Mini Analysis 2

Camera

In the first camera shots is through some metal bars that indicates from the start that the man who the camera is on has some sort of disability as the bars connote that the man is locked up and is some ways treated like an animal as he doesn’t get given his job back. The close up shot of the mans face is the first time the audience sees what is actually wrong with him, this automatically makes the viewer feel sympathetic for the man as it looks like his face as been burnt. The quick shots of the three of the men’s faces highlights their expressions and how they feel about re-hiring this man, the expressions on the two faces indicates that they don’t want to re hire him; it suggests to the viewer that because this man has a disability they do not want to employ him again. This clip from the start represents society as a whole as the citizens with disabilities are often treated differently and find it hard to get jobs. The final shot in this scene is a close up shot of the mans expressions when he finally realizes that they are making excuses so they don’t re-hire him; the dialogue then suggests that he is very annoyed and up set by their attitude towards him.

In the next scene he tries to help a woman pick up her shopping as she drops it on the floor, there is an extreme close up of the side of his face that is burnt and scared which is then followed by a quick reverse shot of the woman’s shocked face when she sees him. This again makes it clear to the audience that due to his scared face he is not looked at as ‘normal’ by not only society however even people he knows. The further the clip goes on the more the viewer understands that the man is upset about his appearance.

In the following scene when the man is walking down a busy high street there are many quick medium shots of random people looking at the mans disfigured face; the shots helps express the publics shock when they see a un-normal face. Again this make the audience feel sad and sorry for the man as they can see that he is getting agitated that people are looking at him. The disability of the man in this clip is presented in a way to make the audience realize that society not only treats people with disabilities harshly such as not giving them a job, however the disabled are also treated differently by society when they do normal every day things, such as walk down a high street.