http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a

uSAGvpM7W8By 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

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

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.