Definition of British Social Realsim

Definition of British Social Realism 

Social Realism portrays the hardship of Britons in everyday life. They use a rough camera work style and unvarnished editing to make the film more gritty, they use different camera shots to a minimal. They use unknown British actors such as Katie Jarvis in 'Fish Tank', so these characters can relate and show the struggles of the situations people get into. In addition to that the characters usually have heavy accents which show where they come from. The themes portrayed are usually racism, political topics, terrorism, sex, poverty, violence, abuse, isolation and rejection. The genre they use are urban dramas an kitchen sink. British Social Realsim tend to have low budgets, so the film reflects their low budgets by using unknown actors, unknown settings or locations and low marketing strategy. They tend to market their films through critical success they depend heavily on critics and winning awards at festivals, for the audience its an seal of approval so they will go see the film.