How does Arnold use the form of social realism to develop the character of Zoe? - Wasp

How does Arnold use the form of social realism to develop the character of Zoe?

The film begins en media res, caught in a fight between our newly introduced main character Zoe and her neighbour, from this the audience might've already picked up that she's obviously not the best influence as a parent to her kids, as she decides that fighting someone is the best way to solve whatever problem it is they had, although this does show that she is willing to go to any length to parent her children. The setting and the mood is made very clear by things such as the very grey pale lighting and the place they're situated in which is most likely a council home, he uses the raw realism to maybe give the audience a chance at feeling sympathy for the character even though we just saw her fighting someone. The characters are dressed portly and with lack of care which shows the situation her and her family are in. 

The use of very dynamic camera shots and extreme close ups gives the readers a sensation that they are in the scene themselves, not only that but the use of the very shaky camera shows how turbulent Zoe's life is in many aspects and how the children are probably dealing with it. We're never really told as an audience that Zoe has benefits or that her situation is necessarily  troubled, but because of the use of the setting, language, the look of the characters, etc, we can assume this. When Zoe is invited by her boyfriend to go to a club she lies to him and says that the children are someone else, the shows that's he might not be exactly proud go having had them, and that she might even regret it, this would probably give her a a very bad image in front of the audience and maybe make them dislike her since the children are used as a way to gain sympathy from the audience through the short. 

In the next scene were shown more of the interior  of Zoe's home in which were shown multiple close ups of some of her things, such as expired bread and overall a ver bad environment to live in especially for her kids, revealing that the situation is probably much worse than what we could've expected. In this scene Arnold emphases the harsh reality of life and how some people live their which is to most audiences something that could even make them feel guilty, this scene especially keeps the audience nervous for what's going to happen next especially worried about the situation of the kids and hoping that nothing happens to them. 

This tension is then continued in the club scene in which we get a very climactic ending, in which we see how Zoe decides to live her children outside as he goes in with her boyfriend. The way this scene is edited is great since we get multiple jump shots of Zoe inside the club to the contrasting very sad sight of her children running outside all by themselves. The way this specific part is shot is also very interesting because were shown a very non steady shot in which the audience can almost see nothing of what's happening making the tension rise up making us wonder what's about to happen as a wasp enters Kai's mouth, we see that Zoe jumps out of her seat leaving Dave in the car and runs to her children worried, this makes the viewer wonder if she's really as bad as she's been depicted up to this point, continued by this we see that she's gotten food for her kids which might make the viewer gain sympathy for her again, coming to a conclusion that she's just a troubled mother going through a struggle in her life.