British Social Realism - Creativity

British Social Realism - Creativity

This screenshot from a newspaper is about a policewoman who is injured in a car crash and left with serious head injuries, this is very relevant to the genre of British Social Realism as it includes themes that are explored a lot in British Social Realist films, this one being disability, where the story follows the life of someone who is discriminated against or extremely weak because of their problems as it follows their struggle against everyday life. I can use this news story to develop my own story. I might use the theme of disability to make my own opening. For example in my own story I will use the narrative of a person who is injured in a car accident and is left with head injuries or body injuries and as a result is forced to go through her life at a disadvantage and having to put up with people taking advantage of her.

This newspaper is about a boy who is having nightmares when a criminal had held an axe over his head, this too links to the genre of British Social Realism because it is a very sinister narrative and very dark. I can use this real life story to base my story on a traumatised child. It wouldn't be based upon what actually happened with the axe but it would have the same after effect where the child's life is ruined because of continuous nightmares that impact his mood to the point where he suffers from depression. This would be based upon some sort of stalker or person who is constantly controlling the life of the child by threats and this would create a very powerful story that would fit the genre of British Social Realism very well.

This is the story of how a terrorist is killed in another country, this can be used in my story but maybe not to as extreme lengths as this story played out to, for example it could be how a family or person is damaged from the loss of someone close to them as the result of terrorism in England. The terrorist attack would be based upon a real event that happened and would involve the themes of death, depression as well as tension between the governement.  

A prostitute gets pregnant by accident, and he friend is jealous because she can’t get pregnant so when the baby is a toddler, the friend smothers him, and the prostitute stops prostituting, drinking out of the baby’s cups and then commits suicide.

A young adult lives in London, who is bullied for the country he comes from, so he fights against racism and discrimination, and to make it worse, he’s cheating the benefit system