Research on thr themes of our film

Themes are the fundamental part for the creation of short films and even mainstream movies. However, British short films tend to adopt themes that tend to relate to the British nation rather than using mainstream and better known themes. To decide on the British themes we would like to incorporate in our short film we have explored a variety of existing themes in Britain and decided which of these iconic themes best suits our film.

The first theme that I, Myles and Daniel thought of was gang violence, crime, youth violence, and gun crime. This is quiet an obvious choice of theme by my group due to the fact that we are teenagers ourselves therefore we have witnessed or re greatly informed about violence that teenagers are involved in these days. This factor is classified as a heavy issue in Britain due to the statistics shown on the headliners website that states 26 young people were killed in a gun or knife crime in London alone. Therefore putting this theme as one of the forerunners of the variety of themes associated with Britain. A key short film that explores the youth and there recklessness is Gravity.

Another theme that we are thinking about incorporating into our short film is the key national identity of Britain which is multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is. This genre is a factor in society that began to arise after the Second World War, where people were migrated into Britain from the British colonies in order to sustain British factories and economy, this lead to Britain becoming a more diverse nation. The theme that shows change in society to accept ethnic and religious minorities is further accepted by a BBC report by Professor Sir Bernard Crick. He believes "I see no incompatility between multiculturalism and britishness. Britishness must be part of multiculturalism." This suggest that we are now in an age were multiculturalism is accepted as one of the highlights of British culture and prestige.

The last theme we have considered is social realism. Social Realism in cinema is a style that finds its roots in the Italian neorealism movement known for naturalistic. It is considered Britain's main form of cinematic style, and currently portrayed at the front of short film genres. One of the first British films to emphasize realism's value as social protest was the 1902 film from U.K director and Scottish born film pioneer James Williamson, A Reservist Before the War, and After the War which memorialized the Boer War serviceman coming back home to unemployment. Repressive censorship during 1945-1954 prevented British films from more radical social positions.