The Street Disability - Representation of Disability in TV Drama

Task:

Produce a written exploration of disability in TV drama and post this to your blog.

Your written piece should include, but is not limited to, discussion of:

• Disability stereotypes and their countertypes
• How disability is presented in TV drama through the 4 areas of textual analysis
• How disability links to the other 6 areas of representation (positively and negatively)
• Examples from TV dramas to support your points (including pictures

Camera Shots/Movement

At the start of the scene there are two shots whilst one character is talking to the other one about his job. This shows that the audience is familiar with these characters. throughout the middle of the clip you can tell that the characters annoyed because of what he looks like and how others see him now. They use a mid shot of him walking through the crowd. As he is walking up the street it shows a high angle shot on the women because she didn't expect him to be there and also because of the way he looks. Near to the end of the clip he is in an office with a chief talking about the way he looks, through over the shoulder shots, and complaining about how everyone see him differently. this also draws the audience in because they feel as if they are part of the action.

Sounds

Firstly, there are diegetic sounds of people talking in the background. Then as he gets angry because he was denied his job, as he is walking through the crowd non-diegetic sounds of fast past tense music play, this highlights his anger. Then it stops suddenly as he turns into a street, as he tries to help the lady there is a diegetic sound  as she screams because she didn't expect anyone to b there and also as she looks up got scared because of the markings on his face. 

Editing

There is only one major cut, this is when he is walking through the crowd with the fast past music. They edited the scene so everyone is blurred out and they look grey. This is because they want the audience to concentrate on him and his anger because of what he looks like. This then is cut straight and quickly into the next scene because there is no one there to look at him, whereas in the crowd loads of people couldn't help but look. 

Mise en Scene

As he walks down the street you see his realisation , to what has actually happen to him and that his life isn't going to be the same again. People can't help but look, and he doesn't think that its a disability but others look at him because it isn't 'normal' to see a human like that. You can tell by what he is wearing that he isn't rich nor poor, but you can tell that he is in need of a job as he job rejected his old job. The colour of the middle scene where he is walking the the crowd is more of a dull grey colour this highlights that because the camera is focused on him that he is thinking and it isn't the best time for him. The last scene is a very dark, mysterious scene where the lighting is poor and the sit at a desk discussing their face. Also in this scene you can tell by his facial expressions and his body language that he is being very negative towards himself and how they should advertise positive things about the war. Finally His facial expressions are always miserable and angry because of his situation, and towards everybody because of how different his life is going to be.