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http://www.nfsa.gov.au his study guide to accompany on his high school mates – who are Footy Legends (Khoa Do, 2006), even more lost than he is, drifting Ta Suitcase Films production, has aimlessly in the suburbs, wasting their been written for secondary students. lives – to lend a hand and they agree. It provides information and sugges- The only thing they have ever been tions for learning activities in English, good at is playing footy. The competi- Literature, Media, SOSE, Vietnamese tion could change their lives. and curriculum projects exploring the concepts of family and friendship. As the season unfolds and Yagoona qualify for the finals, Luc struggles to Footy Legends is rated PG and is look after Anne. Anne’s ill-health and ninety minutes in duration. Alison’s decision that she will not be able to vouch for Luc as a suitable Synopsis guardian, force Luc to confront the Footy Legends reality that his sister may be placed in Luc Vu (Anh Do) is a Vietnamese- foster care. isn’t a film about Australian living in Yagoona, a western suburb of Sydney. When the factory he Then the impossible happens, Luc is footy. It’s a film works at closes, Luc is made redun- offered the chance to play with Double about family, dant. Unable to find a new job and Bay. It’s his ticket out of Yagoona and burdened by the expectations of his is sure to satisfy the Department of about friendship, elderly Vietnam War veteran grandad Community Services. All Luc has to about finding (Dao Minh Sinh), Luc does the best he do is walk away from the Yagoona can to look after his eleven-year-old Schooners and play for an opposing a place for yourself sister Anne (Lisa Saggers), who is his team. in the world. It’s responsibility since their mother died. Loyalty proves stronger than a lucra- about realising When social worker Alison Berry tive contract and Luc decides that he’s (Claudia Karvan) warns him that Anne not going to lose anything anymore. broken dreams will be put into a foster home unless Yagoona take to the field and face their and ambitions. he gets a job and proves that he is a fear, a team composed of five of the responsible guardian, Luc becomes greatest rugby league players in the It’s about finding convinced that the only way he will es- history of the game – Bradley Clyde, a way home. tablish some sort of security for himself Cliff Lyons, Gary Larson, Rod Wishart and his family is by winning the Holden and Brett Kenny. It takes guts to claim SCREEN EDUCATION Cup, a rugby league competition with glory but unlike all of the times before, – Khoa Do a first prize of a new Holden ute and a this time the boys from Yagoona don’t contract to appear in advertisements just have promise, they have what it modeling clothes for Lowes. Luc calls takes to win.
2 Background
Khoa Do and his brother Anh came Director’s Statement to Australia in the early 1980s as boat people, children of Vietnamese When I was twelve, our family moved to Yagoona, a suburb in Sydney’s west refugees. The family moved about that sits on the Hume Highway. Most people travel past Yagoona when they’re Sydney’s west, following the cheapest on their way somewhere, but not many actually stop here. I guess there’s not rents, until settling in Yagoona when much to do. Yagoona’s only claim to fame was that in the 1970s, the first-ever Khoa and Anh were adolescents. The McDonald’s in Australia was built here (then in the late 1990s, it was one of the brothers both got part-scholarships first McDonald’s to close down). to an exclusive North Shore Catholic school; both got into law and both So with not much to do, we played footy. I joined the Yagoona Twin Willows changed their minds, deciding to pur- rugby league team (we were named after our local pub), and we were the sue careers in the arts. worst team in the competition. We had players who were big, players who were small, players from different ethnic backgrounds, but we had no play- The subject matter of Footy Legends ers with any talent. Every game, we would lose by forty points. But it never is close to the Do brothers’ hearts, stopped us from playing. We were out in the park, day and night, kicking that echoing traces of their own Yagoona football around until all the synthetic came off. We loved our footy. It was upbringing and their dream of play- something we looked forward to, something that brought us together, and ing pro-rugby league. Comedic and most importantly, it was fun. compassionate, the film reflects Khoa’s belief that ‘If you embrace what is And that’s where the idea for Footy Legends came from. Four years ago, whilst unique or special about yourself, you I was making The Finished People, my brother Anh and I were having dinner can do anything.’ one night when we thought – wouldn’t it be great to make a film with footy in it? As we started talking, we realised that while Australia is a sports-mad Khoa Do country, we don’t have many films with sports in [them]. That night, we came director and co-writer up with the concept for the film, and realised that through sports, anything was possible – even for a bunch of lads from Yagoona. There have been so Khoa Do became a volunteer with many real-life stories of the most unlikely teams triumphing, and we knew that Open Family Australia and began if we’d made such a story, set entirely in our world, then it could be something working with at-risk youths in Sydney’s really refreshing and unique in Australian cinema. western suburbs in 1998. He was named Young Vietnamese Australian So we embarked on a journey to make Footy Legends come to life. After com- of the Year in 2001 and Bankstown pleting the first draft, I approached Megan McMurchy to come on board as Young Citizen of the Year in 2002. His producer of the film. I’d met Megan while she was the series producer of SBS’ debut feature The Finished People award-winning Hybrid Life series, for which I wrote the Jane Manning-directed (2003), a gritty, low-budget exploration drama, Delivery Day. From the beginning, I’d always thought that Megan of life on the margins in Cabramatta, would be a great producer to work with. Needless to say, from the first mo- was awarded the Yalumba Independ- ment she read the script, Megan’s commitment to the film has been 100 per ent Spirit Award for a debut feature cent. Over the next two years, the script was written by myself, Anh and Anh’s and Khoa’s role as a director saw him wife, Suzanne. Working with Anh and Suzie was a wonderful process, where nominated for other awards. Khoa Do we knew each other’s strengths and complemented one another – Anh and was named Young Australian of the Suzie were strong in finding authentic moments, editing dialogue and com- Year in 2005 in recognition of his will edy, and I was more experienced in structure and drama. During that time the to inform Australians about issues that script changed, but at its core the main theme of Footy Legends has stayed affect our communities. His leader- the same – that if you believe in yourself, then anything is possible. The world SCREEN EDUCATION ship and compassion were seen as changed during this time, and inadvertently, I think our script changed with it. inspirational. Khoa has just completed another feature film,Missing Water Watching the film now takes me back many years, to days on the football (2009), a story about Vietnamese boat field, days out in the last light of dusk, chasing dreams that seemed so far people partly based on his family’s away. One of my hopes with Footy Legends was to make a film where every experience. kid, from Yagoona to Penrith to Kalgoorlie, will believe that his dreams are possible. 3 – Khoa Do Anh Do co-writer, co-producer and lead actor
Anh Do is a writer, actor and stand- up comedian. His television credits are many and varied and his feature film credits includeLittle Fish (Rowan Woods, 2005) and Solo (Morgan O’Neill, 2006). Anh was co-producer of his brother’s debut feature The Finished People. Anh has earned many awards for his achievements as a live . analyse the construction of a Key quotations stand-up comedian. In 1999 he was non-print text and comment on the named Sydney Comedian of the Year ways it represents an interpretation . Compile a list of key quotations in addition to winning the National of ideas and experiences; from Footy Legends. Make sure Green Faces Comedy Competition that the list is revealing of the film’s and the NSW Triple J Raw Comedy . respond to a text both personally plot, themes and characters. Competition. Anh is the only comedian and in detached and critical ways; ever to have won all three awards. He . Use key quotations from Footy appears regularly on popular televi- . use their own written and spoken Legends to generate a discussion sion shows such as Thank God You’re texts to explore concepts and of the film and to complete the Here, Rove Live and The Footy Show. ideas and to clarify their own and suggested activities. others’ understanding. . Online interviews with the Discussing key scenes filmmakers can be found at: AFTER VIEWING Allow students to work as individuals http://www.abc.net.au/atthe . A legend is usually regarded to be or in small groups to create an analysis movies/txt/s1697224.htm an extremely famous or notorious of the plot, portrayal of characters, person in a particular field. For purpose and production values of http://www.youtube.com/ example, we claim Donald Brad- a key scene or sequence of Footy watch?v=tRvYzzBeuJw man to be an Australian cricket- Legends. ing legend. Sometimes we might Using Footy Legends praise someone’s efforts by calling At the car yard in the classroom them ‘a living legend.’ Lloydy and Anne accompany Luc to an Teachers may select from the following Why do you think the filmmakers interview for a sales rep at a car yard. information and activities to support settled on the title Footy Legends? Lloydy reminds Luc of his ability to students’ viewing and close analysis of succeed. Anne is just as encouraging. Footy Legends. . Tell your own story about ‘a living legend’. You could write about a . ‘A good salesman can sell any- In completing the tasks, students will personal experience or you might thing – not just cars. They make us SCREEN EDUCATION have demonstrated the ability to: prefer to write in a fictional way believe in them.’ about a character that deserves – Frank this accolade.
