How is disability represented in after Thomas?
The Mise en scene show the Mother and her child are wearing winter clothing, hat scarf etc. The style of the clothes worn also tells us that they look to be from a middle class family. The light is dull and blurred at the start, this is almost as if it is symbolising the distressing mood. Also we see the red bus drive by, this bus is red symbolising a warning for the danger that is going to come later on in the clip. We then see a white background with the black writing saying it is a true story. This is white to symbolise the truth and purity of the purity of the film to try and shock the viewers into realisation of the story of this young disabled boy and his Mother and the troubles they have to face.
This has been made by the BBC which is a highly creditable company; because of their reputation we trust them this helps us truly believe that this really is a true story.
We hear the contrast in the diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound, this helps to produce an enigma code. In the introduction we can hear the child screaming of the child, We also hear the sound of the traffic racing by, this helps highlight the danger involved in the scene, at this moment in time we don’t know that the child is disabled, we assume at this moment in time that he has been injured or is just misbehaving. At the end of the intro we can hear the background sound of the traffic and the child almost get sucked up, but the sound of the violin stays there. It then shows the white background with the writing on it. The sound is sucked up is used almost like it has gone back in time to the start again. We do not hear the boy speak at all, although we hear him scream, this tells us that maybe the boy can’t speak. It also shows us that he is very unhappy and something is not right with the boy, although at the start we assumed he was just another misbehaved, spoilt kid, we hear the screaming and distress of the mother shout at the people watching her struggle and only then we realise that he is disabled.
The editing in this film is fast paced, action type. This shows the flicking through clips of the mother and boy to the traffic, and then back to the Mother and boy. This shows the boy at a fast pace, it makes the scene feel dangerous and as it is all at normal time it makes us feel the panic of the mother. This is all adding to the danger involved, and makes us feel sorry for the Mother when it is all over.
The camera is shown at close ups during the scene where the child is lying in the road. This helps us show that the son is in distress and the panic and fear on the mothers face. Also we see the over the shoulder shot of the shop worker, almost as a point of view shot, this makes us think and feel the unhappiness and stress of the shop assistant. We also see different types of shots in this clip, for example the long shot to show the whole bodies of the Mother and her son.
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