Any Given Sunday

This scene is from a half-time speech in an American Football game, from the film Any Given Sunday. The coach, played by Al Pacino, gives an inspirational speech that has a great effect on the team, which turns their game around.

One way in which the speech is intensified is through the use of the soundtrack. At the start when the player's morale is low, the music is slow and quiet, but as the coach starts to inspire the players the music gets slightly louder and more promising.

The use of camera shots and angles also added to the effect of the scene. One effect in particular was the gradual zoom on the coaches face. At the start the camera is not zoomed in, instead showing a medium shot of the coach with some of the team shown, as pictured at the top. As the speech goes on and the mood changes, the camera angle that is shown above is shown again, but this time more zoomed in, this effect being used several times, until finally there is a close-up of the coach.