The documentary Community FC, follows the manager of a football team as it educates us on what his role is, and how Covid-19 has affected his role as a manager.
The film starts with an interview with Ellis (the football team manager). This is a great place to start as it allows us to instantly get an idea of the type of person that he is. By having Ellis situated in what is clearly a student setting through the clever use of Mise en Scene, we as an audience immediately interpret that this is a student we are chatting with. For example, we have a pull focus shot at the beginning of the film that moves from an open pouch of tobacco, to Ellis playing football in the background. The film is very informative as it gives information not only on how things used to be run prior to Covid-19, but it also educates us on how things are being run now in our current social climate. The reason that this information is useful for the audience to interpret is because it is what gives meaning to the unfortunate current situation and will therefore make the audience empathise for our main character.
I feel that there is a real emotional side to this film as it touches on the mental health issues that the players are having to deal with by not being able to meet up and do the thing that they love, the way that they used to do it. This is shown through the dialogue gained from the interviews, but also through the scenes where we see the actual football match and the training session. By overlapping the dialogue where it is the manager talking about the fact that they are still doing what they can when they can, over the top of some shots of everyone still making a solid effort and training together in any way they can, it shows the audience just how much they need football, which is what makes it all the more sad to watch as it is not even being played to its best potential.
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