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Social realism films usually follow the journey of a character; whether it be from the lower class to upper class, unsuccessful to successful, young to old, bad to good, or unhappy to happy, the genre tends to provide an insight on the lives of people who need help or are trying to escape a burden. Synopses tend to focus around conventional themes such as drug abuse, violence, poverty and how the protagonist or a certain groups of people try and overcome or deal with these problems.
TYPICAL SYNOPSIS
Through our analysis of 5 Social Realism films and narrative theorists, we learnt that films from the genre often have a reoccurring pattern (linking to Todorov's Theory); The protagonist is on a journey of their own that they believe to be good. There is then a hurdle that they must overcome on their journey to resolve the situation. However in Social Realism films, despite resolving the problem, there is often a consequence that the protagonist faces at he end as the gritty and frank nature of this genre shows how in real life, things are never perfect. As well as this, we learnt that these films commonly have sub-plots which aid with plot development and create context to the issues, that a film explores, from another character's perspective.