tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716628883297673862024-03-12T18:31:42.242-07:00Representation of Physical Ability/DisabilityDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-89788129731248635182015-02-24T02:30:00.001-08:002015-02-24T02:30:36.644-08:00Playlist of past/practice clipsYou can use these to set yourself practice exercises - feel free to hand in any subsequent essays for marking and feedback:<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLFB92252769CEE92F" width="560"></iframe>DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-43819202887470661692015-02-22T02:48:00.000-08:002015-04-20T07:10:20.304-07:00June 2012 exam: Coming Down From the MountainThis was the only example, so far, of physical dis/ability being the exam focus. The clip is embedded below, plus a full marks exam essay (not from an IGS student, but from a CHS student - see <a href="http://mediachs.edublogs.org/film-industry/as-exam-past-papers-answers/"><b>http://mediachs.edublogs.org/film-industry/as-exam-past-papers-answers/</b></a>)<br />
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In place of the customary establishinbg shot, typically an extreme long shot of a building or area, we get an ELS of a bedroom, faded in from black perhaps as if from a nightmare or to signify the darkness of the shirtless brother's (David; the disabled brother is Ben) mind.<br />
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The two-shot conventionally connotes a close, tight bond or relationship, but the accompanying voiceover and following sequence of shots quickly anchor quite the opposite. Furthermore, later two shots at the bus station are employed to connote David's claustophobia and sense of being trapped and confined. The high angle of this aerial shot (clearly shot in a studio as it requires a removable ceiling) could connote the vulnerability of both, and to some extent the clip does represent the turmoil of two teens, but the preferred reading (using Stuart Hall's concept) appears to be of a binary opposite, nicely achieved through the mise-en-scene. Ben's side of the room is incredibly messy, with toys and posters we'd associate with a young child scattered around, in stark contrast to the skull, heavy metal poster, drawings and general neat, minimalist, monochrome appearance of David's side.<br />
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Whilst we later hear both brothers speaking, the voiceover's opening line, "last summer I decided to kill my brother" is juxtaposed with curiously benign, bland non-diegetic music, which will shortly segue into the even more ironic Beach Boys feelgood track. We are immediately positioned as an audience to empathise and identify with David, a reading which is reinforced through the following two shots, which provide us with David's point-of-view (pov), a frequent occurence in this sequence. However, given the extreme nature of his feelings, it is debatable whether our sympathies might lie with ben instead. It is notable, whichever way this is read, that Ben is cast as "the other"; he is is not given a voice or agency for much of this sequence.<br />
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We cross-fade into a centrally framed medium close-up pan around David, whose mindframe is well represented by the posters and artwork behind him, connoting that he is the source of the voiceover as well as the central protagonist of the piece (although his words could clearly cast him as antagonist, the Proppian archetype of villain). Ben is initially in a medium shot which slowly tightens, reflecting the narrowing eyes of David, whose pov this is. Ben is shot in a much more pronounced high angle, connoting his weakness and vulnerability. The passivity of Ben in this opening sequence is comparable to the objectification that feminist Laura Mulvey criticised when formulating the male gaze theory, even if there is an absence of sexual signifiers (which itself is normative in the representation of the disabled).<br />
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David's violent thoughts are captured in a smart, polysemic piece of Eisensteinian editing (montage), cross-fading from Ben to a depiction of the big bang (in black and white to remain in keeping with the theme of David's darkness, and perhaps his greater maturity and range of references), complete with sound effect, which also serves to signify a bullet or explosion hitting Ben.<br />
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Including a shot of microbes not only helps to anchor the reading of a Darwinian mindframe, but hints at the idea that Ben's biology has gone wrong. The shots of the apes and then the cavemen can also be read as carrying conflicting, polysemic connotations; the views of David could be viewed as 'Neanderthal', but then so too could the audience if they do go along with our protagonist's views.<br />
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This montage is an unusual inclusion in a mainstream drama, but serves to reinforce our identification with David, though could also be read as undermining the apparent sophistication of his Darwinian points given the clunky, 1950s-style shots used.</div>
