British Social Realism vs. Hollywood

British Social Realism vs. Hollywood

British Social Realism	Hollywood
Grainy	Glossy
Low Budget	Big Budget
Real social issues	Fantasy
Screened on TV/Online	Theatrical release
Unknown/upcoming actors	Famous actors
Bleak	Glamorous
Real life sets	Studio sets
Low advertising budget	Heavily marketed/ promoted
Seek change/ Social justice	Predictable endings
Various lengths	Standard feature length (100 mins)
Not many special effects	Special effects (sfx)
Low production value	High production value

British social realism is a film style which focuses on contemporary topics in modern day society, most British social realism films convey topics such as drugs, abuse, violence, sex and other gritty subjects, some even concern very political and religious views and can be very controversial. Whereas Hollywood films is the term used to describe films which are produced in America. This genre is a polar opposite to the genre of British social realism, with complete different characteristics in the category, the most obvious example being the extreme difference in budgets; Hollywood films are usually very expansive and have huge budgets to cover the costs of all the famous actors/actresses, the sets, props, special effects etc. whereas social realism films have a reasonably lower budget with lower exposure in the sense of glitzy premieres and usually have very low quality production because one, they generally can’t afford it and two, because the lower quality images actually convey the gritty, hard-hitting context more because their set to be as realistic as possible.  Hollywood films are most likely to have a fantasy setting and very unrealistic characters, which is a way of getting the audience lost in a new world, this is why these types of films have such huge budgets and are very glossy and have predictable endings because the genre is all about making the film immersive and glowing to the audience.