Representation of Disability

Disability/ability Homework

What stereotypes are being represented?
   Are they positive or negative? how do you know this?
In the scene the character is being represented as a burn victim, pitiful, unemployable and burden to some people. He is shown in a negative way, I know this as i can see he has burns down the side of his face and also when he asks for a job they say they will only pay him  minium wage. The character also seems to be angry with himself and other charcters, he is angry at other characters because he knows everyone is treating him differently due to his disaility.

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of disability using the following:
• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise-en-scene

Throughout the scene alot of camera shots are used, a two shot is used right at the start when two charcters are having a conversation at the van, this shows the burns on the mans face. A close up is used throughout the scene but it is used to show in detail what has happened to the mans face. Another clase up is used again in the scene when he is told he can only have the job for minium wage this is used to show the emotion and anger the character has. A hand held camera shot was used this could have been used to show his burns and his vulnerabilty and the anger he has for himself. Over the shoulder shots are used to show each characters reaction from what the other character is saying. A long shot is used when he is walking away this shows how angry he is towards the other charcters.

In the scene there was different editing techniques. Cuts were used throughout the scene, where they were cutting to each character and the next, these were used to show the urgency and the emotions. Also when it cuts from one side of the mans face to the other side this shows he has two different sides of him.

Theres is diegetic and no diegetic sounds used in the scene. Diegetic sounds were used which were ambient sounds such as walking in the back ground, shouting, footsteps and bags rustling.  These were used to show realism in the scene. The script was also diegetic sounds and this shows the sterertypes used towards disability. The non-diegetic sounds were a drum soundtrack when he is walking away this shows the tension in the scene. The music is parallel to whats happening in the scene as it is tense.

The mise-en-scene used in the scene was used to show realism. The costumes used were very ordinary to show everyday life clothes, the make up used was to show the burns on the mans face which is done with speciak effects, and is done to show the audience how bad it actually is. It is set in a building site which lets the audience know where the character is trying to get a job and tell them what is happening. The only prop really used is the womens shopping bag which he helps pick up this shows he is still a nice person and is there to help. The lighting is mostly ambient this shows the scene is natural and it is not fake.

focus of ability and disability

1.What stereotypes are being represented?    Are they positive or negative? how do you know this? The guy in the streets extract stereotyped was pitiful, unemployable, being unable to participant in the job as what ge looks like and a burden to some people. This is then represented in a negative way as we can then see that no one will employ him and they will only do let him on if they can pay him minumum wage. He is now being classed as disabled as when he is talking about getting a job to the guy in the army he is saying that people are looking at me differently because i am disabled. 2. Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of disability using the following:  Camerawork: There where many camera shots used in this small extract, the first one i saw was at the beginning, two shot was used on the clip when the two men were having conversation by the van. There is a tracking shot when the man is walking down the street away from the woman,in such anger as he is stomping about, this shows his anger in the way he is walking. Also in this extract i saw some close ups, an example of this was when the man went to  help the women pick up her shopping and it zoomed in to his face. So you could see what has happened to him and then another close up was used in that scene when you saw the reaction of her face to the man with the burn. They did this to show that he had a disability and it was a noticable disabililty. Editing: There was cuts used throughout the clip to move the camera from one character to the next. Shot shot duration was used when they were talking in the van at the beginning to show us that there is now anger and urgency.  Sound: There was examples of diagetic and non diagetic sound throughout the clip. Examples of diagetic sound were the voices in the background whilst the two men were in conversation, and the sound of footsteps. This creates a realistic setting. The dialogue was also an example of diagetic sound, and this also represents the negative stereotype of disabled people as it tells the audience that he is now only going to get paid minimum wage as he is disabled. The man reacts badly, using bad language and an angry tone to his voice. Non diagetic sound was also used in terms of the background music when he is walking down the street. This adds tension and leaves the audience wondering what is going to happen next. Mise en scene: Costume was used to represent disability in a more positive way, as we can see the man is wearing normal, every day clothes, which is challenging the stereotype of him being useless, as it shows the audience he is able to do the same as everyone else. The casual, everyday clothes also adds realism to the scene. Setting: The scene is set in a building sight which lets the audience understand what is going to happen in the scene.  Lighting: The lighting at the beginning of the scene is ambient, which means it is all natural.

Focus on Disability/Ability

1. What stereotypes are being represented? Positive or negative? 
The stereotype that is being represented in The Streets extract was a burns victim, who is seen as pitiful, unemployable, being unable to participant and a burden to some people. This is represented in a negative way as we can see that he is now being offered only minimum wage as he is now classed as disabled, and he also seems angry and upset because of the burns on his face as he is being treated unfairly and different to other people.


2. Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of disability using the following: 
Camerawork: There are many different camera shots used in the extract, two shot was used at the beginning on the clip when the two men were having conversation in the van. There was also many close ups used, and an example of this would be when the man helped the women when she dropped her shopping. It showed the audience his burn on his face to help us understand what has happened to him, which represents his disability. There was also another close up when he gets told that he is only going to get paid minimum wage as he is disabled, which then shows the audience that he is angry and shows his emotion. There is a long shot and tracking when the man is walking furiously down the street away from the woman after she screams when she see's him, this shows he is angery and we can see this in the way he is walking.  
Editing: There was only simple editing used in this clip, and cuts were the ones mainly used. Cuts are used throughout the clip to move the camera from one character to the next. Long shot duration was used at the beginning of the clip when the two men were in general conversation. This then turned into short short duration when they started to talk about the burns victim getting his old job back. This shows the audience his anger about getting minimum wage because of his disabilty, and also adds urgency and tension.
Sound: There was examples of diagetic and non diagetic sound throughout the clip. Examples of diagetic sound were the voices in the background whilst the two men were in conversation, and the sound of footsteps. This creates a realistic setting. The dialogue was also an example of diagetic sound, and this also represents the negative stereotype of disabled people as it tells the audience that he is now only going to get paid minimum wage as he is disabled, and that he is now being treated differently because of his accident. The man reacts badly, using bad language and an angry tone to his voice, showing his emotion. Non diagetic sound was also used in terms of the background music when he is walking down the street. This is parellel sound as it matches the mood in the scene, and also adds tension and leaves the audience wondering what is going to happen next.
Mise en scene: Costume was used to represent disability in a more positive way, as we can see the man is wearing normal, every day clothes, which is challenging the stereotype of him being useless, as it shows the audience he is able to do the same as everyone else. The casual, everyday clothes also adds realism to the clip. Make up is also used to make the burns on the mans face. They look very realistic, which may shock the audience. Props: The womans shopping bags were used to show the audience that the burns victim isnt useless and he is still a normal person who is trying to help. It also then creates the mood after he tries to help as she screams when she see's him. This is a big part in the clip as it then shows his anger about the way people are now treating him because of the burns.
Setting: This clip from The Streets is set in mainly three locations: the building sight, the street and the army recruitment centre. The scene in the building sight helps with the narrative as it sets the scene of the story.
Lighting: The lighting at the beginning of the scene is ambient (natural) as it is set outside. When in the recruitment centre artifical lighting is used, and shadows help light up the burns on his face.

Disability - Homework

Representation of Disability

What stereotypes are being represented?The stereotype of disability is being represented in this sequence by a man with a scared face and no hand.
Are they positive or negative? how do you know this?It is a negative representation of disability as the man in the sequence, is looked at differently than everybody else. We see that he is only allowed his job back with minimum wage, which we can see he is very angry about this. He is also seen as ugly, as when he is trying to join the army but isnt allowed because of his disability, the man behind the desk agrees that he is ugly and kind of makes fun of him.

There are a lot of close-ups of his face in the sequence. One is when he is asking the men for his job back. This is so the audience can see right away what is wrong with him and why he is different, which we can see straight away that his face has been burnt. There is also another close up when the man is helping the woman pick up her shopping off the floor, showing us why the woman yelped.
There is handheld camera work when he is asking for his job back, this adds effect to the anger he is feeling when they say he can’t.
When the worker and the disabled man are having the conversation from within the car there is a two shot, this shows us that the two men are engaged in conversation and no one else is involved.

There are diagetic sounds which are ambient sounds such as the people working and moving around in the background, speaking, things being lifted and footsteps, this is to add realism in the sequence and to make it realistic.
There is non diagetic sounds as there is a soundtrack in the background as the disabled man is walking down the street. The back ground music is parallel as we can see it relates to the mood of the disabled man going down the street as we can see he is angry after he has just been told he can only have minumum wage and we can tell this in his tone of voice, also everyone else is staring at him in the street which is making him even angrier.

Not much editing is used in this sequence, it is all simple. Cut aways are used to cut from each scene and character to the next. We see in the Army Centre that the disabled man is sitting in a chair talking to the other man. We can only see one side of his face for a short period of time.  At the beginning of the sequence it is a long shot duration whilst the two men are having a conversation and someone else comes and joins in. This may be because it was introducing to the audience the situation that is going on and to give us full understanding of what is happening. Long shot duration is also used when the man is walking up the street away from the woman, he is walking quickly which shows his anger.There is also short shot duration throughout which also helps with the narrative such as when the woman is getting the food shopping out of the car.