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Once again, the diegetic (it plays on the radio as we cut into the kitchen) Beach Boys track ("wouldn't it be nice ...") leaves scope for multiple readings, though the reference to 'getting older' does link to David's desire to be older and so freed from looking after Ben. This kicks in as we get a peculiar low angled shot of the block of flats this family lives in, the angle being something we might expect from the Bates Motel rather than for a typical nuclear family. The next shot being of Ben rather than David is an interesting choice, which could be linked to the music and a presumed sense of his own frustrations. As we open this close-up below his chin, there is a momentary narrative enigma before we pan up with the fork to reveal which brother this is. Any sense that greater agency is being given to Ben is immediately dashed when the following shot cuts once more to David, revealing this as his pov of Ben. Despite the earlier montage, this is a good example of the continuity editing approach generally applied in the clip, with a match-on-action of the fork, and a shot reverse shot sequence that sticks to the 180 degree rule.<br />
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On the surface at least, this clip centres on the frustrations of a mature older teen forced to deal with his disabled brother. However, David is also signified as quite childish, being admonished by his mother to grow up. </div>
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http://gu.com/p/44zjyDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-62572079493415765012014-04-01T08:06:00.003-07:002014-04-01T08:06:59.133-07:00Disability Intersections and 'cisgender'<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-og7CN5OAEhA/UzrUT_4O4kI/AAAAAAAACQo/q_xYCEMPSWQ/s1600/Disability+intersections.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-og7CN5OAEhA/UzrUT_4O4kI/AAAAAAAACQo/q_xYCEMPSWQ/s1600/Disability+intersections.jpg" height="400" width="366" /></a> <span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Portraying marginalised groups accurately and sympathetically can remove
some of the prejudice surrounding them, so including these characters
is paramount. Disabled people are one of the groups who are still
lacking accurate and respectful representation in the media. </span></span>(<a href="http://disabilityintersections.com/2014/01/lack-of-representation-in-fiction-why-is-the-disabled-character-always-a-cisgender-heterosexual-white-man/"><b>Alice Hewitt, 2014</b></a>, from the article pictured, left) <br />
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Stumbled across this online magazine looking for something else: this particular article/essay has a rather distinctive voice, adding a feminist critique on top of considering disability representation in isolation. As I'll often point out, it makes sense to consider any given category in combination with others too - this writer addresses sexuality as much as gender.<br />
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The author uses a term I hadn't previously encountered, <i>cisgender</i> ... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender"><b>the Wiki</b></a> seemed a reasonable enough summary:<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Cisgender</b> and <b>cissexual</b> (often abbreviated to simply <b>cis</b>) describe related types of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity" title="Gender identity">gender identity</a> where an individual's experience of their own gender matches the sex they were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_assignment" title="Sex assignment">assigned</a> at birth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Sociologists Kristen Schilt and Laurel Westbrook define <i>cisgender</i>
as a label for "individuals who have a match between the gender they
were assigned at birth, their bodies, and their personal identity" as a
complement to <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are a number of derivatives of the terms in use, including <i>cis male</i> for "male assigned male at birth", <i>cis female</i> for "female assigned female at birth", analogically <i>cis man</i> and <i>cis woman</i>, as well as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transphobia" title="Transphobia">cissexism</a></i> and <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissexual_assumption" title="Cissexual assumption">cissexual assumption</a></i>. In addition, certain scholars have begun to use the term <i>cisnormativity</i>, akin to the queer studies' <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronormativity" title="Heteronormativity">heteronormativity</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> A related adjective is <i>gender-normative</i>;
Eli R. Green has written that "'cisgendered' is used [instead of the
more popular 'gender normative'] to refer to people who do not identify
with a gender diverse experience, without enforcing existence of a
'normative' gender expression".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></span></span></span></blockquote>
DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-31383269523668689212014-04-01T07:53:00.005-07:002014-04-01T08:17:31.140-07:00Top Ten Disabled TV CharactersThis is an American list; who would you suggest if attempting to do a comparable UK TV character list? See <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/TV-disability"><b>http://www.squidoo.com/TV-disability</b></a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are alternative lists out there:</span><br />
<a href="http://whereslulu.com/2011/05/01/ten-disabled-people-with-regular-tv-roles-right-now/"><b>the WheresLulu site had a useful (US again) list in 2011</b></a>;<br />
