Pre - Production Analysis of Themes and Ideology

It is important that British Social Realism films have a theme and ideology, because they try and tell the audience the truth through their films. So they need a theme and ideology to push the beliefs even further, without the themes and ideologies there would not be any emotion behind the truthful message they are trying to get across.

The themes and ideologies are unique in a British Social Realism film, because they concentrate on the hard and gritty part of life. It is not always a happy ending, that’s what these films are putting across to the audience, that life is not fair all the time. Unlike Hollywood films, where you always get a happy ending, these Social Realism films represent real life, that’s why they are unique.

There is a pattern of the themes and ideologies in British Social Realism films, because they focus on the truth of life and what it really is. The main topics they would focus on are, alcohol, drugs, underage sex and pregnancy, gang violence and the struggles of families. All these themes and ideologies mostly represent the life of the working class, which is what mainly Social Realism films concentrate on.

My Synopsis

Since alcohol is a problem in Britain, with people consuming alcohol and doing illegal things like drunk driving. I thought it would be a great idea for a British Social Realism film.

My story will be about a 12 year old boy whose father drinks all the time. The boy’s mother died, so the father tries to bring up the only child, but he cannot. The story will be about how this boy looks after his father, by feeding, washing him and taking care of him. With the stress at home, he also has to go to school and make sure he concentrates. But one day, he gets in trouble in school, so he has to stay back and explain to them that it was not him. He’s in school for a long time and when he comes home he finds out that is father is dead…