Realist – The visual elements of This is England takes a documentary-style approach, this can be seen by Shane Meadows choosing not to colour grade the scenes and instead leaving them natural.

Expressionism – The narrative flow is interrupted in Joker when it is made clear that Arthur’s relationship with his neighbour was simply a figment of his imagination. This is emphasised by the cross cutting between the pair and the same scene but with Arthur alone.

Eisenstein combines these in Strike, as seen in the sixth part, during the intellectual montage in which the cow and workers are simultaneously killed, creating a visual metaphor in order to make the point that workers are exploited by the workplace and are gotten rid of once they’re no longer needed.