Moneyball

I just watched the movie Moneyball and the basic concept of it is Billy Beane is the general manager of the Oakland A’s. He used to be a major league baseball player as well and this is shown when there are a couple flashbacks throughout the movie. These flashbacks show what Billy’s past was like. He became a baseball player because he had a lot of “potential” and he’d make a ton of money. The flashbacks also show how Billy didn’t handle pressure very well and this would lead to how he handled his team in the present.

His team in the present was on a losing streak and they were the worst team in the league. Then small montages were shown with Billy and his assistant talking to the individual players and getting their confidence up. These montages had music to them and it pulled the audience in more. Then another montage was created when the Oakland A’s had a 19 winning streak. Finally, on the 20^th game it was the Oakland A’s vs. Kansas City. The game started off with the A’s 11 to 0 but slowly Kansas pulled up. Throughout this whole time music was playing and then when the Kansas team player hit a homerun to tie the score the music stopped and everything was silent. This caused heated tension for the A’s and for the audience. Then Hatteberg on the A’s hit a homerun and once again the music stopped and the camera followed the ball going into the stands. This helped create a stressful moment at first but then relief once we see the ball in the stands. Sound was a huge factor in this movie.