3. Films comparison
-various commentators
on radio.
We compared a lot to
commentators on tv as
this is a iconic
feature of football.
-Moneyball
Shots and scenery was
based off Moneyball.
-coach carter
The redemption
story line was
based of coach car
ter.
4. Film language-characters
-The camera angles we used on the coach was largely
inspired by money ball as it shows Billy Beans
personality the exact way we wanted. The personality
of Billy Beane in money ball largely matched the
coach at the start of title sequence.
-The orgin of the coach's personality came from coach
carter's personality. This is because Coach Carter
had a strong passion for the team's success and
welling being.
The close up shots
show the coach's
facial expressions
Through the screen
time is obvious
that he is the
coach
5. Narrative
• The sound was inspired by post match commentary and match commentary
• Which was non diegetic however the is in the coach's head as memories of the previous
season.
• The sound was very key for story telling as it tell the audience the past struggles
the team are experiencing.
• The empty stadium shots where inspired by a BBC
documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RVK9nbK16g as their camera
shots highlighted the loneliness of their stadium is.
6. Tone/atmosphere
• The tone and atmosphere was an empty and a negative feeling as the team was on
the verge of relegation.
• The gloomy lighting reflected the mood and atmosphere as grey weather is seen
as very negative.
• The shots of the coach had an ambient sound, this creates a quiet tone to
the coach's thought process.
7. Titles
• The titles a very basic.
• The font was a bold and sans-serif, both of these can be seen as masculine
football stereotype.
• The colour was white and this was because it was very basic as there was much
going on the background meaning a bright and obvious colour wasn't needed.
• The colour also matched the lighting and fitted perfectly, to help it stand out
we added a shadow behind it.
• The animation helped reflect the teams situation of relegation. This was inspired
by the step father
8. Titles
• The conventional title card of a sports drama is sans-serif and bold however we
did not do this as we didn't think it matched the story.
• Many American sports dramas use sans-serif and bold. However in Ted Lasso, a Uk
series, has a similar font to ours. This makes our font conventional to movies
similar to Ted Lasso but in the bigger picture to sports dramas especially in
America, Our sequence is not conventional.
Ted Lasso
9. Conventions
• We decided to do a classic redemption story where the team is on the verge of
relegation and need to go from failure to success.
• We have not challenged any conventions as a conventional sports drama usually has
some sort of redemption story, along with dramatic scenes.
• The reason for this is many redemption stories in the sports genre's are basket
ball but not much football, we thought that this could create a more unique part
to the convention. As there are not conventional football stories.
10. Conventions- Steve Neale
• Steve Neale theory of genre theory is defined as "How much it conforms to it's
genre's individual conventions and stereotypes".
• Our storyline Complies a lot to it's conventions and stereotypes of a sports
drama
• However, Steve Neale would argue that we submit only a small amount to the
Convention as there are many factors that are not stereotypical to our genre such
as the setting,
• The setting is based in a small stadium in England whereas many of the
conventional sports dramas are based in a large stadium in America.
• Due to the setting of the conventional sports dramas it leads to more
conventional sports for example money ball uses baseball in a large stadium.
11. Social groups/issues
• Our opening title sequence is highlighting certain
social norms with in the football community, these
are; white, male and patriarchal
• Due to football being seen as a white ,working
class and masculine sport in England by the
majority.
• 96.6% of elite level coach's are white
men https://farenet.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/12/The-glass-ceiling-in-
football-screen3.pdf
• We chose the ethnicity of the coach as white, as
many managers in football are white and we wanted
to represent the majority.
• Another stereotype we decided to highlight to is
that a white male is seen as more paternalistic
than a black male. (Paternalistic leadership style
is key in football)
• As 96% professional coach's are men we decided to
showcase this through the title sequence.
• Through different factors such as setting we
represented a working class environment.
12. Editing
• We have reinforced a stereotype of a white male as
being important through editing by giving him a great
amount of screen time and only including him in the
title sequence. When someone has a great amount of
screen time it shows importance and value.
• Another way in which we use editing to reinforce the
stereotype of a white male as being important through
editing is by using a long rection shot, showing only
his perspective of the situation.
13. Sound
• We also reinforce the stereotype of football being a male sport by the male crowd
noises and only male commentators in the background. This is greatly highlighted
as sound is a key element of out sequence.
14. Mise en scene
• The mise en scene glorifies
the white male as the
lighting on his face a long
with the coach being the
only one in the stands. Both
of these factors give a
greater meaning to him.
• The actors facial
expressions also can be seen
as alpha as it is very
assertive highlighting the
power that the coach has.
15. Camera
• Firstly the camera is only focused on the coach making the coach look important
to the audience which can be seen as reinforcing the stereotype of a whit male
being the main character
• We also use a Low angle shot which is looking up on the coach making him look
dominant which may be reinforcing the stereotype of a white male being in
charge/power.