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<a href="http://inthesetimes.org/article/15499/ready_willing_and_disabled"><b>InTheseTimes.org brings this up to date with a critical look from late 2013 at what examples are out there and what is upcoming (the Michael J Fox character with Parkinson's is highlighted)</b></a>;<br />
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<a href="http://whatculture.com/film/top-10-physically-disabled-film-characters.php"><b>WhatCulture Top10 Film Characters</b></a>.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-55130726175868261822014-04-01T07:50:00.000-07:002014-04-01T08:18:06.421-07:00TV Tropes - common representations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage"><b>The TVTropes.com website</b></a> (a Wiki) has its issues, and its judgements can be questioned, but it is a useful resource for getting your head round recurring ways in which certain character types are represented. NB: the language can be a little blunt at times, but I think the lack of PC'ness (political correctness) is acceptable given that the site is largely EXPOSING the prejudice and stereotyping of much of our TV.<br />
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You can see pictured some of the headings for <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisabilityTropes"><b>tropes they have linked with the theme of disability</b></a>; sample entry (for 'Disabled Means Helpless'):<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When some people meet a person with a disability,
they automatically assume that the individual is totally incapable of
looking after themselves, and treat them as such. Most egregiously, some
people even assume that having one disability equals having <i>every</i>
disability! These people are the ones who insist on SHOUTING AT THE
BLIND, assuming they can't hear, either. These patronizing attitudes
often create resentment on the part of people with disabilities.
In fiction, they have little problem telling the offender exactly that.
Learning this is not true is often the point of a <a class="twikilink" href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VerySpecialEpisode" title="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VerySpecialEpisode">Very Special Episode</a>. Contrast this trope to the <a class="twikilink" href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandicappedBadass" title="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandicappedBadass">Handicapped Badass</a>, who everyone can instantly tell is not to be messed with.</span></span></blockquote>
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I'm not familiar with that show, but the style of humour is reminiscent of the 1989 Wilder/Pryor vehicle, <i>See No Evil, Hear No Evil</i> - trailer below; you can watch a typical clip <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGo4mPa_bWc"><b>here</b></a>, <span style="color: red;"><b>but note</b></span> that it contains some strong language. <br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6sH-GZrQRHU" width="420"></iframe>DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-46792561386496817622013-01-29T04:42:00.007-08:002013-01-29T04:42:58.372-08:00Twitter campaign and hate speech<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/29/disability-letstalkdisability-day"><b>An article from <i>The Guardian's </i>"Comment is Free" today</b></a> carries very clear info on how the notion of the disabled as <b>the other</b>, or always <b>the alien/different</b> one in any group, carries beyond constantly repeated negative media representations. We can talk about anything or any concept that becomes 'common-sensical' (few argue against it) as <b>hegemonic: </b>the concept coined by Antonio Gramsci to illustrate how power is exercised as much through cultural control as through police and military power. The media impact can also be described as <b>normative</b>: making something appear normal or typical (<i>eg</i>, romance is for heterosexual couples, disabled characters are burdensome and odd, not like 'us', the majority of 'normal' folk).<br />
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Although many of the comments were essentially <b>hate speech</b>, the <i>Twitter </i>example given here shows how the power of mainstream, mass media can be undercut by small campaign groups or individuals on social networks - in some cases at least.<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/29/disability-letstalkdisability-day"><b>Article link</b></a>. <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>It carries some strong language, quoting abusive comments.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Disabled people are at an impasse. After years of campaigning,
the public is finally waking up to the unfair and arbitrary cuts we face
under this government. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qgk9h" title="">Monday night's Panorama</a>
was just one more mainstream documentary highlighting the struggles we
face accessing financial and social support. This time, the focus was on
private companies that are awarded government contracts to help find
disabled people work, yet show scant regard or support for the people
