-Drugs
-Alcohol
-Violence
-Domestic Violence
-Pregnancy
-Mental Illness
-Single mothers
-Race
-Crime
-Abuse
-Unemployment
-Poverty
-Gang Crime
-Child Hood
-Growing up
-Not fitting in
-Rebellion
-History
We then searched for stories in the news which related to these themes. Here are the Links to the stories which linked to the themes of a British Social Realism film.
Here is a story which links towards the the theme of knife crime
Here is a story which links towards the theme of drugs and how it ruins the life of many people
This story which i found is related towards the theme of domestic violence
This story is an example of how youth is becoming corrupted and knife crime is becoming a serious issue
These stories were not hard to find as British Social Realism Films take inspiration form real life stories that happen everyday, and show the reality of the country we live in.
An example of a British Social Realism film that takes into account many themes is ' This Is England'
Just within the opening sequence of the film, all the themes are clearly established such as Politics, History, Petty crime, School life, Expectations, Violence, Rebellion, and most importantly childhood.
There were many toys shown in the opening of this films, which make the audience reminisce and think about the past and how it has changed.
The theme of childhood has been bought up as most British Social Realism films as they all include a bit of innocence among the characters that life is not always so bad and this innocence is what brings hope to these individuals.
In Mrs Sevens lesson were analysed the opening sequence for panic room in more depth, and recognized the importance of the credits and what order they came in and what they connoted we also discussed the Do's and Dont's when producing a opening sequence to a film.
Dos
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Dont's
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- Show the main character lots,
- Or you do not even have to show them at all.
-The mise-en-scene, setting, location should all be
established well.
-The typography should be suitable of the genre you are
working with.
-The music must be appropriate and also the voice over
must be as well.
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- Do not put the title last out of the opening sequence this
makes it look like a trailer.
-Do not over use certain techniques.
-Do not try and use every single convention.
-Do not give away the full narrative making the opening sequence
look like a short movie.
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In the last lesson this week which was Mr Phillipson's we used the themes which we identified earlier in the week and analysed 5 of them which were used in British Social Realist Films and learnt how they are established due to the conventions.
I have learnt that Social Realist films use conventions to engage the audience into their films such as using a range of shot types in their opening sequence, i have also realized that a good Social Realist film opening sequence creates enigma so the audience is left with answering many questions making them want to continue watching, this means that when i will be making my opening sequence i will make sure that i use a variety of shot types to keep the audience interested and also my narrative needs to be very strong so that it creates enigma keeping the audience entertained and having questions that need to be answered. One opening sequence which i found very influential this week is this is England, despite the fact i have seen it many times this week we have analysed it in greater detail, it conforms every well to every British Social Realist opening sequence. I will conform to some of the conventions used in the opening sequence such as the use of graphics, This is England had over 20 graphics and as i have learnt this week graphics is a major part of British Social Realist films opening sequence use to the fact there are many production companies that have given film 4 the money to produce this film, so i must incorporate these techniques into my work.
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