Social Reaism

Social Realism developed as a reaction against idealism and the exaggerated ego encouraged by Romanticism. Consequences of the Industrial Revolution became apparent; urban centers grew, slums proliferated on a new scale contrasting with the display of wealth of the upper classes. With a new sense of social consciousness, the Social Realists pledged to “fight the beautiful art”, any style which appealed to the eye or emotions. They focused on the ugly realities of contemporary life and sympathized with working-class people, particularly the poor. They recorded what they saw in a dispassionate manner.

Timothy Winters by Charles Causley

Timothy Winters comes to school
With eyes as wide as a football pool,
Ears like bombs and teeth like splinters:
A blitz of a boy is Timothy Winters.

His belly is white, his neck is dark,
And his hair is an exclamation mark.
His clothes are enough to scare a crow
And through his britches the blue winds blow.

When teacher talks he won't hear a word
And he shoots down dead the arithmetic-bird,
He licks the patterns off his plate
And he's not even heard of the Welfare State.

Timothy Winters has bloody feet
And he lives in a house on Suez Street,
He sleeps in a sack on the kitchen floor
And they say there aren't boys like him any more.

Old man Winters likes his beer
And his missus ran off with a bombardier.
Grandma sits in the grate with a gin
And Timothy's dosed with an aspirin.

The Welfare Worker lies awake
But the law's as tricky as a ten-foot snake,
So Timothy Winters drinks his cup
And slowly goes on growing up.

At Morning Prayers the Master helves
For children less fortunate than ourselves,
And the loudest response in the room is when
Timothy Winters roars "Amen!"

So come one angel, come on ten:
Timothy Winters says "Amen
Amen amen amen amen."
Timothy Winters, Lord.
Amen!

My Brief

Timothy Winters
For my Minor project my intention is to uses the character from Charles Causley poem Timothy Winters to create my short story. The poem describes a young school boy whose upbringing has not been so kind to him, his family being very poor he finds himself wearing old worn out clothes and at school he pays no attention to the teacher. My animation will be set on the streets of the backcountry in the 1950’s and will follow Timothy Winters as he walks to school and on his return home. My animation will be full of nostalgia of working class life in the backcountry and will be an uplifting and emotional story of a poor boy with a passionate dream and imagination.

ive had this project in mind for a while now, i was going to be used for my transcription project in year two but dropped it because of time issues

Other ideas
Another back up plan is a remake of the narcoleptic blimp but in beautiful CGI, the aesthetic style of the animation will be similar to my previous projects, warm and realistic. The blimp Character will be old and worn-out with many other small comical characters under the sea for example. I would want to keep my European theme throughout.

Another possible option is a story about a man who wants to relax in his garden, enjoying the sunshine whilst playing guitar. As he is playing he gets interrupted by an audience of Cats sitting on his fence which becomes larger and larger as he plays to the point when he has a mass crowd of cats sitting applauding him, the story ends on a twist. The man stands up for his thunderous applause and takes a bow, as he bows it turns out that the cats were keeping him occupied while other cats completely took over his house and stole all of his food.