they are being paid to help. Panorama claimed to have found <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ltb--lying-thieving-bs-bbc-documentary-lifts-the-lid-on-offensive-code-used-to-describe-disabled-and-jobless-8469818.html" title="">evidence of staff using the code "LTB" – lying, thieving bastards –</a> to refer to disabled and unemployed people. How can we expect to be treated with dignity and respect in this context?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesterday, the Twitter hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23heardwhilstdisabled&src=hash" title="">#HeardWhilstDisabled</a>
gave a pithy insight into the prejudice disabled people are exposed to
every single day. The comments people face about their disability on a
daily basis ranged from the depressingly offensive ("I think I'd rather
kill myself if I was like you. No offence.") to the daily frustrations
of accessing basic services ("Couldn't you get your chair into a normal
fitting room? We use the accessible one for storage.")</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Almost
every person with a disability has a similar story to tell. </span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a>I've had
people insist that I shouldn't be allowed to use the London underground
as my cough is "disgusting", a group of girls scream at me "are you
dying of Aids?" and a stranger in a bar on a Saturday night ask me at
what age my illness, cystic fibrosis, is likely to kill me. Underneath
these comments is the idea that because disabled people face challenges
in their lives they are, at best, desensitised to ill manners. At worst,
it suggests that some people think disabled people are less than human,
and that the respect shown to other people is wasted on them.<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
best way to fight the isolation and fear caused by these cuts and poor
services is to ensure we're still a valued part of society. To do that,
we have to engage in conversation with people about our health and
disability, so that far from being seen as different from others, we
become assimilated into the conversations in work places and homes
throughout the country.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">#Heardwhilstdisabled opened many
people's eyes to the rudeness we sometimes have to face, but it also
showed that there is confusion amongst the wider public as to what is
and isn't OK to ask. True, there will always be people who relish being
offensive to others, but perhaps many just do not understand how
disabled people live, or how their ignorance can make things so much
harder. By showing the public the prejudice we experience, we can
trigger a positive debate on how best to talk about disability in
public.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">An openness about our health should be two-way.
Taking the time to explain our health conditions if someone asks can be
frustratingly obvious to those who are ill, but a revelation to the
person who asked. The basic rule of thumb, as with all other aspects of
society, is to only ask questions that you would want to be asked, and
offer to help where you would want help offered. So ask me if my
laboured breathing means I need to walk slower, but don't start the
conversation by bringing up my life expectancy. And if I'm with friends
or family, always ask me directly if I need assistance – being the
invisible person in a conversation is never ideal.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Government rhetoric has been harsh towards disabled people, caught up as they are in the wider controversial debate of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/06/bold-labour-osborne-skivers-strivers" title="">strivers v skivers</a>.
Mainstream media has been equally complicit in spreading negative
stereotypes. But underneath these top-down narratives are everyday
people brushing shoulders with each other. Much can be done in passing
conversations across the country to help the public realise that
disability is pervasive across all of society, and that we just need to
know how to talk to each other about it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the spirit of
openness, perhaps today should be #letstalkdisability day – if
non-disabled, you remain courteous and avoid being condescending, and in
exchange, we'll welcome honest questions and take the time to explain
what is and isn't helpful. Who wants to go first?</span></span></blockquote>
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DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-85636781531106084732012-05-11T06:27:00.003-07:002012-05-14T03:02:40.812-07:00More repns of disability (beauchamp)If you click through to <a href="http://beauchampcollegemedia.com/2012/01/11/582/"><b>http://beauchampcollegemedia.com/2012/01/11/582/</b></a> you'll find some useful categories of rep'ns of disability with embedded clips to illustrate the points<br />
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SOME ADDITIONAL LINKS:<br />
<a href="http://www.trinimex.ca/disabilityinmedia/lesson6.htm">http://www.trinimex.ca/disabilityinmedia/lesson6.htm</a> - 'The 'Super-Crip' Phenomenon' [this does seem a widely recognised term, just add single quote marks if using it] <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
The second disability stereotype that will be explored is “disability
as hero by hype”. This stereotype is more commonly referred to as
“the super crip” pereception. When not pitied, persons with
disabilities are sometimes seen as “heroes,” or in other words,
outrageously admired for their “courage” and determination.
