repersentation of disability

The first shot is from above the characters at a high angle as one character sleeps and the other looks on. The composition of the shot showing the whole of the bedroom and the non-diegetic narration allows the audience to hear this characters thoughts and intentions without him actually speaking. Seeing the room from this angle above the character means that we can see his head and so it is as if we are hearing straight from the characters thoughts. The mise-en-scene in this shot shows no signs of either character having any disability such as anything to help move and also the room they are in seems a mess meaning that there seems no need for it to be easy to move around in. The miss-en-scene of the untidy room with two single beds, posters on the wall and what looks like a toy on the bed, suggesting that this would be a teenagers bedroom. 

When the shot changes to a medium close up of both characters it becomes clear that the character who is awake, sitting on the bed is able bodied compared to the sleeping character who appears to have down syndrome which then questions his physical disability. The editing then changes the shots by dissolving to the next image with a graphic match with the mouth onto the explosion. The next images seem to all be related to genetics and evolution and the image of the fish type thing shows lack of physical ability as it seems to be struggling to moving along the ground the image of the dinosaur also shows physical ability as the dinosaurs physical ability is limited due to its size and small arms. This could possible be suggesting the contents of the clip to come. Throughout this part of the clip the non-diegetic music in the clip adds mystery and humour which goes with the content and tone of voice of the narrator.

The next low angle shot establishes the location of the clip. The low angle shot could be from a persons view and emphasises the height of the block of flats and the fact that it would be difficult for someone who is not able bodied to get to the higher levels of the building. The fact that the clip is set in a block of flats also allows the audience to know that the family probably live in a town or city. During this point the non-diegetic music changes to a well-known song from the 60's this song adds to the humorous side that this clip seems to have.

The next shot is a close up showing the boy with the disability as he studies his breakfast cereal, allowing the audience to see how this possibly is more of a task for him that an able bodied character. However he clearly has physical strength and movement in his upper body as he is able to feed him self. His eyes appear to be different sizes also emphasising how this character may not be 100% genetically perfect. So far the clip has represented this character and disability not to make you completely dependant on others.

Even at this point we are seeing the disability and view from the view of the boy we assume is the brother, therefore suggesting that the boys view of ability is slightly bias also shown in the continuation of the narration and his definition of his illness. The composition of this close up changes as when the boy stands up, as he does the camera remains in the same place so at one point he blocks part of the camera. This is representing disability to be attention seeking as this is showing how the boy shown with out the disability is being slightly ignored by the camera at this point. The father is shown to be lenient towards the son with a disability however the mum does tell him off but with kind words, different to how a mother would normally be seen telling off a teenager.
A close up allows us to see the facial expression of the disabled son showing him to be quite malicious and sneaky. Also at this point the mother is shown to kiss this character but not the able bodied character. This is representing the disability in two ways. Firstly it represents them to be 'moddy coddled' and treated like an infant however this character appears to like being treated this way. The second way he is being represented is as the favourite son, who can get away with thing due to his disability.

The continuing close up shots allow you to see the limited action of each character and the facial expression as he tells the story about the pig. You expect that the boy with a disability would find this difficult to hear due to the earlier shown infant qualities however this does not appear to bother him. When the boy announces that he "needs a poo" at the kitchen table, this would be frowned upon and seen as bad manners from a person with no disability however this statement is ignored by the father in the clip and frowned by the able bodied character in his facial expression.
As the father tells him that he must help his brother "so he doesn't make a mess again" represents the character to be reliant of other people for physical things like going to the toilet.

The mise-en-scene and costumes allows both of the teenage characters to be shown as ordinary teenagers however props such as the slinky  suggest that the character with a disability bust have something to contain his mind while doing a simple task like waiting for the bus. The next clips that are showing previous events show how the able bodied boy seems to have to sort everything out for the disabled boy suggesting that the boy could not live without the others. It also shows how the able bodied boys life is restricted due to having a disabled brother. When the boy is shown pretending to shoot the brother this could be foreshadowing the events in the clip.

Overall the clip represents people with disabilities to be partly dependant on the able bodied, slightly malicious and finally it represents them to use there disability to their advantage. It represents the people around them to treat them like an infant and to favour them over their able bodied children. The clip represents able bodied characters to be envious and slightly jealous of the disabled character and also to be left out and to complete the more physical tasks created by the disabled character.