With close examination of one of the ending of the films, analyse the way in which the director has brought the film to a satisfying conclusion.

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With close examination of one of the ending of the films, analyse the way in which the director has brought the film to a satisfying conclusion.

   Gurinder Chadha who is the producer, director and writer of the film had one intention. Her intention was to make people believe that anything is possible. Gurinder does this by challenging the audience’s expectations. Right from the beginning of the film, the title is contradicted by calling the film ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ then showing an Asian girl playing football. This does not match the audience’s expectation which is of a boy and certainly no of an Asian girl. She has created a film to show the struggles of a girl who dreams of playing football while battling against her culture and keeping the mood with a hint of Indian humour. The film comes together well with a satisfying ending and a use of different techniques & meanings to fulfil the directors intentions.

   Different techniques are used from lighting, editing, camera and sound to create a narrative and meaningful ending. These add to the cinematography which helps put the film together. For example when Jess receives her results her mother prays that they are good to their God. Here there is use of high angle shot, to show from the God’s view. This also shows the expression on all of their faces, especially Jess to show how unhappy she is. When she hears that her father wants her to be a doctor or lawyer the screen fades into Jess taking down the picture of David Beckham which represents her dreams and her future that she wants. With soft and slow non diegetic music playing and the lyrics say “dreams are dreams”. All of this put together shows that Jess’s dreams are being lost & her culture is taking over, preventing her from playing football and doing what she wants.  

   After this another editing technique is used which dissolving, when one screen shot blends into the other changing. This is used when Jess takes down the picture of David Beckham; it then dissolves into the preparation of the wedding. As it dissolves into the wedding the same music is playing showing that her culture and the wedding is more important at this stage to please her parents. But as it then cross cuts to the preparation of the match, this represents what Jess is missing out on. While it is cross cutting from the wedding to the match it uses another camera shot. This is a shot in Jess’s view while she is spinning around; it shows all the people who represent her struggle to break free to play football. It also shows Jess’s face when she spins around and the rooms lighting is on her. It shows how she feels, as she is trapped and can’t get free. Something else which is important in this scene is when Jo, who is her football coach, comes to her house. Jess’s father says “don’t mess with your future” implying to Jess not to play football, because her future is already planned out by her parents.

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   This scene then dissolves into a bird’s eye view of the big day of the match & wedding. To help set the atmosphere non diegetic music is played. The music is Indian which had loud drum beats to show how important both events are but it is slow at the same time to show that Jess is feeling sad and left out and kept away from her dreams. During this scene it continuously cross cuts from the wedding to the match and showing Jess’s sadness on her face as her dreams were being removed from her life. The effect ...

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