Genre - Drama vs Social Realism

When considering what genre our piece would be, we looked to what made pieces successful to their chosen genre. We wanted to comment on the issue of sexual assault and we looked towards what made similar style pieces able to achieve a successful portrayal.

Pieces under the genre of Drama
Drama style pieces focus on the emotional and relational development of real life characters and also relies heavily on dramatic themes to influence these developments. "These themes are often taken from intense, real life issues"

Pieces under the genre of Social Realism
Social realism style pieces focus on issues faced under certain ideologies within society. Contemporary pieces often highlight the misuse of drugs, the effects of assault and sexual assault and violence. These pieces often portray a more gritty and realistic view of an issue than a drama type film would as the dramatic themes are real life events and not merely made for the issue of heightening a relationship within the piece.

As our piece involves a more gritty view of the issue of assault we decided to focus our plot around the genre of social realism, meeting the codes and conventions through our use of mise en scene, camera angles and movement and a non-diegetic soundtrack that immediately sets the tone of our piece.