Video Analysis: Richie Parker Drive

Richie Parker Drive

No one really thinks about putting themselves in other people’s shoes. You’d be amazed at the difference between your life and Richie Parker’s life, which is not that much different, but he learned to do things a different way. ESPN tells the story of Richie Parker with a short seven-minute video, he also happens to be one of the most successful engineers in Hendrick Motorsports. The sole purpose of this video is about Parker’s success and accomplishments throughout his everyday life, which casually questions the audience, “how do you get through your day?” His story can serve as an example to ESPN viewers, Carolina natives, and others, in hope that he serves as an inspiration that anything is possible. ESPN captures the reality that most people don’t think about, the reality no one ever wishes to live, but with Parker’s pride and confidence, he only happens to prove everyone wrong.
He manages to do everything with his feet, including his complex job that involves computer modeling and other complex work. Slowly after ESPN introduces Parker’s everyday routine, it shifts to his background story of how he grew up differently than others. By getting his father and mother to tell park of the story, it really helps the audience feel bad for him. Along with that, the background music helped with that effect, but once they included clips of how his family adjusting things so he won’t be able to ask for help, that just gave the audience a spark of hope for him. Also those clips helped with solid evidence of how he did things