Gridiron Gang Essay

The film ’gridiron gang’ is based on a true story of a juvenile detention centre, the film includes the theme of tragedy and rivalry. This film displays the rivalry by revealing the hate between the two gangs the 88s and 95s. In this film it is shown how some teenagers make mistakes and end up in a detention centre where the officers try their best to fix them. The theme tragedy is represented in this film in many ways An example is when ‘Will Weathers’ loses his best friend during a shooting with the 88s .In this film both gangs are forced to overcome tragic events. The scenes that I have chosen to analyse are when will weathers best friend dies in the tragic shooting and the second one is when will weathers saves his team mate in the football field shooting and my last scene is when they lose their first game against the javelin’s. These scenes all represent the themes rivalry and tragedy and also represent many film techniques for example extreme close up, medium close up, long
This scene was tragic because of the shooting. Their many techniques used for example extreme close to show the emotions of will weathers face and how he was confused and didn’t know if he should help his team mate or his gang members.

In conclusion the film gridiron gang is a very successful movie it shows how teenagers can make mistakes that can overcomes their life and it also effectively shows how a football team can change the lives of the teenagers. The themes tragedy and rivalry are both effectively incorporated in the film ‘gridiron gang’ in many scenes as shown. Many camera angles showed how effectively the themes tragedy and rivalry are used and it also show how successfully the film displays film