In the extract of ‘Twentyfour Seven’ many conventions of Social Realism are shown. All of these conventions serve to please various audiences including both mainstream and niche. An example of one of the conventions used would be a long establishing shot, this is a generic convention that is expected in all social realism films. This convention would please all of the various audiences of social realism as it is a convention they are familiar with and that is often seen. The long establishing shot is of a man walking a dog under a bridge along a derelict train tracks, which may be representing the industrial decline of Britain in the 80‘s and the neglect of the area. The are no other people shown in this shot and only a few cars pass over the bridge showing that this is not a popular place for people to visit, this suggests to the audience that the man walking his dog wishes to be alone as he has not chosen a more public area to walk his dog in. The dog runs away to the left of the camera then as the dogs owner gets closer the shot changes to one of a burnt train carriage, this reinforces the idea that the film is set during the industrial decline of Britain in the 80’s and that this is not a popular place to visit and suggests that this is so because of an accident on the train causing it to burn down. Inside the train we see an old man with an unruly beard who grabs a glass bottle and holds it up in his defence, this again reinforces that this is not a popular place to visit as the man appears to be homeless and squatting inside the train. Looking closely at the old man we can see what appears to be blood on his head suggesting that he has recently been in a fight and the reason he holds up the bottle in self defence is because he believes the person he had a fight with has come back. The old man also appears to be very dirty which suggests neglect and low self-esteem. The derelict train tracks that we see at the beginning may be a metaphore for the neglect and isolation of the old man. The old man need the help of the owner of the dog to support him and assist him in getting to the car. This supports the idea that the man has been in a fight and also shows that the man is old and fragile. After the old man is assisted into the car he leans against the window supporting the idea that he is old and fragile and suggesting that he is restless. This makes us think that the burnt out train carraige might symbolise the burnt out and run down old man. When the old man is helped into bed he falls to sleep with ease which supports the idea that he is restless showing that he is so tired that he is willing to leave himself unguarded and exposed to threat in a strangers house. As the camera pans into the kitchen we see a single chair, this prop implies that the owner of the dog lives alone in the house. The owner of the dog goes through the old mans coat and pulls out a book, this shows us that the owner of the dog had no respect for the old man and is prying. The beginning five minutes of the movie suggest to us that one of the main issues in the film may be homelessness and the owner of the dog may be manipulating the old man in some way later on in the movie, this is shown by how kind and friendly he appear to be to the old man himself but then as soon as the old man is in bed he goes through his things without any hesitation.
Breakdown of social realism intro
In the extract of ‘Twentyfour Seven’ many conventions of Social Realism are shown. All of these conventions serve to please various audiences including both mainstream and niche. An example of one of the conventions used would be a long establishing shot, this is a generic convention that is expected in all social realism films. This convention would please all of the various audiences of social realism as it is a convention they are familiar with and that is often seen. The long establishing shot is of a man walking a dog under a bridge along a derelict train tracks, which may be representing the industrial decline of Britain in the 80‘s and the neglect of the area. The are no other people shown in this shot and only a few cars pass over the bridge showing that this is not a popular place for people to visit, this suggests to the audience that the man walking his dog wishes to be alone as he has not chosen a more public area to walk his dog in. The dog runs away to the left of the camera then as the dogs owner gets closer the shot changes to one of a burnt train carriage, this reinforces the idea that the film is set during the industrial decline of Britain in the 80’s and that this is not a popular place to visit and suggests that this is so because of an accident on the train causing it to burn down. Inside the train we see an old man with an unruly beard who grabs a glass bottle and holds it up in his defence, this again reinforces that this is not a popular place to visit as the man appears to be homeless and squatting inside the train. Looking closely at the old man we can see what appears to be blood on his head suggesting that he has recently been in a fight and the reason he holds up the bottle in self defence is because he believes the person he had a fight with has come back. The old man also appears to be very dirty which suggests neglect and low self-esteem. The derelict train tracks that we see at the beginning may be a metaphore for the neglect and isolation of the old man. The old man need the help of the owner of the dog to support him and assist him in getting to the car. This supports the idea that the man has been in a fight and also shows that the man is old and fragile. After the old man is assisted into the car he leans against the window supporting the idea that he is old and fragile and suggesting that he is restless. This makes us think that the burnt out train carraige might symbolise the burnt out and run down old man. When the old man is helped into bed he falls to sleep with ease which supports the idea that he is restless showing that he is so tired that he is willing to leave himself unguarded and exposed to threat in a strangers house. As the camera pans into the kitchen we see a single chair, this prop implies that the owner of the dog lives alone in the house. The owner of the dog goes through the old mans coat and pulls out a book, this shows us that the owner of the dog had no respect for the old man and is prying. The beginning five minutes of the movie suggest to us that one of the main issues in the film may be homelessness and the owner of the dog may be manipulating the old man in some way later on in the movie, this is shown by how kind and friendly he appear to be to the old man himself but then as soon as the old man is in bed he goes through his things without any hesitation.
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