Narrative Structure

Exposition :

This will be the first sighting of our main character , other wise known as our Protagonist in the film. It will be a restricted shot of our character , and it will be in present tense of our character it self. In fact the first real character we will See would be the characters mother. The mother will be shouting at the child , and telling him to go to the prayers. We will have a shot of our characters back from the mirror next to his front door , this will reveal his clothing which can have an input of the representation of the character. This shot will consist of continuity editing as the character will ignore his mother and leave the house. All this would be filmed in present tense to have an effect on the audience that they are involved with the protagonist from the start of the film and they will feel as if they are on his roller coaster along with our character Yusuf Majeed.

 

Agent/s of change:

The antagonist is introduced into the story line. The boxer is having a very good run of form , he has won all of his fights , and receives a call from the BOA (British Olympic association). He has a bout with another potential contender for the preliminary fold for the British Boxing team. However his luck and persistence is broken at one point , and this is his challenger for the fight to his potential Olympic spot.

Conflict complication

As our character is a Muslim , a follower of Islam. The religion is against boxing. However the character is not just a devoted Muslim but his mother and father think that too. This means they do not of his boxing career at all up until his fight which has caused a lot of media attention , the fight which determines his role as an Olympic athlete for team GB. Due to the fact he has gone unknown through his amateur career , it was a surprise that he was getting called up. Also he is from the urban city of London , which gave him a lot more media attention. Therefore his father was fully aware of hes fight , and it came as a shock. Yusuf does not approach his parents on the day of the fight , and heads out to his fight in Leicester which he had explained to be a mosque trip. His father attends the bout and his appearance at the stadium certainly has an effect in Yusuf's performance.

 

Elaboration

Yusuf may come across as a very devoted Muslim towards his parents , however he has not been the most faithful and he knows it himself. The area which he lives in , is stricken by poverty in many small segments of the area. Unfortunately yusuf is among these few segments , and for his boxing gear as well as boxing license he needs to get hold of a fee funds. He results to delivering large packages to people. He has doubts on what are in these packages however he was told that they are drugs . And he chooses top ignore the fact and just see out the few jobs in order to pay for his boxing dream. Slowly he mixes with the wrong sort of people , and is now asked to go a step ahead in the drug trafficking business. He was asked whether he would be part of selling his own cocaine. he refuses but the people just keep coming back for him. although he has two personalities and the other is locked up in the ring , his second personality is unleashed on to a thug when they approach him again. also the school he attends is a mixed school , therefore he is not shy of women as much. He develops feelings for a Sikh girl , and he confronts her. They both like each other , therefore decide to go into a relationship , as this is forbidden in Islam as well as the fact the two religions have got conflict between them his father is furious when he finds out about this as well as his job and boxing hobby. Yusuf's father bans him from leaving the house only for school , as well as mosque which his father escorts him to both. Worst of all he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant with their baby.

Climax & resolution

Yusuf is being boxed out of his social life by his parents , however at school he hears a lot of discussion about his boxing career spreading. The BOA looked into his fight , as he was winning going into the third round and only a minute to go his opponent managed a freak victory due to Yusuf's shock of his dads appearance. They review his situation and offer him a chance into the preliminary squad. Yusuf jumps to the occasion , not even asking his parents he accepts the offer. They find out and he offers to leave the house , where he compromises and comes to an agreement to stay at his girlfriends house. A potential Olympic athlete now lives with his pregnant girlfriend only at the age of 18 with no parental backing but he has a dream.

Coda

Yusuf's parents realise they have possibly shut out his life at a young age , therefore approach him. They accept what he has become , and apologise and even offer for his girlfriend to be apart of the family. Fresh from his bronze medal in the Olympics , he gives up boxing and devotes his life as a Muslim and a breadwinner for his new family. A shot 5 years later , shows the son of Yusuf being trained in his boxing gym with Yusuf now married and a devoted Muslim with a topi (muslim clothing ; hat).