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Social Realism A social realist film is a film that shows a realistic perspective of society at a specific time and place. An example of a social realist film is   Hue and Cry  (1947),   which was a film shot promptly after the aftermath of the Blitz, shot on real bombed out sites across Britain. Most early post world war 2 social realist films received funding from the government in order to show people what British Society is like at the time.  Early  British cinema picked up on the revelation of everyday social interaction to be found in Dickens and Thomas Hardy . In the years following World War I, it was widely felt that the key to a national cinema lay in 'realism and restraint'. Britain's contribution to cinema in the 1930s lay in a state-sponsored documentary tradition that would feed into the 1940s mainstream. T he  British  industry   has had a  longstanding rivalry with Hollywood in terms of 'realism and tinsel'

Different types of cuts and transitions :- - (Straight) cut - dissolve - fade - whip - dip to (black / white)

'British' film What makes a film British? To  be eligible for the category,  Bafta  rules say that, unless there are exceptional circumstances, a film must "have significant British creative involvement" and be certified as British by the British Film Institute (BFI ). The BFI gives a film official British status for the purposes of receiving tax relief if it passes a "cultural test" or is a co-production between the UK and another approved country . The cultural test contains 15 criteria, from having the dialogue in the English language and being set in the UK to using British locations, director, cast, writer, composer and producer . 12 Years A Slave Nik Powell, chair of Bafta's film committee, explains: "12 Years a Slave was not considered by the committee because it didn't list itself as a British film .“ When a film is submitted to Bafta for consideration, its producers can tick a box to say it is British, M