4 Does Luc have what it takes to sell Luc informs Alison that winning the cars? Holden Cup will mean that he has a job with Lowes. Luc meets Alison . Is Alison convinced? Luc arrives home to find Alison Berry from the Department of Community . ‘Initially Anne would go to a refuge Services sitting on the sofa in his living until we find a suitable foster home room. Alison informs Luc that Anne’s for her.’ school has lodged a formal complaint – Alison about Luc because Anne is constantly ill, missing lunches and her school fees Anne overhears Luc and Alison dis- have not been paid. cussing her future. Later when Anne is called into the room she points her . ‘Yeah, like, she’s all right, so you fingers like a gun at Alison. can go away if you want.’ – Luc . Were you surprised by Anne’s response? How does Luc react? What do his reactions tell you about his relation- Anne runs away ship with his sister? Anne packs a framed photograph of Yagoona play Kirribilli her mother and Britney, her pet turtle leave her alone in the hospital. It is only into her backpack. She runs away, first when she wakes, and insists that he Yagoona play Kirribilli in a qualifying to Grandad to ask for money and then goes, that Luc heads to the footy. match. to the cemetery to be near her mother. . You’ve got to be kidding me, Vossy, . What do the visitors from Yagoona . What does Anne’s decision to run Yagoona. Seriously, one of the see as they drive through the away reveal about what she really great things about rugby league, as streets of Kirribilli? wants? long as you can tell the difference between a ball and your backside, . ‘C’mon, boys, we can do this.’ Yagoona v Dubbo you just form a team and get on – Luc with it. ‘The winner of today’s games plays the – Matthew Johns All the Yagoona Schooners need winner of tomorrow’s games in the final to do to qualify is draw. What does tomorrow afternoon.’ The commentators can’t quite this match reveal about the quali- – Referee believe that there is a team from ties of the team? Yagoona in the competition. Why The fans pour into the stadium to see do you think this is so? Do you Alison returns their favourite teams do battle. Luc’s agree with Matthew Johns’ opinion teammates nervously await his arrival that rugby league is so egalitarian? ‘So everything’s gonna be all right.’ but his priority is Anne. He is worried Do you think his claim of egalitari- – Luc about Anne’s health and reluctant to anism applies to other sports?
Dubbo play aggressively and the Ya- goona boys are at a loss without their leader. When Walid asks, ‘What do we do?’, the others don’t have an answer.
At half time Dubbo are leading four points to nil. Terry is ready to admit de- feat but Luc is unwilling to call it quits.
