Short Documentary (Non-League Football Documentary)

This video is a short documentary about Non-league football and that it is just as good as premier league football. The documentary shows the binary opposition of the riches of the premier league Vs Non-league football teams who struggle finically. The documentary shows the life of two Lancashire team non league football teams, Chorley and Bamber bridge. The target audience for this short documentary would most likely be males and football fans aged from 20+.
In this essay, it shall therefore be discussed how the micro elements of mise-en-scene and camera work is used to create a macro meaning of representation of wealth and power to engage the audience.
This short documentary shows the difference in wealth between the premiership and non-league clubs like Chorley and Bamber Bridge. It does this my using juxtaposition. It does this by showing the audience big stadiums with good facilitates, such as old Trafford. It then fades to the Bamber Bridge stadium which is a tiny and low budgeted stadium. This shows how wide the gap is between the finical capabilities of the lower leagues and the premier league.
Generic settings include being shot on location. The documentary is shot at Bamber Bridge Stadium. It has been shot at Bamber Bridge stadium to show the difference in a big premier league stadium and show how run down it is. The audience will more than likely know of how the premiership looks and how rich it is. So this being set at the Bamber Bridge stadium gives the audience a first impression of how low budgeted the club is.
They also interview a working class man which is stereotypical of grass roots football because traditionally the people that got to these matches are from working class families and may not be able to afford to go to football in higher divisions. Also when they are showing the match that Bamber bridge are playing at the bottom of the screen there is some text that compares the prices of Bamber bridge match’s compared to Manchester matches and how much top flight players get paid this connotes that the lower leagues are better value for money than higher leagues. Also some of the stands are terracing so this shows that they haven’t got the funds to afford seating. Show this shows they are poorer than professional clubs.
At the start of the documentary there is a montage clip of magazine front covers which all show premiership teams or premiership players. This is to show that non- league teams don’t get any press coverage so therefore really struggle to build up a fan base.
The Chairman talks about how the club is a family oriented club this is to try to attract people to lower league football.
Lighting and colouring have been used effectively to create representations of wealth.
At the start of the documentary it shows big premiership stadiums with very light brightening and bright colours that looks very appealing. It then shows non- league stadiums very cloudy and dull this is done to make the stadium look even more run down and non- appealing.
　
　
Camera work is uses to create a variety of effects and can therefore contributed to representations of power and wealth in different ways.
A extreme close up shot is a picture taken at extremely close range. In the documentary an extreme close up is taken to show a Chelsea football shirt with price underneath it saying £49.00. This shows that the premiership is wealth because the clubs can sell there football shirts at approximately £50. This also shows they have good publicity because the football shirt is advertising in a magazine.
A close up of Wigan’s stadium show a nice new stadium with good facilities then the Manchester united ground which is very big with a perfect football pitch. It then fades in to a very run down and very small. Also has doesn’t have stands at each side of the pitch. This has been done he Bamber Bridge stadium. The Bamber Bridge stadium (which is non-league) is very run to show the audience the richness in the premiership and how poor non-league clubs are.
A two shot is a shot with two people in it. A two shot is used to show a player (robinho) and manager (Mark Hughes) both holding a Manchester city shirt saying robinho on the back of the shirt. Both of the men are very smartly dressed in the shot some this represents them as being wealthy. Also it is show a top class football player is signing for Manchester city. Some this suggest Manchester city are wealth because they can afford to sign a big name play such as robinho.