Realist

Realist narratives try to show life as it is. They are bound to the rules of life as we know it. They often focus on things that affect us which is where they normally drive their power. Realist is powerful on its own because the general audience can relate and put themselves in the shoes of the characters within the drama. People can relate to it because of how realistic the drama can be. The more real the drama seems the more powerful it will come across to the audience.

The opposite to a realist narrative would be an anti-realist. An anti-realist is things that could never happen in real life however it still has to be realistic. This means that there still has to be some real life logic behind the events that take place. For example, the film superman is an anti-realist however seems realistic when he flies in the air. He can fly in the air because his planet has a stronger gravitational pull than earth so therefore when he is on earth he has the ability to launch himself in the air... the logic behind it makes sense to the audience.

An example of a realist drama would be Top Boy:

Top boy is drama set in suburban area of London where gang violence and drugs is their way of life. This realist drama is so powerful because the events and conflict that take place cause the audience to envisage what the characters are feeling and the horror of the sights they see.


Realism is where the rules in the beginning must not be broken later on in the film in order to maintain the realism theme. Realistic is where they aim to preserve an internal logic that is established early on in the film. It is when things seem like they could be real. For example an earthquake in London would never happen however if the scene conveyed the earthquake in a detailed manor the audience would be believe that it is something that could actually happen.