Representation Within Social Realism

We should knowledge that film is a large commercial medium instead of an educational tool.

The phrase "social extension" means extending the range of characters to include groups and individuals seldom represented on screens in mainstream cinema.

Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson's opinion of cinema's treatment for the working class and what he arrived to do was that cinema had severely under-represented the working class his work provides and example of the way social realist film-makers strive to improve upon previous conceptions of realism.

Representation of women

Women were represented as often the target for the vitriolic attacks for their working class heroes.

The expectations were feisty working class female character portrayals.

In the 1980's women were represented as being more important through the workforce and in society as a whole.

To summarise, representation in social realist texts has mainly focused on the working class characters in British social realist films.