Get Up and Try Again
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The film 8 seconds tells the story of the professional bull rider, Lane Frost. Lane was determined to be the best bull rider from the beginning. As Lane was starting his career, his father was not supportive of Lane's decision to become a bull rider. He was constantly telling Lane that becoming a bull rider was not going to pay off unless he was the best. Lane would reply, "Well I plan on being the best." His father's criticism was relentless. He wanted Lane to stop riding and start his own farm.
At Lane's first big paying event, he falls off the first ride and gets minor injuries. As he is recovering, Lane is experiencing debilitative emotions as he thinks about his father's criticism. Tuff Hedeman, a fellow rider, points out Lane will regret giving up on his dream for the rest of his life. This triggers facilitative emotions to take over. Lane (2008) found that facilitative and debilitative emotions "help to describe feeling in terms of intensity and duration."14 Debilitative emotions discourage us, and facilitative emotions motivate us.
At Lane's first big paying event, he falls off the first ride and gets minor injuries. As he is recovering, Lane is experiencing debilitative emotions as he thinks about his father's criticism. Tuff Hedeman, a fellow rider, points out Lane will regret giving up on his dream for the rest of his life. This triggers facilitative emotions to take over. Lane (2008) found that facilitative and debilitative emotions "help to describe feeling in terms of intensity and duration."14 Debilitative emotions discourage us, and facilitative emotions motivate us.
Layering Emotions
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Lane Frost is portrayed as a good man with a kind heart. However, he has trouble layering his emotions. According to Wilmot (2011), layering emotions helps us understand why we feel a certain way.15 His father's criticism causes him quite a bit of anxiety. Lane ignores his frustration toward his father and allows it to build. Multiple times during the film, he takes out his frustration on Kelly. He yells at Kelly for the simplest reasons.
Kelly realizes Lane is frustrated that he cannot win over his father's love. When Kelly tells Lane, "You can't buy his love," he becomes even more enraged. When Lane gets into a heated discussion with his mother, he comes to terms with why he is so upset. He says, "I could win the world a hundred times over! It won't matter to him."
Kelly realizes Lane is frustrated that he cannot win over his father's love. When Kelly tells Lane, "You can't buy his love," he becomes even more enraged. When Lane gets into a heated discussion with his mother, he comes to terms with why he is so upset. He says, "I could win the world a hundred times over! It won't matter to him."
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