Bend it like Beckham clip for final

· plane leaving shows departure from english culture, flying away from the house

· from the bottom showing that we have no control over what happens

· all diagetic sounds

· when praying for the results, being filmed from above. from god's perspective, shows religiousness of family

· colors are significant

· dad- black and white- cannot see past wrong and right

· mother- english style robe over traditional indian clothes, shows her english exterior but is indian on the inside

· jess: wearing purple, ambigious color, not sure where she lies yet between english and indian

· placement of the family, centered- awkward for the viewer because people are usually placed on the corners of the screen

· everything is very gaudy and printed so the solid characters really stand out

· the shot is also very angular, showing us the stress of the situation

· when the mother hands jess the envelope, chaddha the director is acknowldging that the result of her exam scores is in jess's power not gods, because we see a point of view shot on the regular level

· you can still see guru nanak overseeing all of it, and it shows that religion plays a huge role int he family

· they value it more than anything else

· all internal diagetic sounds until

· angle returns to up when the results are good

· song begins. dream the dream.

· punjabi blended with english music

· while she is hanging colors, shows all the options in her future that her parents have offered, but they are all different versions of the same thing, everything is so bright and colorful, and when she sees the soccer bal it is the only thing that makes sense

· the way the camera is shot makes it look like purgatory, seeing heaven and hell

· the two empty chairs are symbolic of her mother and father who are still watching her so she is hesitant to make the shot

· her dark solid colors are in complete contrast to the setting and match the soccer ball

· the whole time she is toying around with the ball, "the chairs are watching her" the music is also loudly remixed between the english and the punjabi

· where there are no clothes represents the only part of her future that his uncertain and through that hole she kicks the soccer ball away, and picks up the clothes basket therefore signifying she has chosen the family, the indianness, to give up soccer

· from now on jess only wears color, true turning point