Social realism...
The
realistic depiction in art of contemporary life, as a means of social or
political comment.
From
writing out my initial ideas and having my top choices in my head I decided to
do a little bit of research into this genre as one of my ideas could fit into
this genre too and I think I could film it the same sort of way as social
realisms are filmed...so...I have looked into a few trailers for
social realisms to see if its something that I can see working for my trailer.
- Fish
Tank:
- Ecstasy
: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4s_YTxO8E0
Fish
tank:
Is about
a 15year old girl who lives on a council estate in Essex, living with her
un-caring mum and it follows her struggle and drive to wanting to become a
hip-hop dancer but also the relationship that forms with her mothers Irish
boyfriend.
Once I
had watched the trailer I wanted to look more in to the storyline and the work
behind the film and this article in particular seemed to have the highest level
of detail into the questions I was asking.
My
favourite line from the whole article was :
Ms.
Arnold shot “Fish Tank” in a raw, non-judgmental and observational style with
plenty of hand-held camerawork. This is
how I think I would like to shoot this idea, maybe less raw considering the
topics of Fish tank and my film will be on opposite ends of the scale. I
like the effect of the hand held camera and the fast pace editing of the shots
it really does make the film look as if it's a documentary on her life rather
than a set up film. If I go ahead with this idea I will most likely want to
replicate the same effect so will if not always, mostly use a hand-held camera
and fast pace editing depends on the situation in hand. I also think that the
lighting in the trailer is crucial, well the lack of it. The low lighting helps
reflect her situation and the storyline.
Is about
a group of teenagers who start to recreationally take ecstasy but they begin to
depend on the drug and become regular users. It follows their lives and how the
drug takes its toll on them personally but also those who surround them.
For the
first minuet of the trailer it looks as if they are glorifying it but then it
takes a turn for the worst and it shows some of the negative impacts of
the after effect or if you take too much. Again Fish Tank it uses a what
looks like a hand held camera for most of it and the editing is fast pace, yet
this could be to mimic the effects of the drug and the lifestyle. I really
liked the titles of this film, although they were fairly basic I like how they
started off white, connotations of purity and changed to red which connotes
danger and corruption, which is effectively what has happened to the girls that
took the drug. 'try it you might like it, coming to wherever you are. soon' is
a powerful way to end the trailer as its almost testing your morals and
willpower and you assume they're talking about the drug when reality they mean
the release of the film. When I make my trailer I think I would like to try and
twist some words to entice the viewers even more.
From looking at two examples of
social realism films I think I would really like to incorporate into m film
trailer some how, most likely through the use of a hand held camera and I
will look at lighting in detail too as I really liked its effect on Fish tank.
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