AN ANALYSIS ON COACH CARTER’S EFFORT IN MOTIVATING HIS BASKETBALL TEAM TO CONTINUE THEIR SCHOOL EDUCATION IN “COACH CARTER” FILM
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AN ANALYSIS ON COACH CARTER’S EFFORT IN MOTIVATING HIS BASKETBALL TEAM TO CONTINUE THEIR SCHOOL EDUCATION IN
“COACH CARTER” FILM
By:
DINUL HAQ SABYLI 08360065
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
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This thesis written by Dinul Haq Sabyli was approved on October 29th, 2012
By Advisors
Advisor I, Advisor II,
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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
on November 29th, 2012
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
Dr. M.Syaifuddin, M.M
Examiners: Signatures:
1. Dra. Thathit Manon A.,M. Hum 1. ... 2. Puji Sumarsono, M. Ed 2. ... 3. Santi Prastiyowati S.Pd 3. ... 4. Drs. Imam Mahfudz 4. ...
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Rasulullahualaihi wasallam bersabda“Sesungguhnya para malaikat, serta semua penduduk langit-langit dan bumi, sampai semut-semut di sarangnya, mereka semua
bershalawat atas orang yang mengajarkan kebaikan kepada manusia.” (HR. At-Tirmizi)
“Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.”
(Albert Einstein)
“The man who enters a library is the best society this world affords.” (Andrew Carnegie)
DEDICATION: I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved parents, father and mother, My beloved sisters, Hayyu and Qisthi, My beloved young brother, Maulana My beloved fiance, Fauzia Ni’mah
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AN ANALYSIS ON COACH CARTER’S EFFORT IN MOTIVATING HIS BASKETBALL TEAM TO CONTINUE THEIR SCHOOL EDUCATION IN
“COACH CARTER” FILM
Film is a general term for a particular motion picture or for motion pictures in general. There are many topics related to film. One of the topics is about efforts. Effort is unwilling attention (doing something disagreeable because it is disagreeable) should take precedence over spontaneous attention. “Coach Carter” film is chosen in this thesis because this film tells about Coach Carter’s effort in motivating his basketball team to continue their education in school.
The object of this study are (1) to find out Coach Carter’s effort in motivating his team to continue their school education, (2) identify Coach Carter’s problems in motivating his team to continue their school education, (3) to describe how Coach Carter solves the problems in motivating his team to continue their school education. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The researcher used objective approach in doing the analysis because the researcher did not need to study about the author’s life. The data are obtained from some dialogues and picture scenes that are related to Coach Carter’s effort.
The result of this study shows that Coach Carter’s effort can motivate his team to continue their school education by joining the job as a coach in the Richmond Oilers High School, giving a contract to the team players, and changing the bad image of the team. But Coach Carter found some problems that the team and their parents disagreed with the contract, he was shock when the team got bad progress report, and he locked the gym. Coach Carter solved the problems by making the team got achievements in education, he cooperated with classroom teachers and he made the players maintain the 2.3 grade point average.
Key words: Coach Carter, Effort, Education, motivating.
Advisor I Researcher
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the researcher gratefully thanks to God “Allah SWT” the almighty for a great endless blessing so that he was able to finish writing this thesis.
He is also greatly indebted to his first advisor, Drs. Santi Prastiyowati S. Pd. who has patiently helped, taught, managed, and advised in writing this thesis and his second advisor, Drs. Imam Mahfudz in friendly way spent his time on advising and giving the writer the right way in writing this thesis.
Furthermore, the researcher wants to send his great thankfulness and deep appreciation to his beloved mother and father, sisters and young brother who have supported his financially, morally, and spiritually so that the writer can finish this thesis.
Special thanks are also given to his fiance Fauzia Ni’mah who has given him support and motivation. His beloved friends, D’pencils (Riza, Vanny, Ve, Tomy, Afrizal). His Jokamers community. His Futsal team period 2008. His neighbor (Manshurin Kost, Griya PAB and GCK) who given him support too.
Finally, the researcher hopes that this research is very useful for the other researchers for doing other research related to the literature study.
