Use Of Themes In British Social Realism

There is a very strong link between British Social Realism and the real world. Unlike Hollywood films Violence, Bad language, and Poverty. A story like this was heard to have happened recently in the British news of BBC where there was a young girl who was given alcohol and then raped by an older man. Events like this are typical to occur in Britain which then results in the story lines of the B.S.R films to take strong inspiration.

These themes here their storyline's are based around happy endings, riches, and fantasies, B.S.R focuses more on the serious negative downsides to life in the situations that mainly Britain and its people would get positioned in. For instance, the main downsides to the life of Britain would relate to themes such as, drugs, sex, abuse, smoking, alcohol, escapism, sex/rape, etc. An example of a British Social Realism film which expresses these themes is "Fish Tank". In Fish Tank, we are introduced to the themes of Rape, Alcohol, Child Abuse, are very unique when presenting themselves through B.S.R films due to the fact of them relating to similar events that occur in the real world such as abuse, stealing etc.

With the British audience who watch these films, they are then able to relate to them after having known of the related events that they are told about through the news regarding Britain and its crimes. By giving realistic story lines, it causes the audience to feel uncomfortable due to them already being aware of the similar stories that happen in the real world; especially in Britain.