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The document discusses a student film group's plans to create a social realism film. It will follow a character named Amirah who dreams of becoming a professional dancer but faces pressure from her immigrant parents to pursue a more conventional career. The film will showcase the reality of being pressured to follow traditional paths to success while wanting to pursue one's dreams, drawing inspiration from films like "Bend it Like Beckham" that combine social issues with comedy.
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The group decided to create a film in the social realism genre, which focuses on portraying realistic depictions of life. Their main inspiration was the film "Bend it Like Beckham" which follows a British Indian girl pursuing her dream of being a footballer against her family's wishes. Similarly, their film follows a character named Amirah who wants to be a professional dancer but her parents want her to be a doctor. They aim to capture the pressure faced by children of immigrants to follow conventional careers and want the film to be relatable to teenagers experiencing conflicts with their parents.
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Finding a story
- 1. Angela, Patyrce, Sophia and Daniella
- 2. Our group decided that we wanted to create a film under the social-realism genre. Social realism focuses on giving the audience a true indication of what life is like. Raymond Williams defines social-realism as “grounded in the contemporary scene in terms of setting, characters and social issues”. Conventions of this film genre include: Realistic storylines, home settings, working class/cultural struggles, and social injustices.
- 3. Our main inspiration has been ‘Bend it like Beckham’, a film within the social- realism and comedy drama genres. The film follows Jess, an British-Indian girl who dreams of becoming a professional footballer, but who faces conflict from her parents, Indian culture and religion. Our film follows a similar path; our main character, Amirah, wants to be a professional dancer. However, her parents want her to become a doctor. It was very important for us, as a group of ethnic minorities, to capture the reality that comes from being the children of immigrants. The majority of Asian and black students feel pressure from their parents to follow conventional careers that have a natural, guaranteed path to success. We wanted our film to be relatable to teenagers who experience intergenerational conflict with their parents who may have not had a chance to dream.
- 4. Like ‘Bend it like Beckham’, and other social-realism films such as ‘The New Monty’, we have created hybridity by combining social-realism with comedy through our script, which has funny phrases teenagers can relate to. Like Jess, Amirah is headstrong and despite being family-orientated, does not hesitate to lie to her family in order to work towards her dreams.