Social Realism Timeline

British Social Realism

What is British Social Realism?

Social Realism represents the real average life of every day people in Britain going through struggles in their life. These people are normally working class but in films will show the dark and gritty part of their lifestyle and how they get through it which normally does not end up well.

Decade	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
Key Films	Look Back In Anger	Poor Cow	Bronco Bullfrog	My Beautiful Laundrette	Trainspotting	Kidult  Hood	Ill Manors
BSR Conventions Denoted Themes & Situation Characters Location & setting Sound Music & Dialogue Camerawork/Editing Other mise-en-scene	-People are working class as train rattles past open window -Trained actors as dialogue is posh -Urban city as there ate trains -Classical music -Industrialised city -Women is scared of the man and she is also doing house work which is stereo-typical -Camera work, standing over women showing he has more power	-Working class as they have baths with buckets -Abusing ladies -Women trying to stand up for them self -Man laughing at women getting abusing by a man as if it is normal -Not trained actors as language is not very good and more natural.	-Language is not as posh meaning they are genuine working class people -Doing labour jobs shows they’re working class -houses are simplistic shows they don’t have much money -Stratford docks -Committing crimes	-Has got colour instead of black and white -working class as there are people sleeping in a laundrette -trained actors, as their acting is done well -Dressed casual	-Very natural speaking -A lot of swearing -Working class people -In pub smoking and drinking as a lot of average British people do. -Men being aggressive towards women -Carrying knifes -Natural acting	-Set in London Estate -More diverse casting e.g. Black/White -Younger cast, school teenagers -Trained actors -Modern language – slang -Guns instead of knifes -Girls bullying other girls shows they have more power in modern day -	-Set in basement -Racism in modern day shows racism is still frequent -Drugs instead of drinking shows how times have changed -Modern grime music -A lot of swearing