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Exploring Social Realism and Post-Apocalyptic Themes in Film

Social realism and post-apocalyptic narratives offer compelling reflections on human experience, focusing on settings marked by decay, destruction, and societal issues. Films like "This Is England," "Trainspotting," and "Dirty Pretty Things" depict the darker aspects of urban life, often featuring troubled characters amidst bleak surroundings. In contrast, post-apocalyptic films such as "I Am Legend," "The Day After Tomorrow," and "The Road" illuminate humanity's struggle for survival in devastated worlds. Both genres utilize low-key and desaturated lighting to enhance mood and convey their themes effectively.

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Exploring Social Realism and Post-Apocalyptic Themes in Film

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  1. SOCIAL REALISM

  2. Post Apocalyptic

  3. Post Apocalyptic Post apocalyptic films are almost always set in a location that has recently suffered from awful destruction. These films are usually concerned with end of human civilization, this is usually result of pandemic, supernatural phenomena, impact event etc. Often uses a lot of establishing shots to show audience extent of the destruction/disaster. Uses a lot of low key lighting and blue/grey lighting to reflect the mood of the film.

  4. Social Realism Usually social realism films are set within a city that is run down and troublesome, which represents the social group negatively. These settings are usually unseen in other film genres especially mainstream. For example Kidulthooda film based in the unseen west London council estates where unsavoury things occur.

  5. This Is EnglandSocial Realism • Narrative: A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows. • Director: Shane Meadows

  6. Train spottingSocial realism • Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. • Director: Danny Boyle

  7. Dirty Pretty ThingsSocial realism • Narrative: An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life. • Director: Stephen Frears • This film uses dark lighting to show the mood of the film this helps portray the genre of the film. The Characters are typical characters of a social realism, Weak characters that have some sort of trouble going on.

  8. Post apocalyptic time line

  9. I am legendPost apocalyptic Narrative:Yearsafter a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure. Uses establishing shots to show extent of the devastation also uses low key lighting. Director- Francis Lawrence

  10. Day after tomorrowPost apocalytic • Narrative:Aclimatologist tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age • Low key lighting, desaturated. Characters wear normal everyday clothes, uses a lot of establishing shots to show the devastation. • Director: Roland Emmerich

  11. The RoadPost apocalyptic • A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible. • Director: John Hilcot • Uses low key lighting to set the mood and help enhance the eerie feeling of the film.

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