Realism or ‘realisms’;

Realism in the cinema;

Defining Social Realism

Realism or ‘realisms’

• The problem with the phrasal term “social

realism” is that it is used in a care freeway

that shows little importance. When using

this term, it is one which rounds-up all of

these features: a film’s text, content,

concerns and visual style.

• Many factors contributed to the driving

force of realism...

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• The factors that contributed to this included workers moving from the country to the city and new political ideas created by the industrial revolution.

• The development of realism in the nineteenth century consisted of large debates about literature, from these the term “critical realism” was created and developed.

What does Carroll suggest?

• Carroll suggests that the term should only

be used with a prefix!

Realism in the Cinema

• By the end of the nineteenth century,

literature, theatre and the fine arts were

already adopting realist studies of the

rules and principles of art through a variety

of formal and style related devices.

• The development and growth of

photography allowed many people to

grasp a ‘slice of life’ as it really is.

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• The problem with the truth is that many

people have different perceptions of what

it really is. Many approaches all seek to

represent the truth through codes and

conventions that have become connected

with realism.

Branston and Stafford

• Branston and Stafford distinguish between

the realistic nature of Hollywood film and

other realist texts by making sure the film

maker has intended to capture the

experience of the actual event illustrated.

Defining Social Realism

• Social realism is so difficult to define as it

is both politically and historically grouped.

• With every given time period it changes

• A key feature of realist texts is the way

character and place are connected.

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• According to John Hill realistic changes

take place in a kind of reasoning with what

has gone on before, under writing their

own appeal to be revealing reality by

exposing the assumed and the quality of

what has passed for reality previously.

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• Hallam and Marshment delve into an

explanation of how character and place are

connected.

• They explain this by defining characteristic ad a

term used to describe films that aim to show the

effects of environmental factors on the

development of character.