Possible Location for BSR film

For my film, i have considered different locations in which would best suit the representation of a normal everyday negative british lifestyle. These locations would have to include the right conventions within the place which the audience would straight away be able to denote the relation to BSR. For instance, one location often used to represent BSR would have bad weather, dull colours, unhappy moods on people, and just a boring atmosphere around it all.

Locations i have considered:

Dagenham

Dagenham would be a good place for a BSR film to be set in due to:

• Unvarnished streets/atmosphere
• It is seen as a rough area to be in. 
• Most of its ethnicity is white which would be good for representing Britain.
• There are many council estates in Dagenham which would be good for representing the struggle of british peoples homes. 

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Barking, Greater London

Barking is known as a very unvarnished british area.

• For one thing, people in barking are always predicted to be getting involved in fights of any sort.
• There are people in barking who consist in very short tempers so they are most likely known to be getting upset over small occurrences that may occur in their lives. 
• Every day in Barking is the same so its people and their days never change in a sense for happiness. They always choose to deal with life in a struggled way.

Ilford Lane

Ilford lane would be a prime location to use for BSR. This is due to:

• There are many gangs that come together around street corners
• Many teenagers skip school and hang around 'Chicken Shops' for example.
• Ilford lane gives a very gritty unvarnished atmosphere. 

These conventions could help to strongly connote british life and its downgrades.

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Forest Gate

Forest Gate would be a good location to use for a British Social Realist film.

• It consists in other ethnicities apart from white so rasism could kick in within the area which is a strong negative convention of British Realist life. 
• The streets are dirty in some sense. Not really clean which could represent working class situations that people cope with.
• There are council states which are very common for working class British people to be living in when they are in the situation of struggle.

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