Our film genre - Codes and conventions of social realism

British social realism  

Social realism  is a genre of film which has a focus on realistic social issues that occur in a modern society, represented by different ideologies. Themes within this genre include: drugs, family issues, prostitution, sex, social class and religion which are all very widely used in films today especially British ones.

Our film fits within the British social realism film genre, showing the real issues that teenagers come to face with in everyday life. The themes that appear in our film are suicide, drugs, social class and rebellion which are all realistic situations that people can relate to.

To make a social realism film these are the codes and conventions i will need to make sure i include  when making my British social realism film.

  

Codes and conventons of social realism from lucyharpermedia12

What is genre? - Codes and conventions of a trailer

GENRE refers to the method of characterisation based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed, it can be determined by the subject, setting or plot of the story.

 

Genre is a creative strategy used by film companies to ensure that their audience can identify with a film, it makes it easier for them then to target their audience more specifically.

Each genre will be split up into sub-genres; they are categories developed from a main genre being split into more specific categories e.g. horror has several different subgenres such as: gore, psychological, killer, monster, paranormal, comedy horror.   

Our chosen genre is British social realism which explores key social topics within the modern society, showing peoples vivid emotions and feelings.

Codes and conventions of a trailer

Brief

Brief

A Short film in its entirely, lasting approximately 5 minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of both, together with two of the options;

As with AS you will create a portfolio of work assessing your ability to:

 Plan and construct media products using appropriate
- A poster for the film
-A radio trailer for the film
- A magazine review page featuring the film.

Or

A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options:

-A website homepage for the film
-A magazine front cover, featuring the film
-A poster for the film


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