Camera Shots and Angles (Representation of Diability)

Camera Shots and Angles (Representation of Disability)

The clip starts with a birds eye shot this allows the audience to see the overall mise-en-scene of Ben and David’s bedroom. Ben’s side of the bedroom is colourful, cheerful and child-like whereas David’s side of the bedroom is dark and angry-like. The bedroom foreshadows the tension between the two brothers and permits us to see the juxtaposition between the two.  The camera is then positioned for a mid-shot on David, it slowly starts to pan which illustrates David’s angry facial expressions and the matters surrounding him which connotes mystery and danger. Also, it lets us know he is the main subject of the clip throughout. The camera is then made to zoom in on his brother Ben, which lets us know he is the other main character of the clip. The zoom authorizes us to see his facial expression which makes the audience emphasise him, thus he looks vulnerable, innocent and harmless. He is sleeping and is unaware of what his brother is plotting to do to him.

Afterwards, an establishing shot is presented to let the audience see a new setting. The audience would find the new setting disturbing and sad, thus it is of multiple flats compacted together in a small space. This immediately indicates to us that Ben and David have had a tough life, due to the lack of money they own. The scene moves on to a new scene of the kitchen in their house in a wide shot. This allows the audience to see the mise-en-scene - the kitchen seems colourful and messy like Ben’s side of the bedroom. This suggests to us that much of their family life revolves around Ben leaving David as an outsider. Later, the audience is presented with an extreme close-up of Ben who is staring at his cereal intently for a while, this highlights his disability as it is unusual for someone to stare at their cereal in a daze for quite some time. The over the shoulder shot which is illuminated next, lets us see what is over Ben’s shoulder at the subject, David. This suggests the power David has over Ben, thus he doesn’t go through the same struggles as his brother. This is further emphasised by a high angle shot afterwards of David looking down at Ben who seems much bigger and powerful than him. This discusses the hierarchy status of David and his brother.