The document discusses social realism in film. Social realism focuses on depicting everyday life, especially of the working classes and poor, and is critical of social structures. It traces back to 19th century European realism and was influenced by Italian neorealism. The rest of the document outlines plans to create a film trailer in the style of social realism, including plot ideas focusing on drug dealing and abuse, soundtrack ideas using grime music and everyday sounds, typical locations like council estates and streets, and cinematography using close-ups and mid-shots to create tension. It also lists what is needed to make the trailer, such as a good camera, editing software, props, and actors.

1. Pitch

2. Social Realism in cinema
finds its roots in Italian
neorealism
Research
Social realism traces back to
19th-century European
Realism
Social Realism, an international art movement, refers to the
work of painters, printmakers, photographers and film makers
who draw attention to the everyday conditions of the working
classes and the poor, and who are critical of the social
structures that maintain these conditions.
This is England has inspired us to do the genre
Social Realism. The film is about a young boy
called Shaun and it follows him and shows the
ups and downs of his life. We see him getting
bullied for his trousers, getting into fights,
making friends and shop lifting.
In our trailer we want to include lots of drama
such as people fighting and breaking the law
as we asked some people what they expect
from a social realist film and they said they
would expect these things.

3. Plot Ideas
Idea 1.
The main plot focusing around drug dealing which ends up in a fight. It will
be set on a council estate.
Idea 2.
Could involve some kind of abuse in which the main bad character comes
to a messy end.

4. Soundtrack Ideas
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and
synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book,
television program or video game; a commercially
released soundtrack album of music as featured in the
soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a
film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.
Theme tune e.g. Coronation Street
Often social realism
soundtracks consist of
grime music, lots of
dialogue, sounds you
would hear on a regular
day to day basis (such as
cars) and often sounds of
violence such as
gunshots and punches.
Initially the dialogue, sound
effects, and music in a film
each has its own separate
track (dialogue track, sound
effects track, and music
track), and these are mixed
together to make what is
called the composite track,
which is heard in the film.

5. Places we use daily
Location
Train stations
In a Community
Underground
Council Estate
Village e.g. Hollyoaks
On a Street e.g. Coronation Street

6. Typical Direction
Cinematography
• Shot types used are often close ups and mid
shots. This helps to create tension with the
audience and makes them feel intimate with
the characters, or even intimidated by them.
Editing
• Social realism films often use straight cuts to connotate
and keep up the ideology of realism. Fades are also
used to show an ending, death or cross cutting. These
are used to continue the idea of reality.
Montage of clips
Shot reverse Shot
Text on screen
Fast cuts

7. List of what is needed to achieve
what we want to do
High quality video camera
Use a good editing software
Have a good plot for the film trailer
Good Props
Planned out well with a clear beginning, middle and end
Make sure it fits in with the genre
Use an appropriate location (urban e.g.
council estate
This should be easy to find
Good actors

8. How you will link to ancillary task
We will link our trailer to our Posters and
Magazines by having the main character from
the trailer in the magazine and on the poster.
They will also include the name of the film and
information such as the age certificate. We will
try to make sure they look like they are the same
genre and that you can tell they are from the
same film by using a continuous house style,
colour scheme and fonts throughout.