1. Melina Garcia

2. Typically touch on many different social tensions and issues Both European and American intercultural youth films superficially address cultural tensions and differences through diverse cinematic styles and techniques. Why do they stifle serious issues such as race, gender, sex, etc.? Intentions of youth films: social commentary… or to please an audience

3. Bend it like Beckham (2002) UK: Asian football loving Jess struggles to fit in in England and push the boundaries of her parents cultural restraints to become a football player. Ciao Bella (2007) Sweden: Iranian Mustafa is a football player who travels to a large football tournament with his sex-crazed teammates. Mustafa becomes Massimo, a cool, suave, Italian soccer player who steals the heart of a troubled Swedish girl. Save the last Dance (2001) U.S.A: Sara loses her mother and moves to an urban area with her father. She is a minority, and struggles to fit in, be in an interracial relationship, and regain her passion for ballet.

4. Save the Last Dance (2001): popular urban club music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEEQ2FmWQQk Club Scene: “Oil and milk don’t mix” Bend it like Beckham (2002): cultural mixing of Asians and Englanders Popular Hindi artist gone mainstream in England

5. Mustafa only truly fits in when in Italian disguise as Massimo. The girls only really like him when they go to the popular techno dance club and party to the tune of famous techno DJ Benny Benassi.

6. Ciao Bella: Cultural miscommunication between Turkish and Swedish people. Mustafa has to become Massimo, just got the Swedish girls to accept him. Comedic relief: Mustafa shaves his mustache, puts on a stylish outfit, but sun glasses, and practices his “ciao bella” to the girls in the mirror. Save the Last Dance: cultural miscommunication between blacks and whites Club wear: “this aint no how down”

8. “the teen-oriented movie's success isn't so surprising when one glimpses the youthful crowds flocking to theaters such as the Cineplex Odeon at Universal CityWalk. With their ultra-baggy cargo shorts, doo-rags wrapped around their heads, and bodies festooned with tattoos and piercings, the look of these young moviegoers mirrors the multiethnic mélange of actors on the screen.” – Robert Welkos

11. Parallel cross cut editing: worlds beginning to collide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn0-7zClnWA

12. Wide angle shots: Isolation Sex crazed boys cheering on a team mate as he loses his virginity- Mustafa standing alone in sorrow and jealousy, watching.

13. Sara and Derek end up in med school and Juiliard despite racial differences and financial setbacks Mustafa and Linnea happily together, despite teenage pregnancy Jess gets to fulfill her parents wishes and pursue her dreams in California. Pleasing the youth audiences has box office effects.