This document contains four sections that analyze shots from a British Social Realism film through descriptions of camerawork, editing, and themes represented. The first section summarizes a shot showing a family looking out a window, denoting traditional clothing and close family relations. The second section analyzes a shot of a mother serving tea, representing traditional gender roles. The third section examines a club scene using shot reverse shots that follow editing conventions. The fourth section provides a pan of an industrial city landscape that sets the working class setting and mood.

1. Ae Fond Kiss
Editing & Camera

2. This screen grab denotes the family standing in their front room looking out the
window. You can denote the wallpaper is quite old fashioned. Also there are photo
frames in the window and on the shelves which connotes that the family are close.
The family is wearing traditional clothing which suggests that religion is a major
theme in the film. The shot denotes a pan following the mum walking from the dad
on the left to the kids on the right. This is all one slow pace take and the editing is
minimal. The pan represents the mum as a person who connects the family
together as the camera follows her only, and there is camera movement instead of
editing. You can’t denote interference from the editors work. You can also denote
natural lighting. You can denote the father of the family and the boy wearing English
clothes in contrast to the women and this represents the location which is Britain to
be multicultural as they are not ashamed to wear their clothes as well as mix in with
the traditions in Britain. The fact that the shot denotes the kids talking happily to
their mother connotes the theme of good parenthood.
Editing

3. In this screen grab, you can denote the mother of the family taking out tea into cups
and the camera following the movements of the girl passing the cups to the guests.
This is all done in one shot and you can see the camera moving slightly and this
connotes that the editing has flaws even though you don’t notice it much. The shot
denotes natural lighting and the audio used in this shot is the dialogue of the family
talking to each other. The camera movement denotes a general slow movement.
This represents the mother and girl to be helpful and the people who do the work
whilst the men are being served and this represents the woman as people who work
at home and the men as people who have a higher class in society. This represents
the theme of sexism.
Editing

4. These shot reverse shots denote the main man and the main woman in the
film talking to another couple and the shot reverse shot connotes the
reactions of what they are talking about. The pace is quite fast and this
matches the fact that they are in a club. The cuts are quite smooth and
follows the 180 degrees rule. The editing on the dialogue is not noticeable.
The pace is generally slow but the music in the background makes it look
faster. These shots represent the characters as people who are satisfied with
their lives and this is unusual for a BSR film.
Editing

5. This artistic establishing shot denotes the title of the film and an
overview of a city. This shot is a slow pan right and shows
factories and houses. This represents the area as a working class
area and the weather which connotes pathetic fallacy
represents the fact that the film shows an everyday life cycle
with the grey clouds.
Camera

6. This mid shot of the girl denotes her taking off her school uniform to show that
she supports a different football team then the rest of society. This already
represents the theme of childhood and social society. It also shows that she is
different to the rest of the school from the responses she gets from most of the
students listening and this connotes the theme of isolation. The hand held
camera denotes slight jerky camera movements and this is typical of a British
Social Realism film. The camera follows the rule of thirds to an extent and the
framing is off as there are people and equipment at the back out of positioning
and this is also typical of a BSR film.
Camera

7. This close up denotes the man looking from outside the door at the teacher inside
and his posture connotes that he does not want to be caught. The shot which is a
hand held camera technique follows the rule of thirds however it also has loose
framing. You also see what he is looking at after a cut however you can see his
point of view from a different angle as you cannot tell that he is looking through a
door from a side angle. This is very important in BSR films. This shot represents
the characters of men as sneaky. This also represents the theme of religion as you
can connotes by his facial expressions that he in interested in the teacher but as
he is a Pakistani man, it is against his culture to love a woman outside is culture.
Camera