Socail Realism Timeline

Era	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s
Key Films	1.Kes 2.Poor Cow	1.  Quadrophenia	1. Made in Britain 2. Scum	1. Train spotting 2. Nill by mouth	1. Kidulthood 2. Bigga Than Ben
-Themes & Situations	1. Children are getting told off for making very slight jokes about Germany and the teacher and being told off for small insolence. 2. The struggle of a single mother in times of when having children before marriage is not acceptable.	1. A rude stuck up moody boy who is extremely bad behaved and does not give a care, he is prepared to fight anyone who comes in his way.	1. A young boy who has basically messed up his life by committing crimes and doesn't care whether he lives of dies has no moral conscience. Now dealing with more sensitive issues. 2. Uncontrollable boy who has no sense of control, and a very bad temper	1.A messed up boy who is high on drugs. The situations have become more delicate and open as drugs is a very sensitive topic. 2. The topic is very sensitive again, of domestic violence, this is not something which they would show earlier in the film industry.	1. Messed up teenagers living though life and find it acceptable to steal and swear. Gang culture becomes more acceptable. The themes have changed a lot and the children have no respect compared to the 1960’s where children were scared to even raise their voice. 2.This theme is very different, to all the other themes it has aspects of robbery this is a different theme.
-Recurring Characters	1.A young naughty boy who seeks attention. 2. A struggling mother who would do anything for their child.	1. A troubled boy who is struggling to thrive in life.	1.Again we are shown with a young troubled boy who has given up on life 2. Again the messed up young boy who needs direction in this life.	1. Here again, it is a young boy who has a messed up life and this character keeps reoccurring through every era. 2. Here a new character is introduced but carries along the same story line as the mother is the one who is suffering.	1. The character of the messed up boy has come through the ages, but now girls have also degraded themselves 2. Here the type of character is kind of recurring as there are young boys- not so young this time but still teenage boys trying to get money and break out the situations.
-Settings and Locations	1.Britain, but charters in Yorkshire. 2. Britain, living in a relatively good home but struggling with her child.	1. Britain	1. In rough towns on Britain he has no real home. 2.Rough area and rude language constantly swearing.	1. The setting was In a run down area in Britain where they cannot be found doing drugs. 2.It is a normal family house in the city where this takes place, unusual of a BSR film	1.The settings and locations have changed, very gritty and run down council flats. 2. The locations are of a typical BSR film, very gritty and imperfect.
-Camera, Editing And sound	1.Good control of camera and a Variety of shot types, looks very professional. regional accent from Yorkshire 2.The camera work is very simplistic, reflecting on her own life style. With a voice over presenting her loneliness	1. A good Variety of shot types, quite simplistic but editing creates apparent meaning to the viewer and makes us want to carry on watching. The language is very rough and rude.	1. The camera work has very good use of controlled use and the sound in this opening is contrasted with the informal and rude language of the boy by the posh accent of the judge. 2.The camera work is typical of a British social realism	1. There was a very unusual editing technique for a BSR film however It engaged the audience and made the want to carry on watching, very strong language was used as this is becoming more acceptable. 2. Here the editing techniques are every simple but there is very violent language used as it is used more frequently throughout the ages.	1. The editing techniques are very good and have improved from the era. The dialogue is very rough and informal. 2. The editing is editing is makes the audience want to watch on and think what comes next, the sound is very informal.
-Meise-en-scene	1.We are able to identify the cat that this film is set in the 1960s due to the clothing the boys are wearing and the type of school. 2. The mother is wearing nice clothes which is unusual for a BSR film.	1. The mise-en-scene is shown as very gritty and real, no glossy cover.	1. Shows a very gritty style and the main characters clothes connote he has no money or care about what he wears. 2. What he wears is very simplistic and we can see by the settings and surroundings that we are in the 1970s	1. The Mise en scene in this is very different compared to all the other openings I have watched as it has a more modern but trashy feel. 2. it seems very homely but very violent situation creates a tense feel	1.You are able to see that we are in the modern era, where it has become acceptable for young kids to drink, we can see in the way that they dress that they do not care about their education. 2. The era as we know is in modern day times, we can see this by the type of costume that is own and the type cast of the actors are very good.

In my own words I think a British Social Realism film is one which captures the mundane of life, and portrays normal peoples everyday life and gives an insight to what some people have to deal with from day to day. These films are made to make us think about how fortunate we are to be living relatively normal life’s, and too emphasize the problems that people go through in Britain, these people that are shown in social realism films are usually the unforgotten people that no one wants to