Adam's British Social Realism Time Line 1960's-2010's

Crossroads to Crime - 1960's
Crossroads to Crime is a British social realism which was released in the 1960's. Some of the themes from this film are as follows: crime,violence and mystery. These themes relate to a British realism as in the 1960's there was a lot of mystery of what had occurred throughout the plot of the film. The type of themes in which this film are: Crime, Violence and mystery. Some of the characters from this film is a police constable called Don Ross and a undercover agent called Johnny who is played by David Graham. Some of the mise-en-scene in which is used are props such as vheicles, guns and weapons to create a dramatic effect to the audience and to enage a bigger audience so that there film wont get boring. The editing of the film is in black and white due to them wanting to show what life was like back before colour tv was invented. Below is a video where it remembers what happened from the film crossroads to crime which was released in the 1960's.

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Performance - 1970's
Performance is a British social realism film in which was released in 1969 but they released it as a 1970's product. The themes from this film are featured as follows: Sex, violence, sanity and fantasy. These themes are used to so they can show a sense of realism to their target audience. The location of this film is set in East London. The main character from this film is a guy called Nice who is crazy, insane and outgoing which some thought that was how british people were in the 1970's. The sound in which was used through some parts of this film is diegetic sound such as: gun shots and smashing of glass. There is also use of non-diegetic sound when music is being played in the background for some scenes.

The Long Good Friday - 1980's
The Long Good Friday is another British social realism film in which was released throughout the 1980's time period. Some of the themes in which were used from this film are: Drugs, violence, murder and various types of crime. The main location from this film is based in the streets of London. Some of the characters which are involved within this film is  firstly a character called Harold Shand who is played by Bob Hoskins and is one of the main characters and another character called Victoria who ids played by Helen Mirren who is another one of the main charcaters from this film. The main type of sound in which is used for this film is non-diegetic sound which include, explosions and gun shots to make their audience feel as they were there and involved with the scene. Non-diegetic sound are sounds that both the audience and the characters can hear and is used mostly in all british social realism films to engage their audiences.

Trainspotting - 1990's      
Trainspotting is a British social realism film in which was released during the 1990's period. The main theme from Trainspotting is crime which is mainly heroin addiction which leads onto the plot of the film and what it's based on. The main characters for this movie are two heroin addicts who are also the 2 main characters named Mark Renton and Daniel Murphy whothroughout the movie try to overcome their addiction. Some of the sound used throughout this film are non-diegetic sound such as background music which is used in the trailer.One of the camera shots in which is used is a longshot of the group looking at something. This shot was used to show both the location and the charcater's positioning and body language to show how they are reacting towards the situation.

Kidulthood - 2000's
Kidulthood is a British social realism which focuses on lives of teenagers which follows the challenges that some of these teenagers face when they leave school. Ths relates to the theme for the film kidulthood as it focuses on gangs and violence. The main location and setting for kidulthood is in Ladbroke grove and Latimer Road which is a part of inner West London. The sound used in the trailer is R'n'B and hip hop so they can relate the trailer to their target audience which are teenagers. They also use props such as guns and baseball bats which are used to attack one of the main protagonists at the end which can portray teenagers as violent.

Four Lions - 2010's
Four lions is a British social realism which is about terrorism and the things they do when planning a terrorist attack. The theme for four lions is terrorism because it relates to the plot of the film. Some of the characters of the film is Omar  who is the main character, Barry and Faysal who are the other main characters from this film. Below is the trailer for the movie four lions which was released in 2010. The location for four lions is set in Afghanistan and London where the main parts of this film are filmed. There are some uses of non-diegetic sound from this trailer such as explosions and gunshots which both the audience and characters can hear as well as the trailer using fast pac.ed scenes so they can engage their audiences with what is happening with the film