Becoming The Queen Of The North

The writer-director Aziz Altamimi builds up an intricate script paying tribute to the big names in the world of wrestling and what impact they have on the lives of both Gabrielle Brown and Gia Adams.

The plot follows a professional wrestler Gia Adams and a Teacher Gabrielle Brown as they slowly unite and face their biggest challenge to date.

The short film Becoming The Queen Of The North begins with a mid-closeup shot of Gia Adams along with a voice-over and upbeat music providing the details of her life increasing the degree of audience engagement with the content of the movie. The long shot of Gia Adam’s wrestling sessions and preparation at the gym lifting weights has been captured by the cinematographer to showcase her passion and dedication towards the sports to ultimately choose the same as her profession. The interview format utilised by the creative team helps them differentiate between the description of the parallel journey allowing the viewers to interpret it as per their understanding. The set design, the black, white, pink, and blue colour palette, dim lighting, sound, dialogues, costume, hair, and makeup have been kept natural to complement and elevate the realism and relatability factor also ensuring that continuity is not compromised to maintain the interest of the audience. The makers of Becoming The Queen Of The North add some animated sketches as the credits roll in demonstrating various behind-the-scene moments allowing the movie to stay with the audience even after they have finished watching it.

In terms of performance, Gia Adams plays herself in the movie and narrates her quest towards a fulfilling as well as successful career learning a lot from her idols and also inspiring many youngsters along the way. Adams with voice modulation and body language has the power to extract the desired emotion from the audience side with every changing situation in the script.

Gabrielle Brown is a teacher with numerous dreams in her eyes. Brown brings out a very different tangent to the story than Adams introducing the personal space of the wrestler in front of the audience.

Tom Campbell plays the role of commentator and lends his voice to add more glory to an illustrious personality. The slight changes in the upbeat tone help the audience to become very excited and interested in knowing all the aspects of the sports person’s life.

Becoming The Queen Of The North talks about celebrating women and their achievements. The short film reiterates the importance of believing in one’s dream and continuously striving to work for the dream to come true without losing hope. The dramatic piece highlights the significance of a strong support system from family and loved ones to boost their confidence to perform well each day and stay grounded at the same time. The cinematic piece tells the audience to enjoy the work one does as it gives them strength to deal with the problems/issues and emerge to eventually become a better human being.