http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auSAGvpM7W8

By Zara, James and HollyRepresentation 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.