British Social Realism?

British Social Realism is a film movement. The films are representative of real life, and deals with themes like racism, poverty and hardship. The characters are based on real people who are usually working class, and the films use unvarnished, minimalistic camera work and editing. British Social Realism films have changed over the last 50 years, in the same way society in England has, as they show the hardship of modern times, and they deal with different situations then before.

This is a picture of my social realism time line. 

From the 1960's to the 2000's, a lot has changed in BSR films. The miss-en-scene in the films has changed a lot, as times have changed so has England, and in modern times the areas look more rough and unwell kept. The themes and situations through time have also changed, more recent times, especially in 1980's has become a lot more about violence and crime, but in the 1960's it was more about poverty. So BSR films have changed quite a bit over time.