest runner, his family is relatively poor, his father has no role at home, he is unhappy, and his personality is withdrawn and unsocial; Contestant No. 2 runs One of the two brothers is the nephew of the gangster; the three stupid sons of the landlord's family, the No. 3 player, wake up every morning to help the family; the No. 4 player, Little Fat Danny, made up the numbers at first and then counterattacked.
(2) Encountered the first crisis: At the bottom of the first competition, everyone was depressed, but their eyes were shining with unyielding light. At the same time, when training on the hills, player No. 1 could not find the meaning of the game and felt that he could not stand out, so he decided to quit.
(3) Resolving the crisis: At this time, White happened to forget to buy a cake for his daughter, and the relationship between father and daughter was tense. White grabbed the No. 1 player who was trying to commit suicide, and the two had a heart-to-heart talk.
(4) Encountered the second crisis: the three brothers of the landlord's family were called home by their father and were not allowed to participate in the competition.
(5) Resolving the crisis: The coach went to the three brothers’ house for dinner and integrated into the family; he personally went to work with the three brothers in the field in exchange for the three brothers’ time. The three brothers’ mother was moved and agreed to the three brothers to take time to compete and train.
(6) The first victory: In the third competition, everyone worked hard to enter the final.
(7) Carnival moment: The relationship between the coach and the players sublimates: Take everyone to the beach, they have never seen the sea.
(8) Turning point: Everyone held a coming-of-age ceremony for his daughter, and her daughter was injured. White felt that this place was too dangerous. It happened that the school had an olive branch in the last game, so White decided to move the family to another place.
(9) The third crisis (self-dilemma): The coach has to separate from the players for the sake of his family.
(10) Defuse the crisis: White learned from his wife that in order to protect his daughter, everyone treats her daughter as a family member.
(11) Climax: The game was won, and White decided to stay at McFarland to continue teaching.
5. White's motivation node:
(1) Confused (difficulties in life) - (2) Find the direction (get ahead through cross-country running) - (3) Try to complete the goal (form a team, encounter some small difficulties, resolve them one by one) - (4) Firm the goal (Meet a strong opponent, recognize the reality and yourself) - (5) Greater ideals (integration, acceptance, tolerance, from the small self to the big self).
6. Story Advantages:
Based on real events, the starting point is not only the competition, but also the family, the cultural conflict and integration, and how the local people work hard to get out of the predicament and poverty.
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