For my FOA I’ve decided to pick the most iconic movie speech of all time from
the final installment of the Rocky franchise released in 2006. The learning
outcome I wish to achieve from my FOA is to demonstrate an awareness of how
language and meaning are shaped by culture and context.
Rocky Balboa (starring Sylvester Stallone), the 6th and final installment of the
“Rocky” franchise, is the story of a retired boxing champion who surprisingly
comes out of his retirement to face one final opponent in a 10-round exhibition
match. Since Rocky is retired, his opponent has specific advantages over him
already, which in turn worries Rocky’s family for even accepting the challenge in
the first place. In the first half of the movie, Rocky’s son struggles with this fact, …show more content…
The delivery
of this speech was bold, certain and reassuring.
Stallone has a very strong and solid voice to begin with and in this speech, it’s his
most valuable weapon when it comes to convincing his son. When Stallone starts
to slowly stress his already booming voice as he delivering his speech, it turns
out to have an even greater effect in terms of convincing the character and
audience. The use of changing his pitch in terms of his voice and the way Stallone
times his speech is used flawlessly as he delivers the concept of believing in
oneself to his son as well as the audience itself. His peak moment of his speech is
when he denies his son of being a coward, up until before that it his voice starts
to progress getting louder by the second, and after his peak it starts to die down.
The stress on that phrase is extremely important because Stallone is trying to
invoke a sense of confidence into his son (as well as the audience) as cowards
are known for their lack of confidence. In order for Rocky’s son to
the final installment of the Rocky franchise released in 2006. The learning
outcome I wish to achieve from my FOA is to demonstrate an awareness of how
language and meaning are shaped by culture and context.
Rocky Balboa (starring Sylvester Stallone), the 6th and final installment of the
“Rocky” franchise, is the story of a retired boxing champion who surprisingly
comes out of his retirement to face one final opponent in a 10-round exhibition
match. Since Rocky is retired, his opponent has specific advantages over him
already, which in turn worries Rocky’s family for even accepting the challenge in
the first place. In the first half of the movie, Rocky’s son struggles with this fact, …show more content…
The delivery
of this speech was bold, certain and reassuring.
Stallone has a very strong and solid voice to begin with and in this speech, it’s his
most valuable weapon when it comes to convincing his son. When Stallone starts
to slowly stress his already booming voice as he delivering his speech, it turns
out to have an even greater effect in terms of convincing the character and
audience. The use of changing his pitch in terms of his voice and the way Stallone
times his speech is used flawlessly as he delivers the concept of believing in
oneself to his son as well as the audience itself. His peak moment of his speech is
when he denies his son of being a coward, up until before that it his voice starts
to progress getting louder by the second, and after his peak it starts to die down.
The stress on that phrase is extremely important because Stallone is trying to
invoke a sense of confidence into his son (as well as the audience) as cowards
are known for their lack of confidence. In order for Rocky’s son to