Surface Realism

Surface realism is how realistic the characters, locations and props come across to the audience. Its what the characters wear and how realistic it would be for their stereotype. For example a character living in a council house would not own a Mercedes but instead it would seem more realistic to have an old Ford.


Surface Realism is also about the area or location. The setting and buildings would have to be appropriate and real to the area the characters live in. If they were to live in Manchester then the buildings and the way of living would have to appear different to somewhere like Brighton if it is going to be taken realistically by the audience.