Malang, 16th, October 2012 Researcher
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vii TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER ... i
APPROVAL ... ii
LEGALIZATION ... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... iv
ABSTRACT ... v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study ... 1
1.2. Statement of the Problem ... 3
1.3. Purpose of the Study ... 4
1.4. Significance of the Study... 4
1.5. Scope and Limitation ... 5
1.6. Definition of the Key Terms ... 5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Literature ... 6
2.2. Drama ... 7
1. Performance ... 7
2. Composition ... 7
3. Branch of Literature ... 7
2.3. Film ... 8
2.3.1 Types of Film ... 8
1. Action-Adventure Film... 8
2. Comedy Film ... 9
3. Crime Film ... 9
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5. Drama Film ... 10
6. Musical Film ... 10
7. Romance Film ... 10
2.3.2 Element of Film ... 11
1. Image 11 2. Time ... 11
3. Motion ... 12
4. Sound ... 12
5. Lighting ... 13
. 6. Sequences... 13
. 7. Composition ... 13
2.4 Education. ... 14
2.5 Effort ... 15
2.6 Motivation ... 15
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ... 17
3.2 Research Approach ... 18
3.2.1 Expressive Approach ... 18
3.2.2 Pragmatic Approach ... 19
3.2.3 Mimetic Approach ... 19
3.2.4 Objective Approach... 19
3.3 Research Object ... 20
3.4 Data Collection ... 20
3.5 Data Analysis ... 21
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research Findings ... 22
4.1.1 Coach Carter’s effort in motivating his team to continue their school education ... 22
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4.1.1.1 Coach Carter took the job as a coach of Richmond Oilers Basketball Team at his old school
Richmond High School ... 23 4.1.1.2 Coach Carter gave the team individual contract ... 26 4.1.1.3 Coach Carter Wanted to Change the Bad Image of the Team ... 27 4.1.2 The Problems of Coach Carter’s Effort in Motivating his
Team to Continue their School Education. ... 29 4.1.2.1 Ignorance of the team when Coach Carter Came ... 29 4.1.2.2 The Team and their Parents’ Disagreement about
the Contract ... 30 4.1.2.3 Coach Carter was shocked when the team got the bad progress report. ... 30 4.1.2.4 Coach Carter Locked the Gym. ... 32 4.1.3 The ways Coach Carter solved the problems in motivating his team to continue their school education... 33 4.1.3.1 Coach Carter wanted to make the team got Achieve in Education by Meeting with the Parents’ Players. ... 33
4.1.3.2 Coach Carter Cooperates with Classroom Teachers to Help His Team Study Earnestly.. ... 35 4.1.3.3 Coach Carter Locked the Gym to Make the Players Maintain the 2.3 Grade Point Average. ... 35 4.2 Discussion . ... 37
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion ... 39 5.2 Suggestion ... 40
REFERENCES APPENDIX
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Arp, Thomas R, Greg Jhonson. 2006. Literature: Stucture, Sound, and Sense, Ninth Edition. United Stated: Thomson Wadsworth.
Ary, donald, Lucy Cheser Jacobs, Chris Sorensen and Asghar Razavieh. 2010. Introduction Research in Education. Canada: Nelson Education, Ltd.
Bordwell, David. 1997. On the History of Film Style. United Stated of America: Annamarie McMahon.
Corey, Melinda, George Ochoa. 2002. American Film Institute Desk Reference. United States: The Stonesong Press, Inc.
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Hasbullah. 2003. Dasar-Dasar Ilmu Pendidikan. Jakarta: PT RajaGrafindo Persada.
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Lobrutto and Vincent. 2002. The Filmmaker’s Guide to Production Design. Canada: Allwort Press
Meyer, Michael. 1990. Introduction to Literature, Second Edition. Boston. Bedford Book of St. Martin Sektor Press.
M, Sadirman A. 2007. Interaksi dan Motivasi Belajar Mengajar. Jakarta: PT RajaGrafindo Persada.
Quinn, Edward. 2006. Literary and Thematic Terms 2nd Edition. Facts On File : New York
Schmidt, Jan Zlotnik, Carley Rees Bogarad. 2006. Legacies: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Third Edition. United Stated: Thomson Wadsworth.
Sengar, Utkars. 2011. The Meaning of Effort. The Meaning of Effort . www.the lost logbook.htm access on June, 20, 2012 at 09.00
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter explains about the background of study, statements of problem, purposes of study, significance of study, scope and limitation, and definition of key terms.
1.1Background of the Study
Literature is human’s imagination about what they think and do in their life. According to Koesnosoebroto (1988: 2), literature offers things in such a way as to refresh and encourage our own thinking, and so leads us to insights of our own. It means that literature can show about what happen around us and in what perspective of life and it is include into literary works.