This stems from the belief that life with a disability must necessarily
be horrific and unsatisfying, and as such, we must admire persons with
disabilities for being able to live “the way they do.” Much
like portraying disability as a form of lesser self-worth (as is often
the case with the “disability as pity” stereotype), placing
persons with disabilities on a pedestal is another way to denote this
social group as “other”. This particular stereotype is also
linked to the idea that disability in one area is complimented with superior
abilities in another area (for example, the misconception that people
who are blind have superior hearing).</blockquote>
<a href="http://beauchampcollegemedia.com/2011/04/06/tv-drama-and-representation-videos/">http://beauchampcollegemedia.com/2011/04/06/tv-drama-and-representation-videos/</a> - more Beauchamp vid examples <br />
<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jfoster10/representations-of-disability">http://www.slideshare.net/jfoster10/representations-of-disability</a> - the Ppt already embedded on <a href="http://semidiotic.blogspot.co.uk/">the semioditic blog</a>, v useful illustrations/breakdown<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_the_media">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_the_media</a> - Wiki which also cites 'supercrip'DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-43399921308531404152012-05-09T04:17:00.001-07:002012-05-09T04:17:23.917-07:00Finding more egs to practiceSearch "ocr g322 disability" on YouTube or Google: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=OCR+G322+disability&search_type=&aq=f&sourceid=Mozilla-search"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=OCR+G322+disability&search_type=&aq=f">http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=OCR+G322+disability&search_type=&aq=f</a>DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-65985717237377925272012-05-09T04:15:00.000-07:002012-05-09T04:15:54.878-07:00Cast Offs egYou could also view the C4 series Cast Offs (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/show?p=9MpuaA4lptk">here's the official YouTube site</a>) for practice (embedding for these clips is disabled)<br />
<br />DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371662888329767386.post-32068682609868959292012-05-09T04:11:00.003-07:002012-05-09T04:11:57.802-07:00Casualty clipThis is useful to practice; look at how the two central characters are framed differently, and how editing when each is talking is quite markedly different - they're not represented as equal. One seems more central to the drama; the conflict is his conflict over what to do with his brother, how to cope with the issue of hiring a carer or continuing as his carer. The disabled character is often off-frame even when talking; the OTS shots when he's talking are a little unusual, and the editing choice is not to focus on him when we'd generally expect him to be central to the shot sequence. Okay, reaction shots are not unusual, but this goes further in the way it excludes him, makes him of secondary importance. The shot as they exit the shop is telling: as the wheelchair disappears off frame we stay with the other brother, centrally framed in a MCU.<br />
Nonetheless, there are several two shots used to signifiy their bond and togetherness, and the 'defective gene' joke is used for exposition: to inform us of how comfortable they are with each other (although the disabled character does get cross at his brother for seeking to include him in flirty banter, sternly telling the cashier that his brother seeks to ignore his condition). The odd thing here is that the brother's actions are actually quite positive, but the editing and self-pitying dialogue from the wheelchair-bound character, reduce this to a narrative about the jumper-buying brother and his issues; his brother is only really providing signifiers about his emotional state.<br />
You'd look out here for basic aspects of continuity editing, plus realism codes, amongst many other aspects... <br />
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