British social realism timeline.

1960's 

Kes 

In this film we see a class full of boys , with the head teacher doing the register. One of the students decides to say a smirk comment and ends up getting punished by the teachers. Back in the 1960 the teachers where much stricter and where able to hit children unlike today where teachers don't have the same authority's. All the characters in this scene are white , this has changed rapidly in today's society has the United kingdom is a multicultural country.  They also have a black bored in the background which was used back in the 1960's.

The kids seems to be scared of the teacher which may be because he was abuse by his parents so he doesn't like talking to adults and gets very nervous.

Poor Cow

In this film we see a women getting a job as a bartender. In the 1960 there was a war going on the the women had to take up the men's jobs. This is shown because the women doesn't know how to pour a drink or communicate to the people in the pub. Also the women is walking slowly through the streets with her little kid , with music that seems to be sad, this could connote that her husband has died in war or has gone to war so she has to provide for herself. There are the common themes which are shown in british social realism such has single parents , violence , and alcohol.

1970's

 Quadrophenia

In this film we see a dad have a argument with his son , his hits his son and throws him down the stairs. This was more acceptable back in the 1970's has it taught boys how to be men. In the 1970's there was lot of people doing drugs which is shown this movie , has the dads feels the son is taking drugs. This film also appoints the issues of illness's such as schizophrenia. The house in which the family are living in is very plan and simple . it doesn't have a lot of light within the house which could connote that the family was poor. Also all the characters are white.

1980 

Made in britain

In this film we have  man who seems to be going to court because his done a crime. He also has a Nazi sign in between his eyebrows and a skinhead which makes him look hard. This could connote that he was raciest which is a common them in british social realism films. He also seems proud of all the crimes he has committed which shows his rebelliousness with occurred a lot in the 1980's. There was also hardcore punk being played in the background which was becoming known in the 80's. Also all the men within the scene are white.

Scum

Here we see a group of black and white characters in which seems to be a prison. One of the characters seems to of had enough so resorts into violence and beats up a man. Violence appears a lot in british social realism. He also uses a lot of bad language throughout the scene which could connote his uneducated because his vocabulary ain't wide enough to use more intelligent words which are much more effective. Also when the main characters is beating up another characters no one steps in to help , which could connote they was scared of him .

1990's

 Trainspotting

At the start of this scene there are a group of white men running away from what seems to be a robbery. Whistle they are running there is a narrative going on , which uses strong bad language such has 'fucking'. This is commonly shown in british social films because its a commonly used word in the working class , which could connote that the characters are working class. Also the clothes they are wearing seem to be dirty which could also connote they are living in poverty. This film is based on heroine addicters which is a strong subject but drug abuse is commonly found in british social realism films.  

Nil by mouth 

In this scene we see a violent white man with his top off violently abuse his wife, he is accusing her of cheating on him. This powerful scene is so powerful because we are unable to see the after effects of the women so we imagine how she would look and feeling in are heads. British social realism films like to show reality and for some people in britain this actually happens to them, they are in abusive relationship and are unable to escape their partner.

2000's 

kidulthood

 In this scene we see three teenage boys take back a game boy which got stolen from them. In britain a lot of people get robbed and are unable to gain their items back. They use a lot of swear words and slang terms which youngster use a lot in London. There is a lot of gang rivalry in London , with kids hanging around the streets and estates so by creating kidulthood they were able to show the dark sides of street life. In kidulthood the characters are mainly black , this is different compared to the other decades in which they where mostly white , which shows the change of culture in britain .

Bigga than Ben

in this we see Russian come to London and try to make money by scamming and doing credit card fraud. This happens a lot know days because of the technological now days smart people are able to use it to there advantage and make money. We see the characters wearing tracksuits which could connote that they are working class and don't have a lot of money so it goes well with british social films story lines of tuning nothing into something.