This week i got to develop the concept of my BSR film. I made three initial ideas that had to include four key things, which were; Themes, Narrative, setting/location and the protagonist. For each idea I made sure that the conventions, themes and situations would directly relate to the British social realism genre. The representation of the protagonist was also thought about very thoroughly as it plays quite an important role for the audience to understand and perhaps connect with. The themes I used were typical of what is expected to be seen in a BSR film such as; Poverty, Violence, Petty crime and so on, this was also important because it is vital that it relates to the genre. To expand on this I also thought about realistic, working class locations that I could potentially use within my film. I got places such as; Ilford and barking which have specific run down parts to it that can emphasise the theme of poverty and the harsh reality of underclass/workingclass people.
The key influences on my BSR ideas would have to be all the BSR films I have been watching recently. By watching various types of BSR films I got many ideas and combined them together with my own twists to it. This gave my some impressive results as I came out with different ideas such as; subverting stereotypical roles, which will allow me to make my film original and uncommon.
I decided to work in the group I am working in due to the fact that me and my partner have similar ideas and interests. We both want our film to be based on themes such as; religion and poverty this will enable us to input both of our different ideas and hopefully create something amazing. I think this partnership could be quite successful as we are both ready to motivate eachother and work to our full potential.
Our initial idea
The representation of the protagonist in my initial idea was inspired by the main character in the film 'Yasmin'.
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