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. |
Thursday, 3 November 2011
focus of ability and disability
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