the scene analysis of invictus movie

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Scene analysis: Invitcus

In this analysis, I am going to analyze Nelson Mandela’s (Morgan Freeman) visit to the Springboks, which eventually led to them winning the rugby world cup in 1995. In this clip, Mandela enters the team’s dressing room as they prepare for their final games against All Blacks, who were seen as the favorites to win the cup. In the scene, Mandela, visits the team in their dressing room where he had words with the team and motivated them. While in the stadium, he is seen wearing the number 16 jersey, which was also won by the captain of the team. Because of his presence, the team goes on to prove the critics who had termed it an underdog and wins the cup (Cameron andSpreitzer 2012).

There are various items used in this clip to enable a person understand the message conveyed in the clip. For example, the dialogue used here is motivational, as Mandela (Freeman) aims at motivating the team to go on and win the cup. For example, he is telling the team that the whole nation is behind the team. In the scene, we see him wearing the number 16 jersey which belonged to the captain of the team. This showed that he embraced all South Africans despite their color. The wearing of the jersey also shows that he was seriously behind the team and also urged the whole nation to support the team. At the end of the game, we see Mandela and the team captain, Pienaar meeting in the ground and celebrating together.

Mandela’s visit to the Springboks was aimed at uniting the blacks and the whites. The blacks were resentful to the whites, who had discriminated because of apartheid laws. Mandela had observed that the resentment had been extended to an extent that the blacks who were in the stadium while the springboks were playing against England supported England. Mandela had to do this so that the whole nation would support the team.

By visiting the team, he showed that he had forgiven the whites, who were the perpetrators of the apartheid rule. This is because rugby was viewed to belong to the whites only, who were the elites in the South African society, something that led to blacks refusing to support them. However, Mandela showed effective leadership qualities by attending the games as he showed the blacks that they should embrace the white and view them as brothers. This lead to many people, both whites and blacks turning up for the game, which contributed to the springbok’s victory (Cameron andSpreitzer 2012).

Work cited

Cameron, Kim S, and Gretchen M. Spreitzer.The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.