This was a very interesting video because there were a lot of different levels that this could have been portrayed on both literally and physically. First off there are the actual platform levels, and how there are so many different heights that one could jump off of. Something might seem not that high up from the ground, but the second that you climb the last step to the top it seems like you are higher than the clouds. There are also the levels in the mind and body. The steps and things that you have to go through in your mind before you jump. And also the physical act of jumping off the platform. When you think through this, the words courage or bravery might also come through your mind when thinking about the people who did or didn't jump. Whether or not one was courageous or brave for jumping or not. But what do these two words really mean? For me, bravery is being able to overcome a personal fear, and being able to overcome something within that initially held you back. Courage, on the other hand, is being able to stand in the face of real danger, and not being afraid to risk it all for a cause in a situation. Everyone received the $30 to come to participate in the experiment. But in the end, it all came down to whether or not the person upon the platform was willing to jump. For me, I need a reason to jump. Something to believe in that causes me to make the decision to "risk it all" and jump off. The reason I think that some didn't jump is that they had no reason to.
I thought that this is totally worth doing. There are so many pros and very little cons following this jump. I would want to prove my bravery to others, showing that I can do something out of my comfort zone. Risks that change your life for the better, in this case getting 30 bucks, sounds like fun. Everyone should do this!
The biggest takeaways from the film would be to stand up for what you believe in. In most cases people will just back away, but like the "70 year old woman" she just went for it, and that means that you control your nerves and not the other way around. Because of this people can now stand up and not let the public get in the way of their opinions, making not just their state but the entirety of the United States, a slightly better place.
Seeing the participants debating whether or not to jump was interesting because they would talk themselves into it, and then back out again. In one case, the person almost jumped, and at the last second decided not to. I liked watching and trying to figure out what was happening inside their mind, and what their process of their final decision was.
I thought that it was interesting that more than half the people decided to jump. Personally, I think that having the cameras there or another person peer pressured a lot of the people to jump. But, I still thought it was interesting to see peoples reactions right before they jumped. Additionally, I wonder if the cameras werent there if the same amount of people would jump.
Although I would never do this, I think this was a very interesting experience. The different levels of bravery and courage these participants have seem to affect their decisions whether to jump or not. In life, I decide for myself when "to jump" by telling myself I can't move on to the next thing until I take this risk and if it will benefit me. Unfortunately, this would not be a risk I would want to take.
Watching This video I think most of these people were scared but they still persevered and jumped. I also feel like people who did jump in this video gained a new confidence and became braver. The moment that I think stood out to me the most was when the couple kept encouraging each other to do it
Throughout the film I was questioned with the thought about when we jump in our lives, and how one decides to do that. We decide to jump in rash decisions and as the video had shown we make decisions based on the thoughts of our loved ones, or friends. As a teenager peer pressure has become something that is always impacting our everyday decisions, and also our decisions that may be harmful.
this is a very interesting test. I know what they are going through.
what I saw most was the hesitation. This looks extremely intense and stressful. But in the end, they went with their gut, and that is important.
Live life to the fullest is an expression commonly used to encourage people to go beyond their limit and experience new things. Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson did a short film on people encouraging themselves to go beyond their limits and experience a 30 foot jump off a diving board. As many people could not encourage themselves to jump off the diving board. Others encourage themselves to go beyond the limit and jump, however it took them some time to finally decide to jump. For example, the boy with the girl was scared to jump but slowly the girl persuade the boy to jump off the diving board. To add on many people felt challenged to jump off the diving board, however they were given the decision to chicken out which was a challenge because it's embarrassing to climb down the ladder. For example, the two boys on the diving board one with pony tail gave the other boy the choice to chicken out since the boy was to scared to jump however the boy was embarrass to chicken out because "everyone was waiting on him to jump" and an younger kid plus 70 year old women have attempted the jump. If I was given the chance to jump of the 30 foot diving board I would totally do it with a friend, it would be a new fun experience.
This film shows lots of people attempting to take a 30-foot dive into an olympic pool. Some people take the 30-foot dive but others are just too scared to take it. One woman was about to take the jump, but she quickly came back and got off the diving board. Another woman got off the diving board and then came back, but she never dived into the pool. I would feel very scared if I was attempting this 30-foot dive. Just by looking down 30 feet from above, makes your stomach sank down. Once you have taken the dive you probably won't be scared of doing it again, because you already know how it felt like.
The moments in the film that stood out to me were when the elderly lady took the leap, but the young man did not want to. The surprising thing was when another lady had actually jumped backgrounds which had completely blown my mind because that is the one thing that I would have never done. The messages that I took away from this film is that age is just a number and it does not really have anything to do with the amount of bravery you have or the lack thereof and that sometimes the human mind can overthink things that seem scary, but in the end if you finally decide to take the leap it would end up being not scary that at all, but instead might end up actually being pretty enjoyable.
