Realism in Yasmin
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English Coursework- "Discuss how realism is created in the film drama 'Yasmin' " "Yasmin", written by Oscar award winner Simon Beaufoy, is a topical drama focused around a predominantly Asian community in the north of England. Starring "Bend It Like Beckham" and "East Is East" actress Archie Panjabi, "Yasmin", explores problems and prejudices faced by Asian people in the aftermath of the atrocities in America on September the Eleventh. Using characterisation, setting, camera, mise-en-scene and sound, director Kenneth Gleenan, creates a sense of realism through an accurate depiction of life in an Asian community after the terrorist attacks. In this essay I have chosen to focus on the opening scene, and I will discuss methods used in "Yasmin" to create realism through media and film-making techniques, and how successful "Yasmin" is in doing this. I will also look at the writer's and director's representations of life for British Muslims after the...

