Introduction to Contexts of Practice
Split into groups and given a topic - My group was given Free Cinema (British) to research into.
Things I learnt
* Had a huge influence on British New Wave - Many of the films created within this period had been categorised as part of the kitchen sink dramas. Adaptions of novels or plays written by members of Britain's so-called "Angry Young Men". This group was made up of working and middle class playwrights and novelists who were prominent in the 1950's.
* British Free Cinema, usually down scaled aspects of melodrama in favour of focusing on real life situations and themes such as single motherhood and the corruption of the Rugby League business.
* The genre shows the clash between the working class and the upper middle class and also the rise of the youth culture of the late 50s.
* Aimed at the youth class up north
* The use of black and white fast stock film which gave a grainy look
* Filmed in particularly industrialise northern cities, used natural light
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