2. Social Realism is also known as ‘Socio-Realism’
It is an artistic movement which is expressed by visual and other realist arts, it
depicts social and racial injustice as well as economic hardship, its presented
by undisguised images, films of life’s struggles and issues but often depicts
working class actions and performance as daring.
-It was developed in the nineteenth century, it
was emerged as a figure of oppositional or
reform-seeking representation.

4.  Expansion from realism in the arts by the ending of the nineteenth century had already revealed
realist aesthetics, it was produced by a range of formal and stylistic approach and devices.
 Through Photography it produced new potential for capturing the logic of existence as it lived.
 The general mission that was joint within media was to represent reality and truth. Issues that
occurred from truth was that there was numerous amounts of representations of the truth from how
we as an audience visualise it.
Society believed the media is capable of presenting a real image of the truth by making it
naturalism.
The achievement of naturalism is by using products and characteristics of real life situations and
issues that take place.
Arguments have occurred according to the topic realism of the text.
 They all approach frequently to show the audience truth by the use of codes and conventions we
expect from the association of realism.
 Hollywood films and realistic texts

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6. Practice is seen as how a film is formed and completed. Within British social realism it is said that the
message is to show self determination of creation.
Politics expresses practice by varying degrees that will seek to be free or a different individual from
the typical mainstream.
The term ‘Practice and Politics’ indicates the aspects outer the
text which never the less gives us a message of the form, style,
content and structure. Within social realism it frequently
comments on adjustments but sometimes escapes from previous
conventions and practices which present realist.
Some people say practice and politics associates to the work of British filmmakers as it was informed
and shaped by their politics that turn.
Overall it is difficult to separate practice and politics.

7. Issues: some sort of problem that occurs e.g. drug use, alcoholism
Themes: A subject of artistic representation, An implicit or recurrent idea; a motif: a
theme of powerlessness that runs through the diary; a party with a tropical island
theme.
Certain issues involve different points for the use of history seen as it shows the key
of the time but also the importance input as to retain the information of how its
constructed in a realistic mode. To show the contexts key importance there is a
useful phrase which is ‘slice of life’.

8. Representation: Something that represents, as:
- An image or likeness of something.
- An account or statement, as of facts, allegations, or arguments.
- An expostulation; a protest.
- A presentation or production, as of a play.
- A theme or an isuue
Representation in social realist texts can be viewed as representing issues and themes to get a certain
message across and make us aware of situations which occur in real life.
There are lots of different opinions and views on how we represent things. It can be shown by class and
status e.g. working class, regional identity, age, gender, physical ability/disability.

9. - The exceptions to the way women were typically depicted during this periods and
different representation by the particularly blame of for the demise of traditional
working class culture.
The changes that occurred in women being represented in the 80’s is the growing of
importance of women in the work force and in society as a whole.
The situation changed again in the 90’s by it could be argued that the portrayal of
women in social realist films in Britain has taken a retrograde step with women being
presented as adept consumers.
Hallam suggests about the shift in the way working class has been represented in
realist film texts by they are producers of labour to consumer goods.
The significant change in narrative accompanies is facilitated by a move from depicting
working class characters in communities and in the workplace.
Higson’s contention and how it is explained by Hill is that the feature of British realism
is bound up with changing definitions of public and private space.

10. - The term ‘social realism’ causes problems as it can be used uncritically
and irregularly within a lot of popular film criticism.
- Critical consensus with ‘realism’ is that realism is the leading
representational figure in the western world.
- Problems of social realism is that there are many different
faces within the truth that the eye can see and it can be shown
in different ways.

11. Social realism portrays realistic events in life which creates a closer and
touching audience as people feel they can relate but it also helps people
deal with issues and problems.