Football hooligan films typically involve storylines revolving around a group of men, perhaps with rough upbringings all with a common love for three things. Football, violence and booze. This common love and friendship creates a solid theme of solidarity throughout all of these films which is unrivalled by any other genre. They are brothers in arms in a world where their lives revolve around football. Typically these films follow a linear narrative and focus around a character who is new to this British sub-culture and this character acts as a the character the audience an relate to as they are completely new to this, just as the audience are. A great example of this is Elijah Wood's character, Matt Buckner from 'Green Street' or Reece Dinsdale's character, John from 'I.D.'. These two characters are brilliant examples as they are both people who are being introduced to the whole new world of football hooliganism. This also allows for a drastic character arc as you can really see how these characters change from the beginning of the film compared to the end after they have been inducted into the new found culture. This creates a great entrance point for the audience as it allows them to feel like they are truly being brought into this world.
I plan on taking inspiration from these films with these storylines as I believe the sense of solidarity and friendship is an absolute necessity in a film of this genre and is something that needs to be included in my film.
As i mentioned previously when talking about storylines typically films of this genre involve a character who is a newcomer to this scene and are welcomed into the group/firm. Also usually when there is a character like this there is a leader type figure who acts as mentor for the newcomer, this is very prevalent in Green Street for example. Characters within these types of films are typically portrayed as being very loud, obnoxious people who love to cause a commotion. They are also seen as being hostile due to their love for fighting. All of this creates characters that would typically not be liked but due to their charismatic nature it makes them lovable rogues in which the audience root for. Another typical character involved in these films is the comic relief, this character is important to make the film feel realistic and also put a bit of a comedic spin on it, as it would just make the group feel unrealistic if there was no comic relief character.
I plan on taking inspiration from the typical characters in football hooligan films as I believe it makes the groups, that are probably the main focus of these films, feel very realistic and likeable.
I plan on taking inspiration from these films with these storylines as I believe the sense of solidarity and friendship is an absolute necessity in a film of this genre and is something that needs to be included in my film.
As i mentioned previously when talking about storylines typically films of this genre involve a character who is a newcomer to this scene and are welcomed into the group/firm. Also usually when there is a character like this there is a leader type figure who acts as mentor for the newcomer, this is very prevalent in Green Street for example. Characters within these types of films are typically portrayed as being very loud, obnoxious people who love to cause a commotion. They are also seen as being hostile due to their love for fighting. All of this creates characters that would typically not be liked but due to their charismatic nature it makes them lovable rogues in which the audience root for. Another typical character involved in these films is the comic relief, this character is important to make the film feel realistic and also put a bit of a comedic spin on it, as it would just make the group feel unrealistic if there was no comic relief character.
I plan on taking inspiration from the typical characters in football hooligan films as I believe it makes the groups, that are probably the main focus of these films, feel very realistic and likeable.
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