Reality in a film
Portraying reality in a film is one of the major key to make
the audience believe in what you are trying to show on screen. Especially in
specific genres like; biopic, epics, romance, etc. But the tricky part over
here is how to show the reality to the audience. There are so many key elements
through which an audience for a moment believes and connects to the film which
is going on in front of them. Firstly we can say the way the actor/actresses portrays
his/her character. I might have repeated it several times, and I will repeat it
once again. Through the actor/actresses acting and making the viewer’s believe
that he/she is not faking out the character will help the audience to get more
connected, and most importantly believe in the film as well. Avoiding of
exaggeration also can help show reality in a film. There are obviously
exceptions such as melo-dramatic films or any other genre, but now a days
audiences usually crave for a more realistic plot. In my point of view this
will also help giving more effect to the film. The locations also help
emphasizing the realistic part of the film even more. Art films comparative to
commercial ones surely looks at this point as well. There is one very vital
term that is the continuity of a particular movie. Sometimes we notice that in
a particular scene at one shot the actor’s hair is messy, and in the other shot
it is automatically neat. This is a fail in continuity. Maintaining the
continuity also helps to add a realistic part also. For a film maker it’s very
important to understand his or her audience. If a biopic is being made, as a
film maker you have to make sure that carrying out the facts and the realistic
part with entertainment is taken place, because without that we will have
limited people to watch our films. Basically cinema is a medium of
entertainment and also somewhere we are either influenced or motivated after
watching a particular film. But adding more realism to the film will add more
color to it as well. Reality in a film only doesn’t mean non-fictional
stories. Obviously fictional stories can also have realism in their films.
Let’s consider a plot of two lovers with different religion. So a made up story
will surely work but the role of realism over here takes place according to
what kind of scenario you are trying to show your audience. For example if we
are showing that story in an orthodox family the situation which will really
occur will have more impact. And sometimes if we want to change the perception
of the people of our society we can also show it in the way of the same
situation but later on the opposite of it.
Having reality in a film will surely make your audience
enjoy and even get emotionally connected to the film, and also learn something
from it as well, but most importantly it also depends on the genre as well.
