BRIEFING: Which genre is the film?

VERDICT
RELEASED: 25TH January 2018 SOCIAL REALISM
“A triumph in contemporary film making, a
CERTFICATE: 12A Social Realism is a genre which gives the audience an indication of real life and
story of despair and wonder.. It’s a film
producer Jack Dreyer has used this to show experiences of modern day teens.
DIRECTOR: Jack Dreyer which you wouldn't be desperate to see
Theorists like Raymond Williams believe that tat social realism is used by direc-
tors to portray real life at the time of the film was set in which contains an ele- again, however it leaves it’s impression.”
CAST: George McGonagle& Claire Dreyer
ment of social extension by which previously under-represented groups in
PRODUCTION COMPANIES; JD Artists& Sony Pictures
society being represented.
SYNOPSIS
music festival, parties in the depths of the win- wakes up in shock to
The opening scene con- and events who are trying ters weather which is realism that he actually is
sists of a black scene with to get others into doing shown through the close homeless now, as he
facts about teens taking them, for their own bene- up of his face with his seems a sense of
and becoming addicted fit of making money off teeth shaking in misery. confusion through his
to drugs (the facts are them. facial expressions. How-
Finds Abandoned House-
shown at the bottom of ever, George is exploring
The characters identity Through the forest search
the synopsis.) The black through the left behind
has been discovered for shelter, George
screen becomes a blur belonging s of the house.
through the ways his stumbles across an This is when George finds
and the light behind the
mother catches him abandoned house which something that takes his
blur becomes clearer. The
when he passes out on seems as if it has been addiction to another
light is established as a
his bed with the cocaine wrecked through a fire, level. He finds a clear bag
bright torch in which it’s
and his mother’s due to the amount of with syringes with bottles
used to shine the light on
aggression throughout burns and black marks of liquids and powder.
cocaine which has been
the dialogue informs the which invade and George believes that this
laid across the table get-
audience of the surround the whole could be his way out of
ting cut fine with a card;

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character’s name with house. George decides to his anxiety which he
this represents a sense of
‘George’ being repeated stick with the house due faces which was the main
irresponsibility which is
reason why he took up

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many times before he to the some overhead
possessed through the taking drugs, to resolve
wakes up. She picks him shelter for cover from
media, influences and his problems and to take

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up with great anger and the gloomy British
addictions. The light dis- his mind off things. This
throws him out the house weather. He decides to
appears for a split second final shot consist of
to be left stranded in the take his bag off and
and the noise of a nose George injecting himself,
streets to cop . throw it into the corner,
snorting surrounds the it shows the syringe
where he breaks down
shot, then light returns to After being kicked out,
BRITISH DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER JACK DREYER HAS CREATED HIS SECOND the exact spot on the ta- George has nothing to fall
onto the floor in agony as going into his arm in
which it results in
he slams the floor in
SHORT FILM WHICH INVOLVES A TROUBLEDSOMED SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD ble in which the cocaine back upon or to support flopping on to the ground
“The film contains anger as he evaluates his
BOY WHO HAS BEEN PLAYED BY STAR ‘GEORGE MCGONAGLE.’ THE FILM IS SET has been consumed. The his cause through losing hopelessly as the palm of
actions; the scene closes
IN THE MODERN DAY AND IS BASED ON THE NEW GENERATION OF TEENS. a range of emotions light begins to show the his job to take-up his his hand opens as the
out with a shot of George
COULD THIS BE THE BEGINNING OF A DRUG FUELLED GENERATION? that we should be character which appears drug addiction which is syringe slides out of his
on the floor as the
to be a British Youth who his passion through the hand..
darkness invades the
able to is based around the ages amounts taken making
shot and eventually cuts
him become habituated.
comprehend.” - 16-18 which is the age
the scene completely.
where drugs begin to be- A shot consists of George
Robert Smith come used more often trying to find somewhere
The following day, the
due to the influences of shot begins with the
to habitat, it shows him
other drug consumers at going through the woods sunlight beaming on
George’s face, as he