Character roles
The protagonist is usually a typical working class hero, who strives for a better life, better than the one which they have is the beginning of the film.
Usually a non-nuclear, often dysfunctional or broken family.
Representation- it is widely agreed by critics of the genre that social realism has represented females is a negative light. often representing them as dependant on men.
Narrative themes
Social realism films represent real life and its difficulties.
The narrative follows the lives of niche underrepresented groups of people usually through headship, struggle or social injustice.
The narrative themes are ones that are typically under discussed and are either not or not entirely expected in society.
Typical narrative themes include issues such as the so called underclass, underage pregnancy, phedophilia, depression homosexuality and abortion.
Technical conventions
-Digetic sound
-Shallow depth of field
-hand held camera work
-Natural lighting
-Point of View (pov)
-linear narrative
-Closeups
-simple cuts
Mise en scene & Iconography
-real unvarnished, typical working class locations
-factories, council houses, terraced streets or other traditional locations
-alcohol, drugs cigarettes
graffiti filled run down locations
so called working class fashions that connotate certain subcultures and stereotypes
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