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The Concept Of Social Realism In Film

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The concept of Social realism as a film genre is to portray the ‘real life’ of a working-class society. Social realism films depict the social, political and economic injustices’ that influence and impact people in society (Taylor, 2006). It is raw and gives the audience a true indication of what life is like (Lay, 2002). Social realism first came about during an economic downfall in the 1920s. It was an art movement that social realists started, to represent the working class. The word social refers to society and the word realism refers to accepting a situation and dealing with it accordingly. Social realism seeks to identify current issues that happen to ordinary people in society. Social realism films are stripped from the glitz and glamour to illustrate the harsh reality of the struggles that people face in their day to day lives. Social realism is constantly evolving just like society (Lay, 2002). Social realism in film is a genre that focuses on the issues of everyday lives. It looks at topics that are relevant in society at a certain time and it draws on the different boundaries between ‘fiction and life’ (Taylor, 2006). Themes that are prominent within the genre of social realism are; money, drugs, committing crimes such as prostitution and selling various objects on the black market. As result of character’s lowering themselves to committing crimes such as these, it displays to the audience the

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