In Whiplash, at 1:17:25, Nieman is at a jazz club where his former teacher, Terrence Fletcher is playing. The scene opens with Fletcher playing a beautiful song while Nieman simply watches. However, when the song ends, Fletcher nods and gazes into the crowd, until he spots Nieman which causes him to immediately stop. This cause Nieman to turn around and leave the club when suddenly Fletcher calls out his name. Nieman pauses and then lets out an awkward, “Hey.” A hard transition takes place and suddenly Nieman and Fletcher are sitting at a table in the club. Fletcher begins by mentioning how he is no longer at Schaffer Music school. Nieman pretends to act oblivious and asks if he quit. Fletcher says “Some parents got a kid from Sean Casey’s
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No bird. That, to me, is an absolute tragedy… There are no two words in the English language, more harmful than “Good job.” (Chazelle 01:18:53-01:21:02)
In this clip, Fletcher shows some interesting trains of thought. First, Fletcher acknowledges that he created many enemies while working at Shaffer, both parents and students. Next, Fletcher discusses how he believes that poor praise such as “good job” can be one of the most harmful things to say. According to Julie Kelsey at ESSAI, praise, such as “good job,” can have negative effects depending on whether a student’s motivation is intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is from within and means that an action is done because of self-determination and self-regulation of actions. Extrinsic motivation is from external factors and means that a person performs a task for praise or a reward (Kelsey 87). Kelsey discusses how extrinsically motivated learners can have problems learning and accomplishing tasks. Kelsey states, “Extrinsically motivated learners may exert minimal effort to perform a task and may stop an activity when reinforcement discontinues” (Kelsey 87). This correlates to when Fletcher states that “good job” is the most harmful word in the …show more content…
Fletcher shows Nieman the music and makes note of the tempo: a double time swing. Fletcher mentions how it was a double time swing that initially got Nieman into the band. This causes Nieman’s face to light up. However, Fletcher then says that he has found a new drummer that can also play a double time swing and will be auditioning, which makes Nieman’s face suddenly drop. The drummer who walks in is Sean Connelly; someone who used to play with Nieman until Nieman joined Fletcher’s band. Next, Fletcher makes it known that he gave Connelly the sheet music that they will be using to audition that morning, as opposed to Nieman being forced to sight read it, and thus leaving Nieman at a disadvantage. Fletcher asks Nieman to go first, and while Nieman complies, he appears angry. Nieman is frowning and lets out a delayed, monotone, and breathy “Okay.” Next, Nieman plays the piece and Fletcher tells Nieman that he isn’t quite playing the piece to his tempo, a frequently used line by Fletcher to Nieman throughout the movie. Then, Connelly plays the piece and Fletcher says that he played it perfectly, which causes Nieman to say, “Oh my god, are you serious? That shit?” (00:49:44)? Suddenly, Fletcher gets a phone call and leaves to his office. In a fit of anger, Nieman storms into Fletcher’s office and insists that he can play the music. Fletcher
No bird. That, to me, is an absolute tragedy… There are no two words in the English language, more harmful than “Good job.” (Chazelle 01:18:53-01:21:02)
In this clip, Fletcher shows some interesting trains of thought. First, Fletcher acknowledges that he created many enemies while working at Shaffer, both parents and students. Next, Fletcher discusses how he believes that poor praise such as “good job” can be one of the most harmful things to say. According to Julie Kelsey at ESSAI, praise, such as “good job,” can have negative effects depending on whether a student’s motivation is intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is from within and means that an action is done because of self-determination and self-regulation of actions. Extrinsic motivation is from external factors and means that a person performs a task for praise or a reward (Kelsey 87). Kelsey discusses how extrinsically motivated learners can have problems learning and accomplishing tasks. Kelsey states, “Extrinsically motivated learners may exert minimal effort to perform a task and may stop an activity when reinforcement discontinues” (Kelsey 87). This correlates to when Fletcher states that “good job” is the most harmful word in the …show more content…
Fletcher shows Nieman the music and makes note of the tempo: a double time swing. Fletcher mentions how it was a double time swing that initially got Nieman into the band. This causes Nieman’s face to light up. However, Fletcher then says that he has found a new drummer that can also play a double time swing and will be auditioning, which makes Nieman’s face suddenly drop. The drummer who walks in is Sean Connelly; someone who used to play with Nieman until Nieman joined Fletcher’s band. Next, Fletcher makes it known that he gave Connelly the sheet music that they will be using to audition that morning, as opposed to Nieman being forced to sight read it, and thus leaving Nieman at a disadvantage. Fletcher asks Nieman to go first, and while Nieman complies, he appears angry. Nieman is frowning and lets out a delayed, monotone, and breathy “Okay.” Next, Nieman plays the piece and Fletcher tells Nieman that he isn’t quite playing the piece to his tempo, a frequently used line by Fletcher to Nieman throughout the movie. Then, Connelly plays the piece and Fletcher says that he played it perfectly, which causes Nieman to say, “Oh my god, are you serious? That shit?” (00:49:44)? Suddenly, Fletcher gets a phone call and leaves to his office. In a fit of anger, Nieman storms into Fletcher’s office and insists that he can play the music. Fletcher