Analysis Of Pitch Perfect

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Becca’s Motivational Changes In the film Pitch Perfect, the main character is Barden University freshman Beca Mitchell. Her current situation in the beginning of the film is that she has to attend college at the behest of her father who works at the university. The reason for Beca not wanting to attend college is that she would rather forgo her education in order to pursue a music career in Los Angeles as a producer. After some time goes by Beca’s father finds out that she hasn’t attended any of her classes. As a result her father proposes to pay for her move to Los Angeles. This proposal is contingent upon her desire to still leave college after a year within a club. Soon after she reluctantly joins the female a cappella group The Barden …show more content…

97). What this implies is that our emotions energize our actions, which we direct toward achieving some goal. According to Adler (Ferguson), “ emotion helps to move the person toward his or her goals”. Additionally, “if there are maladaptive aspects it isn’t the emotion but the goals that are maladaptive” (pg.98). This theory applies to Becca because when she initially joined the Bellas she wasn 't emotionally motivated to perform well. This was due to Aubrey failing to recognize the innovative ideas she was presenting in order to enhance the Bellas chances of winning. Later on in the film after they just manage to win the ICAA semifinals by default, all the members of the Bellas come to recognize and support Becca’s creative ideas. Once her creative ideas come to be recognized Becca becomes emotionally motivated to prove to Aubrey that her ideas are superior and with her creativity they can win the ICAA finals. Her goal was to have Aubrey admit that she was indeed talented and with her help the groups chances of success in winning were

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