In British social Realism films, there are many different themes used which portray the reality of life in Britain A few themes which are the main ones you would see in most British Social Realism Films(the conventional ones) would be violence, drugs, petty crime, poverty and childhood. I would say that childhood has developed into a convention over the years as the films have become more based around younger characters as shown in the BSR timeline.
Violence is a theme which is used constantly in British social realism film as it gives the audience a sense of how life actually is. E.g nil by mouth.
In this clip the theme is established when we see the man beating the wife up. Although the women is not shown as she is being beaten up we know it is her as she is pushed to the floor (as shown in the previous scene). This camera language also made the scene more effective as it leaves us thinking what the women's reaction/ emotions might be and the brutal marks from the beating. This was a really effective shot as our imagination is more open than watching it.
Petty crime is a well known theme is British social realism films. Petty crime is different crime as crime would be seen in normal films which don't have much realism. Crime is a term used for a big law being broken such as someone robbing the bank. You wouldn't see something like that happening in a British social realism film as it isn't casually daily thing you would see. However seeing petty crime would be a everyday thing to see such as someone getting mugged. This would be seen in...
Poverty is a key element used in British social realism films as it backs up the point about life being all sad and negative. This wouldn't be shown if the theme of poverty wasn't involved. Poverty is shown in the film london to Brighton when the mum using prostitution as a way to earn money when needed and when they eat out of a cheap side shop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Hq8UB2bto (first few minutes)
Childhood has become a big theme in British social realism films over the past few years. Over time films have started revolving around young adults/ kids more. An example of this would be kidulthood. Kidulthood is a film based around school kids. This films has many themes such as violence, drugs, crime etc. which represent how school kids are.
Alcohol would fit in with a bit of childhood as they would see other people drink and it could affect they in a big way. Alcohol starts many things such as child abuse, crime etc.
Petty crime is a well known theme is British social realism films. Petty crime is different crime as crime would be seen in normal films which don't have much realism. Crime is a term used for a big law being broken such as someone robbing the bank. You wouldn't see something like that happening in a British social realism film as it isn't casually daily thing you would see. However seeing petty crime would be a everyday thing to see such as someone getting mugged. This would be seen in...
Poverty is a key element used in British social realism films as it backs up the point about life being all sad and negative. This wouldn't be shown if the theme of poverty wasn't involved. Poverty is shown in the film london to Brighton when the mum using prostitution as a way to earn money when needed and when they eat out of a cheap side shop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Hq8UB2bto (first few minutes)
Childhood has become a big theme in British social realism films over the past few years. Over time films have started revolving around young adults/ kids more. An example of this would be kidulthood. Kidulthood is a film based around school kids. This films has many themes such as violence, drugs, crime etc. which represent how school kids are.
Alcohol would fit in with a bit of childhood as they would see other people drink and it could affect they in a big way. Alcohol starts many things such as child abuse, crime etc.
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