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"How useful has an ideological critical approach been in enhancing your understanding of  Fish Tank" ideological critical approach in fishtank. Working class. Young female being taking advantage of. Wanting to get out of the "fish tank" In the film "Fish Tank" the fish tank acts as a metaphor for social class/status. The film is dominated by social class this as we as an audience are constantly left comparing Mia and her family to the man that is dating her mother.  In the opening scene Mia is mid frame, the background is a blue concrete wall. The concrete wall reflects the council house environment which is typical of where working class people live. The colour of the wall ties into the title of the film "Fish Tank" as it is a metaphor for being trapped in social class.  The documentary style of the film tries to make it as realistic and accurate to life as possible. The director has done this in order for the audience to relate an...
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