Mis-en-scene is used in the sequence to create realism. The costumes of the characters are simple and normal clothes. The disabled man is wearing normal clothes just like any other man would which shows he is just the same as everyone else and challenges the stereotype. Makeup is used for the man with the burns on his face to show us what is wrong with him and it looks very realistic. The makeup is quite dramatic which is to make it more realistic and to add drama.The locations in the sequence are realistic. There is no major props used in this sequence except the van the man is in the beginning, the car the woman is getting out of and her shopping bags. The lighting is all natural in the sequence except for when they are inside the Army Centre where the burnt side of the mans face is in the artificial light.

Ability/Disability Representation Homework!

1. What stereotypes are being represented?
Are they positive or negative? how do you know this?
- The stereotype being represented are a burns victim, and its negative. We see this as he has very bad burns down one half of his face, he is also very angry with everyone and himself, we also see this as everyone is treating him differently
2.Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of disability using the following:
• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise-en-scene

There are many close ups of his face in the sequence, for example when he is asking if he can have his job back. This lets the audience see his face up close and show his burns, which we immediately know is different. In the sequence there is a lot of hand-held camerawork, this could represent the burn victims vulnerability and his anger towards himself and the way others treat him. Theres lso alot of over-shoulder shots, this is because we then get to see the other persons face and reaction to what the burn victim is saying, we also see in the other peoples face a lot of sympathy from over the burn victims shoulder.

In the sequence there is a lot of diagetic sound which is ambient for example people working in the background, shouting, bags rustling and footsteps, this is to create realism in the clip and show it is reality. Non-Diagetic sound is also used in the clip, a drum soundtrack plays in the background as the burn victim walks down the street. The music is parelell to whats happening on-screen as it is quite tense which we see on the mans face, he is angry and is noticing people staring at him which also build anger.

The sequence is quite basic in editing as mostly cuts are used. We see in the 'Army Recrutment center' the burn victim sitting in the chair talking to the sergent, we see one side of his face then it cuts to other side which is covered in burns. This shows the audience the 2 different sides of him. The shot duration at the beginning is quite long as there is no need to build tension, this helps with the narrative also. But as the clip goes on the shot duration gets shorter, which could show his anger towards himself and the others who treat him differently.

The mise-en-scene is used to creat the realism of the clip as costume is very ordinary. Makeup is used to obviously show the burns on the mans face. It is quite graphic special fx makeup and is probably used to shock the audience. The sequence is set in 3 different locations the building site, outside the womens house and in the Army Recrutment Center, this again creates realism and keeps the reality of it. There is no major use of props except for the womens shopping which the man tries to help with, this could show the audience that he is still a helpful person but people think he is incapable. The lighting in the scene is mostly ambient as they are outside for most of the clip but in the Army Center the man is covered in the shadows of the blinds but the "normal" side of his face is a higher light than the burnt side of his face, which obviously shows the

Disability Homework.

.What stereotypes are being represented?
   Are they positive or negative? how do you know this?
- The stereotypes being represented is disability, and its negative and i can see this because the man has severe burns down one side of his face and everyone is treating him diffrently.

There are many close ups on his face- this is showing the burns on his face so the audience can seee how bad it is, also you can see the fustration in his face and his anger.
Theres alot of diagetic sound, such as workers in the background shouting and working, the woman rustling her shopping bags. Theres also a non-diagetic sound when the man walks down the street in anger there's loud drum music playing in the background. The music is going well with the tension in his face, as everyone keeps staring at his burns.
The mise-en-scene, is simple, normal everyday outfits, the mans burns down his face could be makeup. Theres only 3 destinations- an army recruitment centre, by a womans car and at a building site.

Torchwood Analysis of Sexuality!!!

Camerawork:
Close-Up- on the gay couple shows the audience what is happening, both of the characters are in the frame which adds detail to the scene.
Tracking- around the room but still focused on the main characters. The audience can then see everyone in the backgrounds reaction to the main situation.
Long Shot/ Eyeline Match: the character in the jacket walking towards the male character this adds effect because you can see directly what the character is looking at.

Editing:
Short Shot Duration- adds pace to first scene, showing urgency to that scene.
Long Shot Duration- when couple are dancing the shot was on them for longer than any other shot.
Reaction Shot- 3rd male character showed his disapproval maybe a portrayal of a repressed character

Sound:
Parellel Sound: when the couple are dancing the sound matches the image that is being shown.The music was slow pace which adds romance to the scene.
Non-Dieagetic- music in the dancing scene changed from dieagetic this makes the scene personal for the characters.

Mise-En-Scene:
The location waas in a restaurant this is associated with romantic films. There was also live slow music to add to the sexual tension.
The costumes that both characters were wearing represented the repressed gay character.
The lighting was high key on the characters to emphasis their importance and emotion.