The director of Bend it like Beckham is Gurinder Chadha in 2002 and was set up in Hounslow in London. It focuses on Jessminder and Jules’ dreams of playing football professionally while facing and overcoming cultural difference and gender pressures from their families and the people around them. The film talks about themes such as Cultural differences, gender stereotypes, and the overcoming of such barriers are perpetual. Jess is raised in a traditional Indian family, however, she grows up in western society which influences her personality. And her best friend, Jules is British and her family accepts Jess’s culture. Opinions on their daughters’ football dreams from their families are different. The final scene of the film portrayed coming
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The soundtracks played a significant role in the film to get across ideas and prompt the viewers to challenge their own views and beliefs on the culture and expectations of gender. This was achieved by the seemingly ironic use of the lyrics playing in the background in certain scenes, contrasting what the lyrics were saying with what was actually occurring in the film. Soundtrack “I’m a Lady” playing during the scene when the girls were training hard and playing football; satire portrayed as the lyrics were indicating notions of femininity while the girls were doing something that was traditionally considered masculine. In this way, the director challenges gender norms, questioning what is considered to be feminine and what is not, and that pursuing something that may be seen as masculine doesn’t make women any less than they are. Indian music played continuously during a long shot of a Western suburb where Jess lives. The combination of Indian music and the Western scenery contrasts the two cultures, and at first viewing seems to clash with one another. However, the deliberate placement of these film techniques serves to showcase and indicate the co-existence of two cultures, and may refer to the idea and acknowledgement of cultural diversity. The use of music was incorporated throughout the film to challenge cultural barriers and gender stereotypes. …show more content…
The director uses camera shots and angles to explain the coming together of different cultures towards a common contract. Long and overhead shots were combined so as to distance increases, the audience are able to see more objects or people into the one frame at one time, and this was used in this film for the purpose of portraying unity of the characters in the movie. There is a scene when Jess managed to score the penalty kick and her team won the match; everyone in the locker room was helping Jess to put on her sari so that she could go to Pinky’s wedding. A long shot and overhead shot was used to include Jess and all the girls in the soccer team in one frame to include the whole team. In addition, the long shot also showed the contrast between Jess who was in the centre of the frame wearing her bright sari and everyone else in their soccer uniforms helping Jess put the sari on. Football shorts and shirt represents the western culture and the sari represents the Indian culture. Teenagers are from two cultural backgrounds coming together and working together in harmony which links to the plot of breaking down of cultural
The soundtracks played a significant role in the film to get across ideas and prompt the viewers to challenge their own views and beliefs on the culture and expectations of gender. This was achieved by the seemingly ironic use of the lyrics playing in the background in certain scenes, contrasting what the lyrics were saying with what was actually occurring in the film. Soundtrack “I’m a Lady” playing during the scene when the girls were training hard and playing football; satire portrayed as the lyrics were indicating notions of femininity while the girls were doing something that was traditionally considered masculine. In this way, the director challenges gender norms, questioning what is considered to be feminine and what is not, and that pursuing something that may be seen as masculine doesn’t make women any less than they are. Indian music played continuously during a long shot of a Western suburb where Jess lives. The combination of Indian music and the Western scenery contrasts the two cultures, and at first viewing seems to clash with one another. However, the deliberate placement of these film techniques serves to showcase and indicate the co-existence of two cultures, and may refer to the idea and acknowledgement of cultural diversity. The use of music was incorporated throughout the film to challenge cultural barriers and gender stereotypes. …show more content…
The director uses camera shots and angles to explain the coming together of different cultures towards a common contract. Long and overhead shots were combined so as to distance increases, the audience are able to see more objects or people into the one frame at one time, and this was used in this film for the purpose of portraying unity of the characters in the movie. There is a scene when Jess managed to score the penalty kick and her team won the match; everyone in the locker room was helping Jess to put on her sari so that she could go to Pinky’s wedding. A long shot and overhead shot was used to include Jess and all the girls in the soccer team in one frame to include the whole team. In addition, the long shot also showed the contrast between Jess who was in the centre of the frame wearing her bright sari and everyone else in their soccer uniforms helping Jess put the sari on. Football shorts and shirt represents the western culture and the sari represents the Indian culture. Teenagers are from two cultural backgrounds coming together and working together in harmony which links to the plot of breaking down of cultural