Media Language

In the opening scene you as an audience are shown a close up of a young black boy, who you later find out is the main character. In background there are the sound of sea gulls, which would indicate that Simon is near the sea side. This then quickly turns into a long shot of the young boy sitting on a bench alone, with laughter coming from inside the café behind him. A close up of red feminine shoes directly follow, with another clip of Simon’s feet in another pair of red high heel shoes. The music over this clip consists of a high pitched, slow but up beat effect, this then links into a close up of the boys face.
The music seems to get louder as Simon begins to dance around more and more, this is then followed by a long shot of him showing the surrounding he is in. There are continuous close ups and long shots as he begins to dance more on the deck. There is suddenly a reflection of Simon in the window continuing to dance with high heels on, the background comes into focus to reveal his presumed father standing there watching. At he knocks on the window the music stops and there is a quick close up of Simons shocked expression. A long shot of the boy running back shortly follows, there is a close up of him changing his heels back into shoes as his father approaches. A medium close up shows Simons and his father takes him home.
There is slow motion of the previous clip of the boys shoes dancing around, this then moves into a tracking shot, slow motion is a sign of the past, being shown. The music also comes back on, and the title ‘Kinky Boots’ appears in a fancy red font. This finally fades into a crane shot of a shoe factory, and the music fades down quietly.
The next section shows a close up of a father and son talking about shoes, this fades into another close up of various shots of shoes being made. This then changes to two pairs of shoes which reveals its again the father and son out side, a long shot show this to the audience. The close ups of shoes being made is repeated again with fades in between every cut. The music now fades out as the father begins to talk, showing importance. Close ups and long shots of father and son, showing good relationship. Once again there are more close ups of shoes being made which also fade in between each cut, with the music continuing. There are then close ups of shoes completed, and it continues to fade into them being boxed up, may indicate time passing by.
The music now quietens down and again a clip of a pair of shoes are shown, these are the father and sons although the son is now wearing trainers, showing change and time pasting by. As the father makes a speech there is long shot which turns into a tracking shot of the factory makers and the father and son standing above them, showing superiority. After this there is a clip of the sons old trainers and a long shot of him at a train station, which may indicate he is moving on some where else.