This film was about divers attempting to dive down a 30 foot diving board. People of all ages decide to dive off the board, and some decide not to. It amazed me in the film that the elderly people had more courage to dive off the board than all the younger people. I personally would need lots of convincing to even attempt to do this, I eventually will jump off the board, but I wouldn't casually jump off without any hesitation. I believe that the film was made with the message that, being scared is natural when you are face to face with a fear, but you need to overcome your fear without overthinking the situation.
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I totally agree with Nikhil Patel, it is natural for people to be afraid of something as long as they don't allow their fear to control them. People should face their fears head on and overcome it. I also agree with Nikhil Patel on how shocking the elderly people had more courage to dive off the board then all the younger people. For example the two boys, on the diving board one of them were afraid to jump and admit that "a 70 year old women jumped but not me", which is funny in my opinion that an 70 year old women has more guts then a young adult man. Even in the beginning a little girl jumped off the 30 foot diving board with no problem, she just ran and jumped.
In this film the swimmers were attempting to dive down a thirty feet diving tower when they reached the top they realized it was higher then it looked from ground level.Certain swimmers actually did jump but they had to convince themselves of it.I know personally I would never jump into a pool from that high because there is no guarantee that the fall is going to be pleasant when you get close to the pool.It was very interesting to see the reactions of the divers.
In the film when you see the height from the diving board to the pool it does not look that dangerous. However, when I see all of these people backing down from doing it and taking a really long time to jump it makes you wonder. For instance I would definitely try this because I love heights, but I have never actually experienced this for myself in person, so I might change my mind. What interested me was how some people decided to jump together instead of individually. I myself would have done it by myself because my only fear about this would be having another person jump on top of me. These people are brave and courageous, even if they did not follow through with it.
It is very interesting to see how people ended up convincing themselves to jump and how in some pairs one had to wait for the other to jump first and even then they were hesitant. I was surprised that the older woman was able to jump even though many others younger than her did not. I am much like her in that we would have both been disappointed in ourselves if we did not jump. You could tell that each successful jumper was terrified because they did not even jump off, their knees grew weak and did not push them off the tower, instead, they fell. I would like to think that I have enough courage to jump off of a 10-meter diving tower but we will never know until I am out to the test.
I agree with @shaniah w. It was very interesting to see people convince themselves to jump from that far up.Especially the older man and the first younger girl ,I did not expect it to be so easy for them.Building up the courage to do that takes a lot out of a person .For example one of the women was moving her hand back in forth in a fanning motion as she was crying,or having a mini anxiety attack.I think the divers were deceived from ground level expecting the jump to be shorter than it actually was.
The film begin with people standing on top of a 10 meter diving tower. The people are weighing their options about whether it is worth the risk to jump. Most seem to be debating internally before giving up, they often try to stall for some time by stating what they are planning to do but don’t actually go through with it. The thing that stood out to me was how when people see another person fall first and is safe, they are still hesitant. I was surprised when the elderly woman came back on the diving tower and jumped after she decide to give up, while many people younger than her was too afraid to jump. I would never jump off a diving tower that high, the people who jumped must have a lot of courage to be able to convince themselves to leap off. The message I can take away from this film is sometime you need to overcome your fear and not overthink.
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I feel that I am in the same boat as the people who took their time to complete the task. I feel that I would need some slight encouragement to convince myself to take the risk, but after some contemplation I would eventually convince myself to just do it. I feel that this task stands as a metaphor for daily life of how we can either face our fears head on with some encouragement or we can just chicken out and let fear consume us. I think this video also emphasizes the concept peer pressure, in the cases in which we see that someone else does something and we assume that it must be okay. I was surprised to see how long it took people to convince themselves to jump.
This video breaks apart what you would typically perceive of people. Many commenters are surprised by the old woman, as was I. This just shows that you never know what to expect from anyone. You are never sure where any persons boundaries are and who is willing to push boundaries at all. You could have more in common in this way with an eighty year old woman than someone your age doing this. It's amazing what you learn in this video.
I agree that the people who jumped off the diving tower in the film can be unexpected. The elderly woman sudden decision to leap off surprised me because she started walking down the ladder and most people younger than her did not have the courage to jump. It did change the way I see people because it show how human assumptions of people can be inaccurate. A person character is revealed in extreme conditions, people cannot be judge by their appearance. Even though the old woman was afraid of the height, she did not let it stop her. Everyone weighed the risks and hesitate while standing on the diving tower but some of the people who back down appear to be very fit which contradict the idea that younger and stronger people who be more likely to jump.
I agree with you. Lots of people get very scared when attempting to take a 30-foot dive into a pool. I was also very surprised at the 70 year-old lady who took the 30-foot dive into the olympic pool. This video shows the viewers that they should not be scared of heights or anything else. People have to overcome their fears, so in the future people won't have to be dealing with those fears. Some men in the video did not attempt to take the dive, when I thought they were. One lady wanted to take the jump only if her husband did so.
