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1. I have created this document to explore different posters under the genre of Social
Realism, this is for research to allow us to create our poster for our short film, allowing it to
relate to other posters already created for films.
This is England
This film poster is used in for the film ‘This is England’ directed by Shane Meadows. The
poster includes all the main characters standing next to each other, this indicates that they
are all friends, which can also be told from the way that their dressed very similar to each
other. The flats in the background connotes that the characters in the film live in a poor
area, this relates to the genre of ‘social ‘realism’ as most storylines from this genre revolve
around the poorer people of society who’s perception of life is more of a struggle. This film
is based in the 80s, in order to get this point across to the audience the creators of the
poster have dressed the characters in a style of that generation in order for the viewers to
understand that the film is based on life at that time. The males are mainly wearing jeans
that are tightly fitted and boots, the females also dress similar to the males, which
contrasts to the dress sense of people in todays society. My social realism short film is
mainly based in a school, therefore in order to show this to our target audience we would
need to photograph our characters in their school uniforms, for example.
The poster has been graphed out so that the title and the slogan can be clearly seen
against the fence. The ratings from newspapers and movie awards are located at the top
of the page which contrast heavily with the sky blue background.
Kidulthood

2. Kidulthood is a social realism film which is based around the lives of teenagers living in
central London who are influenced badly leading them to do commit crimes.
The setting of the film shows that it is based in a rough part of a city, the characters are
sitting on a roof with a contrast of the dark area in the background. The characters all
appear to be threatening, there is an ethnic mix in the group which relates to todays
society. The males are all dressed darkly which relates to gangs, whereas the females are
dressed in lighter colours, which suggests that their innocent. The characters look as if
their standing on a tarmac rooftop, some of them are sitting on a concrete block which
makes the area look very industrial.
The colours are dark and grimy which relates to the nature of the poorer part of society.
Compared to the other posters, the colours of this poster look a lot more unnatural
compared to the other posters, this connotes that the funding of the film has been larger
and the films haven’t been made independently like Fishtank and This is England.
The font is bold and clear, it contrasts with the darker colours of the poster, the ‘i’ in the
title is the only letter which is lowercase, this relates to the age of the characters in the film
and connotes that the characters think that their old, but in reality they are just a small part
of the bigger world.
Fishtank

3. Fishtank is a film about a young girl who is growing up in an estate, the film highlights the
struggle of life in a poorer part of society. This film poster is different from the ones I have
previously analysed, this poster only contains one character who is gazing out of the
window, there is no exterior setting on this poster. But it can easily be assumed that the
main character in this film does not live in a rich environment due to the rips and graffiti on
the walls.
There is no exterior setting on this poster, the background shows what looks like the main
characters room. There is rips in the wallpaper, graffiti and paint marks on the wall. The
colour of the wall is a creamy colour, which contrasts to the title and actor names. The
main character is wearing hooped earrings and a cheap necklace which shows the class
of the character. These hints indicate to any potential viewer that the film will be based
around the working class.
The font is very bold and clear, the colour of the main title signifies that the film is mainly
about the girl on the poster.