Whitewater Summer Film Analysis

The movie whitewater summer is a film about four boys and a facilitator partaking in a camping trip in the backcountry during the summer. The main character Alan, facilitator Vic, and the 3 other boys take part in a wide array of activity’s during the trip. These activities include camping, backpacking, whitewater rafting, fishing, and rock climbing. During their trip there where many goals and outcome that came about before and during the trip.
To start the participant’s showed a series of common goals. During the trip many of the participant’s wanted to have a good time during the trip and simple have a vacation. Towards the end of the trip the participant’s goal was to go home because they weren’t enjoying the trip because of the way Vic was treating them. By the end of the movie the participant’s goal was to get Vic help due to him breaking his leg.
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Throughout the film a lot of risk involving equipment was shown by it being lost, destroyed, or not used properly. One of the major time that the equipment is not used properly is during the rock climbing scene where Vic makes the participants swing across the rocks and leaves Alan hang from the rock without someone to watch him or the equipment holding him in. to help minimize this risk I would make sure that there is enough gear for the trip. I would also make sure that the gear is being used for what it is intend for properly.
The third risk that was show was environmental risk. To start the participants were thrown in too many dangerous locations and weather conditions. This risk is seen many times in the film especially during the point in the trip where Vic disappears from the group and leave the boys to fend for themselves during a dangerous thunder storm in the middle of the night. To help minimize this risk I would make sure to check the weather conditions before taking the trip and I would not take my participant into environment they are not prepared