Literature has many advantages if the people learn it more. By reading and learning literature, people will get useful knowledge. It means that people will explore their ideology, expression, and imagination. Literature also gives some suggestions to peoples life and flashes of insight of their curiosity, but many people think that literature is something abstract to learn and difficult to understand.
In discussing literature, the researcher consider that literature has endless topic of discussion since there are many kinds to discuss, such as songs, short stories, novels, poem, and film. However, in this thesis the researcher only focuses on one part of literature, namely, film.
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Bordwell (1997: 2) stated that films offer us ways of seeing and feeling that we find deeply gratifying. They take us through experiences. The experiences are often driven by stories, with characters we come to care about, but films might also develop an idea or explore visual qualities or sound textures.
There are many topics related to film. One of the topics is about efforts. According to Dewey (1970:10), effort is a virtual division of attention and the corresponding disintegrations of character, intellectually and morally. Thus, the effort is a push by oneself to make a change for the better life, such as in education, work, morals, etc.
In this study, the researcher analyses someone’s effort in education. Education is a system to improve the quality of human life. According to Hasbullah (2003:1), education is a human effort to develop their personality in accordance with the values in society and culture. It means that education needs to prepare children’s life for supporting them in the future. So, education is the best means to create a new generation of young people who will not lose bonds with their own traditions but also at the same time they will not be stupid and retarded to improve their intellectuality for their education in the future.
“Coach Carter” film is chosen in this thesis because this film talks about one’s effort in motivating the education in a school. In this film, The researcher is interested in analyzing Coach Carter’s effort in motivating his basketball team to continue their education in school. Besides, the researcher chooses to conduct a study on this film because it tells us about the basketball
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Coach Carter that becomes the motivator not only the basketball team but also the team’s school education.
“Coach Carter” film can be a source of motivation to the viewers because this film shows Coach Carter’s effort. The ways in motivating school education in this film is really unique because the person who motivates the students is not a teacher but the coach of basketball team. From the statement above, the researcher can conclude that Coach Carter’s effort in motivating their student education is interesting to be analyzed.
Therefore, the researcher chose this topic to be analyzed in his thesis untitled “ An analysis on Coach Carter’s Effort in Motivating His Basketball Team to Continue Their School Education in “Coach Carter” Film”.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of the study above, the problems are formulated as follows:
1. What are Coach Carter’s efforts in motivating his team to continue their school education?
2. What are Coach Carter’s problems in motivating his team to continue their school education?
3. How does Coach Carter solve the problems in motivatinghis team to continue their school education?
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1.3 Purposes of the Study
The purposes of study are as a follows:
1. To find out Coach Carter’s effort in motivating his team to continue their school education.
2. To identify Coach Carter’s problems in motivating his team to continue their school education.
3. To describe how Coach Carter solves the problems in motivating his team to continue their school education.
1.4Significance of the Study
This thesis is written to give some information and contribution to other students who want to analyze efforts in developing education. It is also as a reference for anyone who likes studying film in his life to improve his knowledge about the study of literature.
By reading this thesis, the researcher hopes the readers can understand more about film analysis especially about the efforts in developing education. And the result of this study can be used as a reference in doing similar researches. It also gives essential inputs for the development of literature.
1.5Scope and Limitation
The scope of the research is the story about the education in the school, where Carter had and finished his education. However, it is limited to the effort
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in motivating the team’s education done by the main character of the movie, Coach Kenny Ray Carter.
1.6Definition of Key Terms
To clarify the terms in this study, the researcher gives their definitions as follows:
1. Coach Carter is the main character in “Coach Carter” film
2. Effort is a virtual division of attention and the corresponding disintegrations of character, intellectually and morally. (Dewey, 2006:10)
3. Education is a human effort to cultivate and develop the potentials with the values that exist in society and culture. (Hasbullah, 2003:1)
4. Film is a general term for a particular motion picture or for motion pictures in general. (Quinn, 2006: 165)
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Meyer, Michael. 1990. Introduction to Literature, Second Edition. Boston. Bedford Book of St. Martin Sektor Press.
M, Sadirman A. 2007. Interaksi dan Motivasi Belajar Mengajar. Jakarta: PT RajaGrafindo Persada.
Quinn, Edward. 2006. Literary and Thematic Terms 2nd Edition. Facts On File : New York
Schmidt, Jan Zlotnik, Carley Rees Bogarad. 2006. Legacies: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Third Edition. United Stated: Thomson Wadsworth.