. ‘My grandad was shot in the war. He had a hole in his stomach, but SCREEN EDUCATION
5 he kept going … We’re not gone yet, Terry.’ Discussing themes – Luc Family Why does Luc depend on Gran- dad’s story? Friendship
. How does Luc motivate the team Football to believe they can survive the second half and win the game? Dreams
The Grand Final Responsibilities
‘Can the fairytale continue for the Resolving the past digital stories are approximately Schooners or will their story end here?’ two to five minutes in length. Digital – Matthew Johns Community stories are a unique and powerful way to tell a story. You will need Yagoona plays Double Bay in the final. . What does Footy Legends tell us to construct a storyboard, write a about each of these themes? Ask script and source photographs and . Working in a small group, draw on students to endorse their respons- other keepsakes to compose the the scenes in this sequence, as es with specific evidence from the story. Then there are other deci- well as your knowledge and under- film. sions. Who will narrate the story? standing of other sequences of the What sounds and music will be film, to write a series of newspaper . Choose a theme and prepare a part of the digital story? What is an articles about Grand Final Day. multimedia analysis of the film’s ex- appropriate title? You may want to Make sure that your coverage ploration of the theme. Make sure provide a dedication. You should of Yagoona’s big day out at the that your analysis considers how include end credits. Holden Cup Grand Final includes a the theme is made evident through sports report on the highs and lows plot, characters, setting and lan- Further information about dig- of Yagoona’s on field moments; a guage. Use dialogue from Footy ital stories can be found on the report on the way Yagoona came Legends to support your analysis. website of the Australian Centre out in force to support their team; a for the Moving Image
6 . Luc and Anne miss their mother. that a condition of his employment Dreams When is Luc’s grief obvious? Is is that he walks away from the Anne coping without her mother? Yagoona Schooners on the day of Luc and his mates dream of ‘real jobs‘. the Holden Cup final. When Luc . Luc and Anne make regular visits claims, ‘I can’t just swap teams’, . ‘It makes no difference if I apply or to their grandad, who lives in an Billy rattles off a list of players who not; they’re not going to give me a aged-care home. Grandad may have put their own career first. job anyway.’ be single-minded and cantanker- – Luc ous but he loves his grandchildren Did you, even for a moment, think and enjoys their company. Both that Luc would trade loyalty for What makes dreaming difficult for Luc and Anne seek their grandad’s Billy Major’s lucrative offer? Luc? advice when they find the circum- stances of their existence harsh Football . ‘The winners of the Holden Cup will and overwhelming. work with Lowes Menswear to pro- ‘I grew up playing footy in a team mote their new summer collection.’ Spend time sharing stories about with guys from six or seven different – Luc your relationship with your grand- cultural backgrounds, whether it be parents with others in the class. Samoan Australian, Aboriginal Austral- Why does Luc see this opportunity ian, Lebanese Australian, Vietnamese as a dream come true? Friendship Australian.’ – Khoa Do . ‘You and your bloody ideas.’ With nowhere else to turn, Luc calls – Lloydy upon his best mates. But they are no . Anne asks Luc to explain why he better off than he is. Their lives have plays footy. He tells her, ‘Because Lloydy is not impressed when Luc crumbled since they were in high it’s fun. Because when you play tells Pat from Pat’s Butchery that school together, where they were once people like you.’ Make a list of they are playing in the Holden Cup touted as rugby league stars of the moments that prove that football Competition. Has Lloydy given up future. is much more than a game to Luc on his dreams? What about the and his mates. others? . Why are Luc, Boof, Donald, Lloydy, Shane, Terry and Walid best . Luc and his mates are the under- Responsibilities mates? Who are your friends? Why dogs. What does this term mean? do you value their company? Australian sports fans are known Dear Mr Vu, for their unqualified support for . ‘Just let me know, I’m putting the underdogs. Can you think of You have been requested to appear together a first grade team for next some recent examples? Does this at the Downing Centre Local Court on season.’ underdog mentality exist outside of 24th March 2006 at 11am. The matter – Billy Major the world of sport? is in relation to the custodianship of your sister. The department has been SCREEN EDUCATION Billy Major is impressed by Luc’s . ‘Footy Legends highlights that win- monitoring Luc’s progress as Anne’s efforts on the field. His offer of a full ning matters but that participating sole guardian for the last three years. time job with the Double Bay Dol- counts for more.’ Do you agree? Due to your current circumstances phins is tempting until Luc learns we now believe that your ability to
7 continue as sole guardian of Anne is in serious doubt. We have initiated court proceedings …
Alison doubts that Luc has what it takes to care for Anne. When she informs Luc that he will have to show cause in court why Anne should not be placed in care, Luc’s response is a mixture of embarrassment and shame. ‘She’s all right’, he mumbles. ‘You can go away if you want.’
