How British social realism themes are used.

How BSR themes are used

Fish Tank

The theme of 'Dysfunctional families' is clearly portrayed in Fish tank.

The theme of 'Dysfunctional families' is distinctly portrayed in this scene and throughout the film. Mia the main character has a tough relationship with her mum as she doesn't want alot to do with Mia or her younger sister. The mother doesn't seem to care that the daughters are out in the streets daily, facing a lot of danger and trouble.

(05:55) A clear denotation of the theme 'Dysfunctional family' and violence is displayed here. As soon as Mia enters the house Her mum pushes her in a very aggressive manner to talk to her. This also clarifies the fact that the family function in this film is extremely violent.  

(06:02) Dysfunctional family and violence is represented in the sequence as the family communication is done by screaming and shouting along with foul language used, a bad amount of swearing.
This physical abuse and offensive behavior connotes an unhealthy, hateful relationship between the both.

The dysfunctional relationship causes Mia to turn to drinking which lets her relieve stress and anger.
connoting that she doesn't really have anyone to go to as well as struggling through life.

I may explore the theme of 'Dysfunctional families' within my film as it may touch and appeal to the audience considering that it can be quite sensitive specially to teenagers.They will be able to get a sense of what it would be like having an awful relationship with a parent.

Anuvahood

The theme of Rebellion is clearly displayed in this scene from 'Anuvahood'.

The theme of Rebellion is evidently shown in this scene when Tyrone gets a parking ticket he intimidates the parking Warden as he refuses to obey the rules. This is denoted when Tyrone Grabs the parking warden by the throat and uses violence to threaten his authority. 

The theme is represented in this scene when Tyrone speaks to the authority in a loud tone of voice and uses body language to connote that he's superior. Another way that its represented is when Tyrone mannages to disobey the authority and get away with his ticket he calls the parking warden 'an illegal immigrant'.

I may explore the theme of rebellion in my film, something similar to this situation where a character abuses the authority. This is a common action which takes place in reality, especially from teenagers. By including the rebellion theme it will allow me to make my bsr film more believable. 

Trainspotting

The key theme in 'Trainspotting' is Drug abuse/Drug experimentation.

The theme of drug abuse and drug experimentation is distinctly denoted as we see many points in the scene where the main character Renton, is smoking heroin. In the opening sequence he declares that he chose heroin instead of 'life'. 

The way the theme is represented in Trainspotting is in a positive way they indicate that Heroin is more important then life itself. They use Heroin as a normal relaxing everyday aspect as most of the characters are drug addicts they display it to be a soothing calm substance. From the audience's point of view this can be seen as Drug abuse.

This theme may be explored in my film by showing an extreme use of drug abuse and addiction. it will let me aware people on how drug abuse/drug experimentation can have serious bad end results and not only ruin the individuals life but people around them.

Yasmin

The key theme in 'Yasmin' is Religion.

(00:49)

The theme of religion is quite obviously denoted, straight from the beginning of the opening sequence. We see a man dressed in a religious gown and hat entering a mosk followed by a young boy. While the sound bridge is used for the call to prayer we see that the head character 'Yasmin' ignoring the call and completely going against it by changing from the religious clothing to modern English clothes. This connotes that she is avoiding and disobeying the rules of her religion to be apart of the general society.

(01:58)

The way the theme of Religion is represented in this sequence is, Insignificant and something that is not needed. It represents society and culture to be more important then faith and religion. This is signified by ignorant behaviour from characters towards the call of prayer (Azaan). I may explore the theme of 'Religion' in my film by including ignorant behaviour from people towards religious/holy aspects and situations.

London to Brighton

 Isolation/exclusion is used as one of the key themes in this opening sequence.

Isolation is denoted in this opening sequence as we see a young girl trapped in a unsafe public location without her parents. She is extremely frightened as you can tell from her worried facial expression, this misery leads her onto bursting out into tears in a lonely situation. The theme is represented as horrifying and daunting as it shows the serious damage it can have on people. I may explore this theme in my film by creating an intense effective storyline of isolation to an extent where a person commits suicide.