OPTIMISME AL COLLINS UNTUK MEMENANGKAN KEJUARAAN BOLA BASKET DALAM FILM “HURRICANE SEASON”

Abstract

The thesis entitled “Optimisme Al Collins Untuk Mencapai Kemenangan dalam Film Hurricane Season” tells about Al Collins, the head coach of John Ehret Patriots basketball team. Al Collins was pretty sure about to win 2006 state basketball championship until Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans and destroyed the team. But Al Collins would not lose to this Hurricane Katrina; he then starts to rebuild Patriots by recruiting either old or new players that still live in New Orleans to take part as Patriots. The aim of this thesis is to show Al Collins’ optimism and things that he did to rebuild the team after he got hit by Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the writer applied library research. The writer gathers information from books and other sources that support the analysis of this thesis. The writer also applied two approach methods which are exponential and psychological approach. Exponential approach consists of the analysis of narrative and cinematic elements. Meanwhile, psychological approach consists of the definition of optimism as part of psychology. From the analysis, the writer concludes that Al Collins is a strong person. He did not give up even though he had lost everything after the disaster. He believes that his players can do their best and he is very optimistic to win the championship.