The film Fish Tank fits in to the genre of Social realism, and it is very typical of this genre. The films contains many 'kitchen sink' moments, where the scene is based in the house, more specifically the kitchen, and the characters usually are just talking there. The film characters are working class, and the genre usually portrays them as heros even though they are not of a high class in society, and do not get a lot of media coverage. The shooting of the film consists of a lot of handheld cameras, and the shots are sometimes very long, and sometimes the film feels like a documentary. The locations are usually real places, and because the characters are working class, these locations are deprived areas. The only sound heard is diegetic.
One scene which contains a lot of these elements is a scene where Mia is in the kitchen dancing and then Connor, her mums boyfriend walks in. They talk by the kitchen sink in the small kitchen in their flat for about 3 minutes, and it is filmed by a handheld camera. There is no editing, it is just one long scene. There is music on but it is diegetic, coming from the TV.
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