Our chosen genre....... Social Realism!

My group and i have finally decided that the genre we want to focus on for our film opening is social realism!
We have chosen this genre because we think its the most practical for the task. Its cheap to make, there is no need for extravagant location, props and costume. And actors have to be non professional, realistic and believable and this is easy to achieve.

Here is some more information on the genre social realism......

Social realism is a film that focuses on the different issues that represent the modern society.

Social realism conventions
-Realistic settings
-Realistic events and situations
-Believable filming technique
-Hard luck
-Economic hardship
-Life struggles e.g. Broken families, drugs, drink, relationships, unemployment etc.
-Gritty style
-Location shooting (not studio) - Social realism films are filmed on actual, real life locations such as parks and council estates. By using locations like this it makes the film seem more true to real life, and therefor the audience can believe in the film and relate to it.
-Wide shots - This is done so the audience get a good understanding of whats going on, or where the setting is and they are able to use these wide shots because of the fact the do shooting on location not in a studio.
-Semi improvised scripts - This is done in order to achieve realistic dialogue.
-Humour and seriousness
-Non professional actors - Or unknown actors are used because it adds reality to the film, as an audience we can build our own judgements on the characters. Also most social realism films have a very small budget and using un professional or unknown actors is cheaper.