20 - examples you use,
20 - analysation and
10 - terminology.
Plan:
ONLY ONE EXAMPLE IN THE CLIP
- Man in the wheelchair, physically disabled.
- Dialogue - Diegetic "when I get my carer" sound evidence. Use of sarcasm "do you want to get me a straw to use" not wanting help too, in denial but then actually does need it in the end.
- Mise en Scene - props: wheelchair, the phone (how he can't properly catch it), facial expressions and body language.
- Camera angle is mostly looking down on him stereotypically placing the audience higher than him, looking up at the women in the shop, slightly - shot reverse shot (over the shoulder shots looking up into a mid shot) - portraying a clear difference (showing weakness due to having to look up on someone).
- Use 'uses and gratifications'.
In the scene from Casualty it promotes disability through various platforms: camera, sound, mise en scene and editing all in which have different aspects of disability they focus on.
The camera participates in portraying disability through this clip in a big way. This is because, each camera shot type and movement is clearly thought out in order to bring a vast impact for the audience. In the beginning of the clip, when the man in the wheelchair is shopping with his brother, the camera angle is looking down on him and on eye-level with his brother. Stereotypically, this camera angle is to present weakness within a character therefore with this camera angle and the physically disabled man - the audience then can consume empathy for this character and what he is going through. The sales assistant has the camera slightly looking up to her, this is when a 'shot, reverse, shot' is in place between both her and the man in the wheelchair. The continued looking down to the man and then the reverse in conversation and then the looking up to the women allows the audience to depict a clear change and evidently pick out the weaker character. The man is seen to be looking up at the women which challenges the original gender stereotype that this tends to be the other way round.
Sound is another key factor of the clip, that promotes disability. Diegetic sound is used throughout the clip through conversation. The man in the wheelchair says "when I get my carer" which is clear evidence for his disability due to the fact he is no longer able to take care of himself. He also says, "do you want to get me a straw to use" with the use of this sarcastic comment offers that he is in denial about his disability which leads to him not wanting the help he needs. This is a stereotypical aspect found with disability which then results in needing help after all. Which is followed, when his brother then assists him to drink his coffee.
Another factor to promote disability is through mise-en-scene. There are sub-categories in this, such as: props, colour, facial expressions, body language etc. Props have been used efficiently in this clip to portray disability through the man in the wheelchair. The wheelchair being one of them: the physical representation allows the audience to have instant interpretation that he is in fact disabled without even having to label the character. Another, being the tube he has to use when he needs to go to the toilet - this plays the same role as the wheelchair. Finally, the phone in the last part of the clip, when his brother throws him the phone to ring an ambulance he cannot hold it properly therefore showing his incapability to complete simple tasks - using the audience again, to feel empathy for him.
Facial expressions and body language have been used throughout too. The constant 'sad' emotion portrayed from the man in the wheelchair shows the consistent discomfort he is in fact having could imply the mental impact he is having from having a physical disability. Body language is also shown through the scene when he is a thrown the phone - clear interpretation that he is unable.
Finally from this clip, the audience can seek identification of disability through the uses and gratifications theory.
The camera participates in portraying disability through this clip in a big way. This is because, each camera shot type and movement is clearly thought out in order to bring a vast impact for the audience. In the beginning of the clip, when the man in the wheelchair is shopping with his brother, the camera angle is looking down on him and on eye-level with his brother. Stereotypically, this camera angle is to present weakness within a character therefore with this camera angle and the physically disabled man - the audience then can consume empathy for this character and what he is going through. The sales assistant has the camera slightly looking up to her, this is when a 'shot, reverse, shot' is in place between both her and the man in the wheelchair. The continued looking down to the man and then the reverse in conversation and then the looking up to the women allows the audience to depict a clear change and evidently pick out the weaker character. The man is seen to be looking up at the women which challenges the original gender stereotype that this tends to be the other way round.
Sound is another key factor of the clip, that promotes disability. Diegetic sound is used throughout the clip through conversation. The man in the wheelchair says "when I get my carer" which is clear evidence for his disability due to the fact he is no longer able to take care of himself. He also says, "do you want to get me a straw to use" with the use of this sarcastic comment offers that he is in denial about his disability which leads to him not wanting the help he needs. This is a stereotypical aspect found with disability which then results in needing help after all. Which is followed, when his brother then assists him to drink his coffee.
Another factor to promote disability is through mise-en-scene. There are sub-categories in this, such as: props, colour, facial expressions, body language etc. Props have been used efficiently in this clip to portray disability through the man in the wheelchair. The wheelchair being one of them: the physical representation allows the audience to have instant interpretation that he is in fact disabled without even having to label the character. Another, being the tube he has to use when he needs to go to the toilet - this plays the same role as the wheelchair. Finally, the phone in the last part of the clip, when his brother throws him the phone to ring an ambulance he cannot hold it properly therefore showing his incapability to complete simple tasks - using the audience again, to feel empathy for him.
Facial expressions and body language have been used throughout too. The constant 'sad' emotion portrayed from the man in the wheelchair shows the consistent discomfort he is in fact having could imply the mental impact he is having from having a physical disability. Body language is also shown through the scene when he is a thrown the phone - clear interpretation that he is unable.
Finally from this clip, the audience can seek identification of disability through the uses and gratifications theory.
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