Bend it Like Beckham
Director: Gurinder Chadha (2002)
Genre: Comedy/drama/sport/romance
- Slow editing to start
- Production company titles
- Immediate voice over, MS- one of the main characters centralised in the frame
- Soundtrack upbeat, quiet behind voiceover, indian wedding
- Cut to another main character, showing their contrasts in wants, linear to previous voiceover
- Non- digetc whoosh sound, emphasises the ball movement and the importance of the football
- CU of football, key to narrative, flashes to Beckham playing football and back to main character showing the similarities of talents/ also engages audience through fast editing
- Key dialogue, CU of football game on TV, important theme in film
- Over the shoulder shot, looking at Beckham on a poster, he is the focus of the shot
- Narratvie shown through both chosen dialogue and images
- Special effects, showing time go by, LS, kitchen surroundings, main character doing kick ups with a vegetable, highlighting importance of football to the narrative
- Cuts from one conversation to another, however flows.
- Key locations shown, football pitch, kitchen ( highlights the wants and the norm- indian girl must cook, however wants to play football) locations thus show a message behind the story.
- Soundtrack leads the trailer, follows action climax's etc..
- Cuts every second, longer for important dialogue, more focus
- quicker cuts during disturbed equilibrium
- Wipe transition and sound
- Cultural music- indian
- Titles describe on screen action
- Longer sequences highlight key aspects (e.g. man explaining offside rule- important in football)
- Soundtrack cuts out for important dialogue
- Title of film shown at the end, soundtack simply ends, no fade.
