After watching ‘Wasp’ and ‘Eight, one of our media lessons as well as watching other social realist films, ‘Train spotting’ for instance, in our self study, we compiled a list of genre conventions and techniques that are used to create a sense of British social realism.
- It attempts as best as it can to make the viewer think what he is watching is real. So:
- Often uses long takes and natural dialogue.
- It attempts as best as it can to make the viewer think what he is watching is real. So:
- Often uses long takes and natural dialogue.
- Stereotypes are often used to introduce themes and characters quickly
- Not a lot of camera movement, use of lots of long held shots-perhaps with slow pans, tracks or other movements, fast camera movement would draw attention to the fact that their is a camera and therefore you can tell that what you are watching is not real.
- No flashy editing, again flashy editing would draw attention to the fact this is a film.
- Some social realist films have a lot less non-diagetic music than films of other genres (although this is not always the case as in High Hopes) this is again to make the film seem more real.
- Social realism can become almost documentarian in it's style, this being where it originally grew from, a good example of this is ‘Eight’ in which you are almost unsure as to whether the child is an actor or a real child that they had interviewed to find out about the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster. This made the film much more emotive and effective, because the film is based on real events and it is much more hard hitting and realistic.
- As a general rule British Social Realist films are concerned with British people which means the huge majority of the characters are British, although today many other ethic minorities are present inBritain
- Social realist films often try and address and discuss social issues, these are often social issues very specific to the time periods they are set in.
- Not a lot of camera movement, use of lots of long held shots-perhaps with slow pans, tracks or other movements, fast camera movement would draw attention to the fact that their is a camera and therefore you can tell that what you are watching is not real.
- No flashy editing, again flashy editing would draw attention to the fact this is a film.
- Some social realist films have a lot less non-diagetic music than films of other genres (although this is not always the case as in High Hopes) this is again to make the film seem more real.
- Social realism can become almost documentarian in it's style, this being where it originally grew from, a good example of this is ‘Eight’ in which you are almost unsure as to whether the child is an actor or a real child that they had interviewed to find out about the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster. This made the film much more emotive and effective, because the film is based on real events and it is much more hard hitting and realistic.
- As a general rule British Social Realist films are concerned with British people which means the huge majority of the characters are British, although today many other ethic minorities are present in
- Social realist films often try and address and discuss social issues, these are often social issues very specific to the time periods they are set in.
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