I do not know if I could do this right away I'm not one of those people who can do things that involve heights right away and if I do it's usually because I have a sudden burst of self-confidence . Then when I get to the point of realization for what I have done and have to finish the job I get scared and start thinking why did I do that? I start to panic. How I decide to jump in life is when I get a push or when I am on the brink of going crazy so I get myself out of so much thinking about it and actually do it to get it over with. For me, I think I find myself with a friend pushing me so much in order to overcome the fear of the jump. Literally, I would need a friend to push me so that I can accomplish that 10 meter dive. It's kind of like the guy in the video with Frida who jumped because he thought that his friend was gonna jump with him. That is so me,
What stood out to me is the amount of time that people took before they decided that they wanted to jump off of the diving tower. I was most surprised when I saw the old woman jump off of the diving tower because she was so daring at such an old age. Even I would not have been courageous enough to jump off of the diving tower and I am young. This week’s film club showed me that you are never too old to have fun and enjoy life. I hope to be as healthy as the old woman in this video when I become elderly.
This is a great way to take this video. I love that you took this in the way that you can never be too old to be have fun. I never would have thought of looking at this film in this way.
I agree with what both people are saying. People are naturally going to be scared of their fears, but you have to have the courage to overcome them. I agree with your statement saying how courageous the elderly women are in the film, they should be the most afraid due to their fragile bodies, but they are the most courageous in the film. They really show that fears can be overcome if you block out the negatives and the consequences and look at the positives in the situation.
I personally would've probably gone through the same experience that the older woman did. I would've HAD to jump off or I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Like the other people in the video, it would probably take awhile to convince myself to do it, but ultimately, knowing myself, I probably would've done it.
I agree with you because I have experienced something like this before. At a party, I got to try trapeze and it took me some time before I made the first jump but after that it was thrilling. I would have definitely regretted my decision if I had not done the trapeze and if I had been given the chance to jump off a 10-meter diving tower, I would do it. I would also have to take a few moments to get in the zone, much like the boy who was on the tower with his sister who tuned out her voice in order to think, but I would have definitely done it as well. After all, life is about living isn't it?
I agree, it would have taken me a while to decide to jump, but I would have definitely chosen to jump in the end because people really do only live once and why not jump off a really tall diving board while you are at it. But I would probably have jumped off with my eyes closed first and then do the challenge of just jumping. But by the third or fifth time around I would probably be trying to do a whole bunch of cool spins on my way down. And as the article says if I maybe had a friend doing it at the same time I was or a very pushy crowd behind me I would most likely be getting to the jumping faster.
A moment that stood out for me in this documentary is that the older women was very hesitant to jump and said she did not have the the guts to do it and started going doing the steps then comes back up to actually jump. Most of the men could not even do it because it seemed to "impossible". This really surprised me because I would think that a man would be more fear less and more willing but in this film it showed that most of them people who when up there all had the same thought oof that the jump was to far up and very intimidating. When i watched this I wondered if I would go through with it and jump.
I like the fact that you mentioned that most of the time men did not jump because they perceived it as "impossible." The film club shows how gender stereotypes can be incorrect most of the time. In society, men are seen as brave and independent whereas women are seen as cowardly and dependent. Whereas in the video there were more women who jumped than men. Also, most of the women who jumped were alone and the few men that jumped were with someone. Another thing that the video challenged were stereotypes about old people. The elderly are seen as weak and fragile but in the video the woman looked like she was in her 70s and she jumped off of the diving tower.
I agree with the fact that everyone thinks that men are more likely more brave than women but after watching this video it showed you that stereotypes are not always true sometimes it could be wrong because of the amount of women that through with it and jumped.
It didn't cross my mind that the men were so cowardly towards the task compared to women. I admired the bravery of the women since most of them were alone when it came time to jump and they needed little encouragement to take the risk. I was quite impressed by the elderly woman who was so fearless and took the risk at her age which ultimately shut down the typical stereotype for the elderly.
I think that this video shows a lot of fear towards new things and texting peoples limits, but it encourages me to take the leap next time I am in a situation where I decide to jump or not.
It looks like a good time in my eyes, but the people that re in the film don't seem to like it. I myself have jumped off buildings and bridges before and i think it would be a great time jumping off ten meter tower.
That is exactly what I was thinking, that it would be a thrill. However, I have never jumped off of a building but I plan on jumping off of a helicopter one day. Was it easy for you when you first jumped off of something high? Or did you hesitate and grow fear similar to the people in the video?
I have noticed that the people that were in a group of two was more likely to jump, as for people that were by themselves, more walked off. I would say peer pressure did play a role in the amount of people jumping, though personally I wouldn't jump.
I would have probably walked off too if I were by myself! But with a friend it is so much better. I would rather be pushed by my friend that way I have no control over my limbs since they would most likely be stuck to one spot meaning I'm getting no where. Being pushed by your friend is so much better since you don't get time to process how painful the water could be once it hits your skin. You might scream at your friend for pushing you afterwards but it would be a bittersweet feeling for me since I also would feel accomplished.
In my opinion i think this is crazy i would never be able to do it the people who did are very brave and the ones who didn't i feel you because i'm afraid of hikes.