Luc rehearses what he will say at the hearing: make ends meet? What gets in the In attack, the determination of Robert way of him asking for assistance? Lloyd who plays with so much heart, Excuse me, Your Honour. I just want Is his decision not to depend on should carry them out of many a grave. to say that, that I believe that most others irresponsible? Finally, every winning team needs a of the things that the school’s saying strong leader. And in Luc Vu, Yagoona about me stems from the fact that four . What do Lloydy, Boof, Donald, this year have a truly gifted captain months ago I lost my job at the factory Shane, Terry and Walid write on who, on his day, is capable of creat- when it closed down. I’ve been looking the patches of fabric that they pin ing magic. If they can beat Hornsby in for work and I’m an excellent brother, to the front of their jumpers? What the High Schools Final these boys will Your Honour … Sometimes I don’t … do these statements tell you about surely become stars of the future. Sometimes I stuff up, but mostly I’m the men and their sense of their … mostly I’m an excellent brother. So responsibilities in life? – The South West Express, 7 July 1996 I think that you should leave me be the guardian of Anne.’ Thanks. Resolving the past . As a class, discuss how losing to Hornsby High shaped the iden- I object to what they’re saying, Your Luc, Grandad and Luc’s mates need tity of Luc and his mates. What Honour. I’m a very responsible person. to let go of their past, and start looking prompts Luc and his mates to I captained my football team for three- to the future. When Luc says, ‘All our reconsider their sense of self? and-a-half years. And we had a sixty … lives, we lose everything’, he acknowl- sixty-three per cent win record. I’m a edges that their approach to their own Write about an event in your life very responsible person, Your Honour.’ existences is at fault. It is essential that that caused you to doubt who you they find and embrace a new identity. were and what you were capable . Is Luc responsible? What moments of achieving. If you do not want to would you use to prove Alison The flashback to July 1996 reveals that write about a personal experience, wrong? What moments reveal that Luc and his mates have what it takes create a character and write in an her concern is valid? Does Luc to win: imaginative way. need help? What moments reveal that Luc is struggling financially to Yagoona High Promise To Fly Community
By reaching the High Schools Final, The Yagoona Schooners are what Ya- this year’s Yagoona High rugby league goona needs. While many are sceptical team is the best team the school has about the team’s chances of winning ever produced. From the baby faced the Holden Cup, when Luc and his giant Donald La’Lau up front smash- mates prove they have what it takes, ing his way through the opposition, to their supporter base grows. Barrack- the lightning speed of Terry Keenan on ers fill the stadium, congregate at the the wing, the team has talent across Snake Pit and even the Giant Sausage the field. In the centre, Yagoona’s flair and Giant Pineapple take time out to is on display with the dazzling step- watch the game at Pat’s Butchery. ping skills of Walid Chamas. Chamas runs beautifully off the golden boot of . Recall those moments that show SCREEN EDUCATION Boof Toohey. In defence, Yagoona is that there is a strong sense of com- rock solid with the tenacity of Shane munity in Yagoona. MacDonald standing firm and strong.
8 . What are the benefits of belonging to a community?
Is a sense of belonging to a com- munity easy to achieve?
Use these questions to discuss your personal experiences of com- munity and to discuss the film’s exploration of this theme.
