Andrea Arnold's films are of the social realism genre.
Social Realist films focus on the raw reality of everyday life.
Techniques
Within Arnold's films she uses lots of hand-held camera work, this helps draw the audience into the action and also gives the film a sense of realism, we will be using this technique within our film to give the sense of distortion and also to add realism. Arnold also uses lots of binary opposites within her films (especially Fish Tank), she uses lots of nature shots which can be compared with Mia and her sink estate life. These binary opposites help the audience to understand the difference between her two 'lives', within our production we will be using opposites between Sophie's 'ballet' life and her 'night' life.
Social Realist films focus on the raw reality of everyday life.
Techniques
Within Arnold's films she uses lots of hand-held camera work, this helps draw the audience into the action and also gives the film a sense of realism, we will be using this technique within our film to give the sense of distortion and also to add realism. Arnold also uses lots of binary opposites within her films (especially Fish Tank), she uses lots of nature shots which can be compared with Mia and her sink estate life. These binary opposites help the audience to understand the difference between her two 'lives', within our production we will be using opposites between Sophie's 'ballet' life and her 'night' life.
Fish Tank