Sengar, Utkars. 2011. The Meaning of Effort. The Meaning of Effort . www.the lost logbook.htm access on June, 20, 2012 at 09.00
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter explains about the background of study, statements of problem, purposes of study, significance of study, scope and limitation, and definition of key terms.
1.1Background of the Study
Literature is human’s imagination about what they think and do in their life. According to Koesnosoebroto (1988: 2), literature offers things in such a way as to refresh and encourage our own thinking, and so leads us to insights of our own. It means that literature can show about what happen around us and in what perspective of life and it is include into literary works.
Literature has many advantages if the people learn it more. By reading and learning literature, people will get useful knowledge. It means that people will explore their ideology, expression, and imagination. Literature also gives some suggestions to peoples life and flashes of insight of their curiosity, but many people think that literature is something abstract to learn and difficult to understand.
In discussing literature, the researcher consider that literature has endless topic of discussion since there are many kinds to discuss, such as songs, short stories, novels, poem, and film. However, in this thesis the researcher only focuses on one part of literature, namely, film.
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Bordwell (1997: 2) stated that films offer us ways of seeing and feeling that we find deeply gratifying. They take us through experiences. The experiences are often driven by stories, with characters we come to care about, but films might also develop an idea or explore visual qualities or sound textures.
There are many topics related to film. One of the topics is about efforts. According to Dewey (1970:10), effort is a virtual division of attention and the corresponding disintegrations of character, intellectually and morally. Thus, the effort is a push by oneself to make a change for the better life, such as in education, work, morals, etc.
In this study, the researcher analyses someone’s effort in education. Education is a system to improve the quality of human life. According to Hasbullah (2003:1), education is a human effort to develop their personality in accordance with the values in society and culture. It means that education needs to prepare children’s life for supporting them in the future. So, education is the best means to create a new generation of young people who will not lose bonds with their own traditions but also at the same time they will not be stupid and retarded to improve their intellectuality for their education in the future.
“Coach Carter” film is chosen in this thesis because this film talks about one’s effort in motivating the education in a school. In this film, The researcher is interested in analyzing Coach Carter’s effort in motivating his basketball team to continue their education in school. Besides, the researcher chooses to conduct a study on this film because it tells us about the basketball
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Coach Carter that becomes the motivator not only the basketball team but also the team’s school education.
“Coach Carter” film can be a source of motivation to the viewers because this film shows Coach Carter’s effort. The ways in motivating school education in this film is really unique because the person who motivates the students is not a teacher but the coach of basketball team. From the statement above, the researcher can conclude that Coach Carter’s effort in motivating their student education is interesting to be analyzed.
Therefore, the researcher chose this topic to be analyzed in his thesis untitled “ An analysis on Coach Carter’s Effort in Motivating His Basketball Team to Continue Their School Education in “Coach Carter” Film”.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of the study above, the problems are formulated as follows:
1. What are Coach Carter’s efforts in motivating his team to continue their school education?
2. What are Coach Carter’s problems in motivating his team to continue their school education?
3. How does Coach Carter solve the problems in motivatinghis team to continue their school education?
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1.3 Purposes of the Study
The purposes of study are as a follows:
1. To find out Coach Carter’s effort in motivating his team to continue their school education.
2. To identify Coach Carter’s problems in motivating his team to continue their school education.
3. To describe how Coach Carter solves the problems in motivating his team to continue their school education.
1.4Significance of the Study
This thesis is written to give some information and contribution to other students who want to analyze efforts in developing education. It is also as a reference for anyone who likes studying film in his life to improve his knowledge about the study of literature.
By reading this thesis, the researcher hopes the readers can understand more about film analysis especially about the efforts in developing education. And the result of this study can be used as a reference in doing similar researches. It also gives essential inputs for the development of literature.
1.5Scope and Limitation
The scope of the research is the story about the education in the school, where Carter had and finished his education. However, it is limited to the effort
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in motivating the team’s education done by the main character of the movie, Coach Kenny Ray Carter.
1.6Definition of Key Terms
To clarify the terms in this study, the researcher gives their definitions as follows:
1. Coach Carter is the main character in “Coach Carter” film
2. Effort is a virtual division of attention and the corresponding disintegrations of character, intellectually and morally. (Dewey, 2006:10)
3. Education is a human effort to cultivate and develop the potentials with the values that exist in society and culture. (Hasbullah, 2003:1)
4. Film is a general term for a particular motion picture or for motion pictures in general. (Quinn, 2006: 165)