Discussing Setting . ‘Footy Legends celebrates western disappointment of applications and Sydney.’ Do you agree? interviews. . Consider the use of different set- tings and explain what each setting Discussing characters All Luc wants is to meet his respon- contributes to the telling of the sibilities to family. He loves Anne and story: . Write a description of one of the cannot bear the thought of losing her. main characters. Use the following o The Holden car yard headings to shape your response: . Have you ever heard the term o Luc and Anne’s home Aussie Battler? Share your under- o The streets of Yagoona o Appearance standing of this term with others in o The park and the river o Personality the class. Is this term applicable to o Anne’s school o Motivations, fears and desires Luc? o Pat’s Butchery o Role/Function in the narrative o The Yagoona Tavern o Relationship to other characters . Luc struggles to live up to the o The streets of Kirribilli expectations of his grandad. What o The cemetery . Build a word bank to describe the are these expectations? o The hospital main and minor characters of Footy o The footy ovals Legends. . In what ways has Luc’s Vietnamese o The change rooms heritage, and his family’s story of . Do you find the characters ofFooty migration as refugees, shaped his . Make a list of images that reveal Legends believable? understanding of life and self? what life is like in Yagoona. Use these images to write a description Luc . Imagine that Luc is nominated for of Yagoona. Yagoona’s Young Citizen of the When we meet Luc his self-esteem has Year. . What evidence is there that oppor- hit an all time low. His efforts to find tunities are few and far between in permanent employment seem futile Write the speech that describes Yagoona? and Luc even resorts to falsifying his why Luc is deserving of this award dole forms to avoid the humiliation and or write Luc’s acceptance speech.
Anne
Anne is eleven years old but often seems older and wiser than her years. She loves her brother and is proud of his achievements. The thought of being separated from him leaves her feeling both vulnerable and angry.
. What are Anne’s strengths? Use moments and statements from Footy Legends to endorse your answer. SCREEN EDUCATION
9 for Anne, she believes that she is right Boof to exercise her authority and advise Luc that Anne should be taken into Shauna, Boof Toohey’s girlfriend, is foster care. angry at Boof’s failure to be involved. She tells him, ‘You’ve lost it’, when he . Is Alison good at her job? is unmoved by the behaviour of his wayward son and instead upset that . ‘You know that there is no way I Shauna is using his high school footy can stand up in front of a magis- socks to clean up the mess that Ryan trate on Tuesday and tell him that has made. Boof needs to become less you are fit to look after anyone.’ apathetic and more disciplined not . What moments remind us that – Alison only for his son but for himself. Anne is still a child? Is Alison unsympathetic? Donald Grandad . ‘You haven’t really given me a Donald is devoted to Debbie but he Luc and Anne’s grandad is seventy- chance.’ has not got her where he wants her. one. From his bed in the nursing – Luc Debbie is stuck in a women’s cor- home, Grandad reminisces about rection centre and visiting hours are his experience of the Vietnam War. Alison tells Luc that he has had limited. For Donald, playing with the On his bedside table are relics of his too many chances to prove himself Yagoona Schooners is about making experience – a medal and his helmet. a capable guardian. What makes Debbie proud. Grandad believes that there’s no such Alison change her mind? thing as failure. Shane . Does Alison change? . Do you think Grandad makes Luc’s Shane MacDonald is a single father role as Anne’s guardian any easier? Lloydy whose son thinks he is a dole bludger. Collecting hard rubbish from the . Why does Grandad deceive his Robert Lloyd’s physical weight match- streets before the garbos get there grandchildren about his time es the emotional weight that he is isn’t the way he wants to make a living as a soldier? carrying around Yagoona. His unre- but he lacks the resources to make a quited love for Jasmyne, the girl next change for the better. Alison door, and his sense that he has run out of options, cause him to contemplate Terry Alison works for the Department of joining the army. Luc doesn’t think that Community Services. She represents Lloydy is up to military service and his When we first meet Terry Keenan he is convention, in a world that appears to awkward attempts at telling Jasmyne trying to push a massive row of shop- be dysfunctional and very unconven- how he really feels suggest that he ping trolleys up an incline but he has tional. While Alison understands that lacks the courage to get what he wants run out of energy. Later Terry is shown SCREEN EDUCATION Luc is battling against all odds to care from life. sitting at home watching television with
10 ends? Work in small groups and record your ideas in a table.
