Genre & Director Research

Genre Research

Social Realism sprung from the 1950/60s, they became critically and commercially sucsessful very fast. When they came to cinemas it hit off with the working class as they enjoyed watching films that they could relate too. A huge profit was made and it could be seen as the working class hitting back at the goverment.

Social Realist films are films that could very easily be real life events, which is why so many people enjoy them. Social realist films allow the audience to connect with the film as they may have experienced some of the occurances in the film in their own life.

Director Research

Gurinda Chanda directed Bend It Like Beckham in 2002. It is a sucsessfull social realism as it has a main protagonist who faces family problems which could relate to others in another way.

Fish Tank (2009) is an award winning film directed by Andrea Arnold. The protaganist, Mia (played by Katie Jarvis, who was an unknown actress) faces daily struggles whilst living on a council estate (location shooting convention)

Trainspotting is a film directed by Danny Boyle in 1996. It charts a man's journey to clean up his herorine addiction and get out of Edingburgh despite influences of friends. The use of drugs and sexual references may relate to lower class problems which made it a sucsessfull social realism film.