Friday, 27 November 2009

representation on disability



The cinematography in this clip represents disability of the female character as inferior to the other characters in this scene.

I connoted a long shot used as the male character drags her into the scene denoting that because she is in a wheelchair she isn't able to move around on her own.
this....the stereotype of disabled people because they are usually portrayed to be helpless and lack of body movement.
disability is also represented through the female character as inferior because of how she is positioned in the frame.
the camera is positioned the same throughout as a long shot of the two main characters a the female in the middle near the bottom of the screen which denotes the males dominance and mobility.
This suggests the stereotypical norm between an able and disabled people.
The cinematography in this scene denotes the representation on disability towards the female as negative.
I connoted that the camera zooms in to a close up two shot of the two male characters and deliberately cuts her out of the shot which shows that she is less important. and also when the camera cuts to the female her lower half is never shown, its always kept at a mid shot. This denotes that what they are discussing between each other isn't really much of an interest to them.
This conforms with the stereotype of disability because the in todays society we tend to not pay any attention to the feelings of people with disabilities.

The sound in this clip represents the disabilities for female characters

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