. Do you think the filmmaker made the right decisions about the cast? his overweight mother. It is evident that . Grandad’s helmet and medal Terry is accepting the overwhelming . The letter from the Department • How is music used to tell the story, limitations of his existence. of Community Services reveal character and shape the . ‘Stacks on’ viewer’s thoughts and feelings? Walid . The mob at the Snake Pit Base your answer to this question . The homemade sponsorship on your analysis of a key scene or Walid Chamas is working as a life- patches sequence from the film. drawing model modeling in an art class. His embarrassment as he poses What other symbols can be added . Shot with a hand-held camera, in the nude revealing more than he to this list? Find an image of each the football sequences give us the wants to suggests that he is also symbol. Download or draw the image sense of being right in the middle embarrassed about what his life has onto an A4 page. Match the symbol of the action. The challenge was become. with a quotation from the film. Write a made easier because the cast brief explanation of why the symbol is members could all kick, pass, . Drawing on the descriptions of significant. step, dummy, chip, run-around and Luc’s mates and on your own ideas tackle. For weeks prior to filming, write a ‘before’ and an ‘after’ de- Discussing genre the cast met up to train together scription. The aim of your descrip- and devised many set plays and tions is to show how the charac- . What moments made you laugh? real moves. ter you have selected changes because of his decision to play in What moments made you sad? Did you find these sequences the Holden Cup. convincing? Comedy or drama? What do Discussing relationships you think? . Why do you think the filmmaker decided to use real-life Australian . Compile an analysis of the follow- Production Values sporting personalities to tell the ing relationships: story of Footy Legends? . How does the opening sequence o Luc and Anne foreshadow the ideas of Footy . Matthew Johns and Andrew o Luc and Grandad Legends, introduce characters and Voss, as commentators, ham it o Luc and Lloydy establish viewer expectations? up shamelessly. Why do you think o Luc and Alison the filmmaker decided to take a . Production values such as camera humorous approach? Draw on both moments and state- work, framing, editing, lighting, set ments to support your analysis. design, costumes, make-up, props . View the closing sequence of and sound contribute to the tell- the film. What is the filmmaker’s Symbols ing of Footy Legends. Before you intention and how is this intention begin, make sure you know what achieved? Do you think that this SCREEN EDUCATION . The Holden ute each of these terms means. What was an effective way to resolve . Britney do you notice about each of these the story? . Luc and Anne’s family photographs production values in Footy Leg-
11 . Watch the Footy Legends trailer at . Use one of the reviews to complete . Write a review of Footy Legends.
12 Cast Production team
Luc Anh Do Director Khoa Do
Lloydy Angus Sampson Producer Megan McMurchy
Terry Steven Rooke Writers Khoa Do, Anh Do & Suzanne Do
Boof Jason McGoldrick Line Producer Ann Folland
Shane Shane MacDonald Co-Producer Anh Do
Walid Paul Nakad Director of Photography Martin McGrath
Donald Tristian Fereti Film Editor Suresh Ayyar
Anne Lisa Saggers Production Designer Sarah Stollman
Grandad Dao Minh Sinh Composer Dale Cornelius
Jasmyne Emma Lung Sound Designer Sam Petty
Billy Major Peter Phelps Costume Designer Cappi Ireland
Alison Berry Claudia Karvan Casting Nikki Barrett
With special appearances by: Stills Photography Tram Do & Mark Rogers
Matthew Johns A Suitcase Films production in asso- ciation with Film Finance Corporation Andrew Voss Australia, NSW Film & Television Office and Showtime Australia. Mario Fenech DVD available from Adam Ritson Icon Film Distribution: 34 Lennox Street Bradley Clyde Newtown NSW 2042 Tel: (02) 8594 9030 Gary Larson Fax: (02) 8594 9031
Cliff Lyons References SCREEN EDUCATION
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