Uses Of Themes In British Social Realism

What is the link between British Social Realism themes and the real world?
The link between British Social Realism themes and the real world is that they are both reality. They are both true and actually happen and draw inspiration form the real world. For example a 15 year old boy was arrested for murder of rival gang member in Jan 2013, this is very similar to the situation in Kidulthood where Sam kills Trife at the end of the moive. This represents how thsese themes happen in the real world.


What is unique about how themes are explored in British social realism films?
Themes in British Social Realsm make you feel a certain deffernt way to how they would be in for example, Hollywood movies. For example, people would enjoy watching all the killing and abuse in films like Expendables or The Godfather, but on the other hand if you saw the same thing happened in a film like Fish Tank, it would make you feel cautious and as if it can happen to you any time. I think this is due to the way British Social Realism movies are filmed. The camera style is very gritty and a lot of the time handheald - which makes it as real as possible.This may even get the audience to feel a little scared which makes the themes of British Social Realism very unique to others. It is as if it creates a certain effect on the audience which no others do.


Is there any themes which are essential to all British social realist films? What are they? Why are they essential?
The main themes which are essential to British social realist films and come up the most often are sex, violence, crime, drugs and drink. For example Kidulthood contained all of these themes, Fish Tank contained all these themes, This is England contained these themes and so on. I believe this is because theses are main ones that actually happen in real life, the rest of the themes arent as common in the real world. I think they are essential because without these themes, it would not be a British Social Realism film as the main themese will not be present which sets it apart from other movies. For example, Hollywood movies contain maybe one or two of these themes and sometimes even none. I also believe these are the most negative themes in comparison with the others, again displaying the worst of Britain.