http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auSAGvpM7W8By Zara, James and Holly

Representation of Disability

The scene starts with a shot of a

woman with her back to the camera

opening a door. This already

creates a sense of mystery in the

scene.

The camera pans down to show a

medium shot of a disabled boy.

The camera angle is at his eye

level (Rule of thirds) to show that

he is the main focus in the scene.

This is because as an audience we

see him as ‘different’

The audience hears the woman

say ‘Hi, you must be Blake’ even

before her face is reviled. This

brings attention to what she is

saying and as an audience we can

hear emotion and nervousness in

her voice

Her facial expression shows an

audience that she is wearing a

‘fake smile’ to hide her nerves and

uncomfortableness.

When the disabled boy and his dad

enter the flat there is complete

silence. This emphasizes the

tension and awkwardness between

them all. It is obvious that there

would not be as much

awkwardness if the boy was not

disabled.

The establishing shot of the flat

reveals that the walls are red. This

gives the connotation of love and

romance.

The boy hints at his dad to help him

onto the bed. This helps to create the

typical stereotype that disabled people

are not independent.

The shot cuts to the woman about to

walk into the room but she then stops

and becomes hesitant. This is showing

that people feel uncomfortable around

disabled people and are not sure how

to act.

The dad kisses his son on the

forehead. This shows that he is over

protective of his son and sees him as

vulnerable because he is disabled.

The boy does not want to be seen

as dependent by the woman. When

the dad asks weather he needs help

undressing the boy refuses help.

The woman then offers the boy a

drink.

From this point the conversation

between the boy and the call

woman has a lot of pauses and

unfinished sentences for

example ‘just in case you…’ This

awkwardness affects the

audience and makes it clear that

this is not a normal situation for

either of them.

Once the dad has left the flat the

camera cuts to the woman

locking the door then realising

that she shouldn’t. This is most

likely because the boy is

disabled and she feels that

something injury related could happen

A lot of sympathy is then

generated because there is a

close up of the woman helping the

boy to drink. This shows the boy’s

incapability to do a task that to an

able person may seem normal

The camera then cuts to the boy’s

dad sat in his van just outside of

the flat. He uses the radio to

distract himself from what is going

on.

The sound of the radio is the only

diegetic music used in the clip. It

then switches to non-diegetic

music which creates a sound

bridge from the shot of the dad in

the car to the boy and the woman

on the bed.

This shot shows the woman and

the boy laying on the bed. The

woman takes up the left and

centre third of the shot, therefore

dominating. This could show the

superiority she has over the boy.

When the woman Is helping the

boy take his top off there is a lack

of dialog in the scene. This could

emphasise the woman’s care

when helping the boy as she

doesn’t want to cause him any

pain.

The boy also doesn’t say anything

when this is happening. This could

highlight that he feels

embarrassed because he is

always dependant on the woman

to help him.