How typical are my chosen texts of their genre? - Fish Tank

Social Realism is the main genre in Fish Tank, and is use to give a sense of realism for the viewer. This is reinforced as early as the first scene. 

The first shot we are presented with is that of the protagonist, and straight away we can determine she is of low class through her presentation. The scraped back hair, huge looped earrings and joggers are all stereotypical of the working class, and early on give a sense of the overall class of the film. 

The technical conventions used are also very much typical of the Social Realism genre; the camera shots for example are in long takes with little camera movement and having very limited editing. For instance in the first scene the camera tracks Mia's movement as she goes to pick up the stones to launch at Keeley's window, this allows the film to become very realistic