Social Realism Trailer Analysis

Title Length Edits Locations Titles Music Voiceover Dialogue Characters

Fish Tank 2 minutes

77 - Urban

- Lower Class

- Flats

The estates and flats shown in the trailer goes back to the social realism theme because they locations are very ordinary and realistic.

6

- Awards

- Nominations

- Urban

- Tense

- Epic

The epic and tense music shows that the film is going to be very dramatic like most British films.

No - Regional

- Aggressive

The dialogue is regional and very aggressive which relates back to the characters that are of a lower class, so stereotypically they are more aggressive.

- Young Girl

- Lower Class

Social Realism Trailer Analysis

A Room for Romeo Brass

1 minute 58 seconds

67 - Park

- House

- Shop

9

Telling you what’s going to happen in the film

- Change in narrative when older guy came in.

No - Simplistic

- Regional

The dialogue is very simplistic and the language used is almost childish.

- 2 young best friends

- Older guy

- Parents

Dead Mans Shoes 1 minute 45 seconds

47 - Woods

- Countryside

- Town

3

- Built tension

- Horror music No - Regional

- Simplistic

- 2 brothers

- Local gang

Nil By Mouth 2 minutes

41 - Pub

- Strip Club

- Flat

- Quotes from critics, making the film look appealing to the audience

- Pop,

- Hypnotising

- Contrapuntal

No - Only little amount of dialogue

- Regional (London accent)

- Older man

- Wife

- Other family members

Social Realism Trailer Analysis

What are the typical settings used in social realism films/trailers?

The typical settings used in social realism films are realistic settings, for example housing estates, inner city areas or the suburbs. This helps the audience to relate to the film because they live in the same areas so they can relate to the characters. There are no extraordinary settings in a typical British film because it would be unrealistic and the producers simply don’t have a big enough budget to afford it. The settings have to be natural, for example fields or a forest, this is because Britain has a large amount of these settings so it adds to the realism.

Select one trailer, analyse the cutting rate of the clips, how fast/slow is the rate? How does the editing add meaning to the trailer?

The trailer I chose to analyse was ‘Dead Man’s Shoes.’ There were many fast cuts in the trailer but there were also shots in which the viewer could really involve themselves into the story because they were longer. In total there were 47 different edits in the trailer for ‘Dead Man’s Shoes.’ It seemed like the main aim for the longer edits were to allow the audience to see the background and to see how isolated the brothers were. The faster edits also added meaning to the trailer because they showed sneak peeks of intense action scenes. The fast edits shows the action is fast and furious and the film gets very tense as the story unfolds. They also use fast cuts in the trailer to provide the audience with as much information as possible so they will go and see the film in the cinema or buy it on DVD.

What is notable about the actors used in the social realism trailer?

In the trailer, ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’ the main character is played by Paddy Constantine. He is a British actor who looks like a normal, average man. He doesn’t look like a big Hollywood star because he is dressed in everyday clothes and looks un-kept with a full beard and scruffy looking hair. Paddy is a home grown talent who has even appeared ‘The Bourne Identity’ which was a worldwide release. This is because Paddy broke the barrier of social realism into

Social Realism Trailer Analysis