For my short film I have chosen the genre of social realism. The outline of my idea is that it is about a couple in a relationship but the male character develops a drinking problem and turns violent when having a drink.
These are the codes and conventions I am going to include in my short film to make it a social realism film.
Social realism films are low budget films and try to capture the gritty and try to capture a slice of life and view life as it really is. They use social issues and use non trained actors.
These conventions can relate to my short film as I have a low to nothing budget and my theme/issue is a very real issue that can happen to anyone. I am going to use non-trained actors for my production and I feel my film will definitely attack social issues.
Low key lighting is used within social realism films and long takes. I will interpret these into my film because I will use the low key lighting to make the scene feel gloom and dark and this will create an impact on the film because the issues being explored are dark and gloomy issues so it will fit nicely within the film. The long takes will be used also to create tension and make the audience feel uncomfortable which I want them to feel like that because alcoholism and domestic abuse are very serious topics which shouldn't be taken lightly.
The characters used will be part of the lower economic classes and will use the themes and issues used within social realism films.
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