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' Famous Drunk dad faces disease if he doesn't stop'

The headline above could portrays a British Social realism movie,  as it illustrates the effects of a drinking addict leading to many consequences. The themes will be based on drugs, parenthood, childhood, depression , isolation and death. The main character is called Mike, a Dad with many struggles and choices to decide which, all lead to his disease and depression. He has two sons, one is 17 and one is 14 called Chris And David and a wife, called Margaret who is thinking of divorcing him.

The plot of the movie is that Mike lives in a very upper class area, in Chelsea. He feels that everything around him is changing for worse, as his sons do not care much about his life as they, are caught up in their own life in addition , to his wife having problems and arguments.  Even though they live in a large house, Mike feels that he is much more civilised and at home at his pub, he co-owns the pub with a man called Anthony. Mike feels that Anthony, is arrogant and over his head which he finds annoying and struggles to work with. Mike also has a drinking problem which, he finds help with his depression ironically -  Consequently, he has heart disease and suspects that the drinking was a part of it, he often has random black outs which he feels, put him to peace as he forgetting the past and his mistakes put him at ease.  One day, Anthony is found dead at the pub one night, Mike was near the scene when it happened but, because of his blackout he can't remember what happened but is happy, to find himself in one piece but, is also disturbed by this event. He is questioned but can't remember. He becomes owner, which is a struggle for him as he finds himself consuming all the stock to fill his drinking needs consequently, this disturbs the business and puts him in debt which, leads to the divorce with his wife. Out of desperation, he works with a drug dealer who puts drugs in his pub with the drinks, the sales suddenly go up but no one knows, that the drinks are drugged which makes the pub very controversial . Even though , it gets famous , it often gets some hate and this troubles Mike, he has to cope with his heart disease while keeping the secrets of his pub secret however, this becomes a struggle as he finds one of  his son addicted to these drugged drinks. Mike is not an independent moral genius, so he finds this hard to either make money for himself and others, or stop his son from this addiction by telling the truth and shutting down his pub.


Headline 2

Schoolboy who faces suspension for running 'black

market' tuck shop to sell rest of stock on eBay

The headline above may not portray the conventions of a british social realism movie however, they can be changed to suit it. For example. the sweets could be replaced by drugs showing, corruption of youth due to the selling of drugs in school. The main character 'Tommie' faces these struggles of bullying,isolation, drug addiction and corruption of youth

The plot of the film has a restricted narrative of Tommie, a boy who goes to school like every other kid but, is isolated from other peer groups and usually bullied. One day, he hears kids talking about drugs and how they are running low and, that they will be willing to pay a high price for certain drugs . Tommie, meets a drug dealer who is a friend of his Dad surprisingly. He takes the boy under his wing to sell these drugs in school and share the profit with him, this gets tommie very popular and rich. However, these rumours spread and is on the brink of getting bullied of getting these drugs for free; he has to stand up for himself and fight aganist the bullies or he will be 'grasped' in order, to make enough money for uni by the end of the year.

Headline 3 -A hero's return! K-9 police dog Reiko has bullet removed from his spine after being shot by murder suspec

This headline portrays the themes of a britsh realism with war, violence and justice.  These themes can be shown through the use of the freindship between a police dog and a police officer who work together. Also, war between gangs and the police can be shown as the dog gets in danger thus, making the police officer it's protector as it's faces violent murderers.

The plot of film could be that one day, a police officer called Jake, decides to train his dog to become strong and smart. He takes it on courses where he learns to sniff for drugs and bite when nessecary. Some people find this cruel however, he finds it great as he bonds with his dog alot more. One day, the dog gets shot by a gang and the police officer has swore revenged and justice for them ever since they got away. As a result, years later the dog returns and he embarks a mission to sniff our their drugs and put them in jail to create justice.