2. Realism or ‘realisms’
• The problem with the phrasal term “social
realism” is that it is used in a care freeway
that shows little importance. When using
this term, it is one which rounds-up all of
these features: a film’s text, content,
concerns and visual style.
• Many factors contributed to the driving
force of realism...
3. Continued...
• The factors that contributed to this
included workers moving from the country
to the city and new political ideas created
by the industrial revolution.
• The development of realism in the
nineteenth century consisted of large
debates about literature, from these the
term “critical realism” was created and
developed.
4. What does Carroll suggest?
• Carroll suggests that the term should only
be used with a prefix!
5. Realism in the Cinema
• By the end of the nineteenth century,
literature, theatre and the fine arts were
already adopting realist studies of the
rules and principles of art through a variety
of formal and style related devices.
• The development and growth of
photography allowed many people to
grasp a ‘slice of life’ as it really is.
6. Continued...
• The problem with the truth is that many
people have different perceptions of what
it really is. Many approaches all seek to
represent the truth through codes and
conventions that have become connected
with realism.
7. Branston and Stafford
• Branston and Stafford distinguish between
the realistic nature of Hollywood film and
other realist texts by making sure the film
maker has intended to capture the
experience of the actual event illustrated.
8. Defining Social Realism
• Social realism is so difficult to define as it
is both politically and historically grouped.
• With every given time period it changes
• A key feature of realist texts is the way
character and place are connected.
9. Continued...
• According to John Hill realistic changes
take place in a kind of reasoning with what
has gone on before, under writing their
own appeal to be revealing reality by
exposing the assumed and the quality of
what has passed for reality previously.
10. Continued...
• Hallam and Marshment delve into an
explanation of how character and place are
connected.
• They explain this by defining characteristic ad a
term used to describe films that aim to show the
effects of environmental factors on the
development of character.
