Ethos In All Work All Play

The main argument of All Work All Play directed by Patrick Creadon argues that Professional video games or Esports is a real sport that is growing rapidly. All Work All Play uses most of its points to establish their Ethos to the viewer. Pathos often follows this up and takes up most of the time in the film. Logos was spread out evenly in three points, the beginning, middle, and end. Logos is the least used of the three in this film. When logos is used, it is used to set up either a pathos or ethos. The first major use of logos in the film was when it talked about South Korea. Esports in Korea started with a game called StarCraft Two, and gained sponsorships from large companies like a sport like soccer. This then later expanded to League …show more content…
They then go on to show the compony they focus on that host the tournament, they boost the credibility of this company by showing that they are funded by the major tech compony Intel who make parts for computers. All Work All Play also boosts Esports credibility by showing news sources like the BBC asking what Esports is. The news is critical of people watching other people playing video games, but it is giving credibility to Esports by recognizing that it is something people are enjoying watching. It is also shown that at least one college has recognized Esports as a sport and has a team. Old clips of sports like soccer and golf are shown from their early years to build credibility that Esports can one day be considered a real sport and is only in its beginnings. Tying into Esports starting to be professional they show the average salaries of the different levels of pro. They also show everything that goes into the production of these tournaments and how this company is turning Esports into a respectable sport by showing clips of older companies that didn’t take it