Yet More Examination Practice

Watch the clip below and answer the question which follows:

How is the representation of disability constructed in this extract from "The Street"?

Before you watch it, read the following instructions carefully:

A. Divide a piece of paper into 4 squares, one each for mise-en-scene, camfam, sound, and editing.

B. Watch the extract four times:

1. Watch it without making any notes. In your head, think: what are society's expectations of disabled people? Am I seeing stereotypical disabled figures or not?
2. Watch it a second time, looking for examples of mise-en-scene and camera framing/angle/movement which support your ideas. Give yourself one minute only to make notes.
3. Watch it a third time, listening for examples of sound - especially dialogue - which support your ideas. Again, give yourself one minute only to make notes.
4. Watch it a fourth and final time, this time making notes about editing; whose side does it position the viewer on?

C. You then have 45 minutes to write this essay. Remember that it should have 5 paragraphs:

1. Introduction: describe the representations/stereotypes shown
2. Mise-en-scene
3. Camera framing/angle/movement
4. Soundtrack
5. Editing