Social Realism Research

Social Realism films are films that usually focus on low-class areas, and are genuinely more realistic and relate more to everyday life than a horror movie, for example.

above images : a 'this is england' poster

POSITIVES...

- Creating a 2 minute opening sequence for a social realism film wouldn't be too hard to do, in terms of costs as these films are usually low-budget.

- My age is within the age range that social realism films are usually aimed towards, from around 15 to 30 years of age. As people this age are more interested in social realism and things that are going on around them. These films usually consists of characters of this age range too, so it is more interesting to this group of people. So I would be able to bring to the opening sequence a much more personal feel.
- The editing wouldn't be hard as social realism films don't tend to have a lot of special effects, so the first 2 minutes wouldn't be too far out of my reach to create.

- They are more realistic. I wouldn't need to think of an intense, complicated, dramatic storyline... as these films tend to be about things that could generally happen.


NEGATIVES...

- It could be hard to think of a story line to fit in with the social realism genre, as it would have to be something genuine and realistic. This could be a problem as it could be hard to keep it under control and not over-exaggerate with it.
- My experience of social realism films is very low. I don't know of many social realism films and its not something I'm greatly interested in. Therefore I would have to do extra research to find out about how the opening sequences of these films include.
- These films rely greatly on good actors. It may be hard to find people, who are really good actors, that would be willing to give up a lot of there time to act in my opening sequences.