My Left Foot - David Day Lewis

· Abstract – background
· Animation
· Picasso
· Dark colours
· Simple
· Foot + rose
· Crippled
· Rose connotes – love, romance, desire, violence
· Title – image
· Narrative
· Remind you of beauty and the beast – rose stained glass
· Maybe self representation
· Receiving the rose
· Giving the rose
· Not like a typical poster- air brushed, photo shopped or anything like that.

The representation of disabled people in the media often resort to stereotypes. Explore how disability is represented and how new media.

The representation of disabled people in the media often resort to stereotypes. Explore how disability is represented and how new media.

Though disability issues are higher on the agenda than they have ever been, and the social model of disability is becoming widely accepted, disabled people are still affected by social barriers. There are stereotypes of disabled representation which is generalised, prejudicial label that a stigma is attached to a group or individual and often based on superstition and myth. Stereotyping negates a person’s individuality and humanity. Disabled people are looked upon with a diverse range of stereotypes such as; tragic, lazy, sinister or evil, pitiful and pathetic, laughable, as atmosphere, burden on society, object to violence, usually an outcast, stupid, funny, worthless being unable to do daily thing. They’re usually nonsexual; we often have a chip on our shoulder. Obviously these stereotypes bear little resemblance to the reality of disability. The film ‘My Left Foot’ set in 1980s and based on a true story of Christie Brown. Christy who has Cerebral Palsy fit many stereotypes as above. They use verbal, non-verbal, visual or oral this creates atmosphere and tension. We also sympathise with the disabled person and feel like helping. The Mise en scene in the first scene is a left foot and a keyboard you see the foot goes closer and grips the music record and plays the music and you see a man in a wheelchair you instantly feel wow he can do thing without help and the audience feels like helping and showing that is intelligent this is showing a visual appearance. When Christie gave a valentine card to the girl he like she returns it back. He feels he is rejected and not worth anything- Supper cripple. Another film ‘Avatar’ released in 2009. Jake the main character is recruited to travel to a fantasy world called Pandora in order to save Earth’s energy crisis. But he has to do this by becoming an “avatar”, a computer-generated blue species that can walk, run, jump, swim, climb; all things Jake can’t otherwise do. He has to save the world; in order to do this he simply cannot be disabled. This film show a guy who was disabled to see the world of having what he doesn’t have in reality, showing him a different prospective of life.
The most view older entertainment programme with disabled where

• A beatuiful mind (2001)
• Children of a lesser god (1986)
• Rain man (1988)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Dumb and Dumber (1994)

My left foot (1980s)

My left foot: 1980's

-Won two Oscars- one male one female supporting role

- Christie Brown

- Biographical picture

- verbal, visual, non verbal, oral language usage

Stereotypes in the movies:

• Supper cripple
• Burden to his mother
• Pitiable and pathetic
• Laughable
• Sinister and evil
• As non-sexual
• As atmosphere
• Being unable to do daily things

-VISUAL - Opening sequence contains Christie Brown doing day to day activities with his 'left foot'.

- NON - VERBAL - There is a flashback.... where he is represented to be isolated, disenfranchised, treated differently from his siblings, by their father.... and blamed for things that do not even consider him.

- VERBAL - He is spoken down to, in an undermining tone: ' d for dunce'

- He is also treated like he is an incapable mentally.... when he is very intelligence 'super cripple'.

The Mum is secretly saving up for her son's wheelchair.... he gets carried when he needs to go to places.

- When Christie learns to write with the chalk his father is proud of him "he is a Brown".

VERBAL - The priest thinks that he is not mentally ready to go to Church.... making him upset.

The expressions are masked and therefore his emotions are unclear.

- VERBAL - When his Mother shouts at him for not going to bed, because they don't have enough money to pay for the coal, he comes up with a plan to get coal.... loosen a part of the coal truck.... 'super cripple' he is intelligent, the Mother gets angry at him for his actions.

He is a fantastic artist.... creates a valentines card for the girl who he likes, but she gives it back when she finds out who it is from.... she is embarrassed and reject him.... her friends laugh at Christie's card.

- The girl sees him as being 'non sexual' that may be why she does not want to be with him.

- Her daughter has to get married quickly because she is pregnant and her father gets angry and ask her "couldn't keep your knicker on" they have an argument and she runs upstair to christie and christie realise what going on and stamps his feet, making his father leave and his sister saying goodbye and telling him "make sure you look after ma" everything that happens everyone react to him (father leaving, coal)

LP News Rport

Charlie Brooker - News report on teenagers

Disability ascross media format

Channel 4 has a reputation of having a reality TV show that is shown about thing are that people don't really talk about e.g weight/ ability etc. Channel 4 is also is known as showing film and documentaries
"The public service remit for Channel 4 is the provision of a broad range of high quality and diverse programming which, in particular:
demonstrates innovation, experiment and creativity in the form and content of programmes;
appeals to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse society;
makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the licensed public service channels to include programmes of an educational nature and other programmes of educative value; and
exhibits a distinctive character."

Disability news magazines: The UK's favourite Disability Magazines

Honeymoon bride strangled How many more story like that???????

Honeymoon bride strangled to death over less than £100: Police reveal horrific last moments in her luxury hotel room.Don't you think recently young married couple are getting murdered. The young tragic Anni was murdered by what she thought was her beloved husband Shrien Dewani. what more do you ask from you husband or wife. why would you think to do this. another story where wife murdered by husband in Glasgow city centre shop . As you know that social networking sites are really common. Facebook named to be one of the biggest social networking site maybe a good thing to be in contact but know you going to spilt with your wife is going to break up doesn't make thing better. Husband 'murdered wife before killing himself' after she confessed on Facebook she was leaving him. what make you angry for changing you martial status???? Man murdered wife for changing Facebook status to 'single' . I could go on and on 'Sex pest husband 'murdered wife before staging car accident after divorce threat'
I think i like to have a breaking news along this line about murdering and maybe with the influence of teenagers and how they copy or shall i imitate they parent/ friend.

Read a quick thing in the news

Blinded by liquid eye liner and burnt with cigarettes, the horrific injuries of victim, 17, tortured by girl gang leader high on miaow-miaow.

This story just shocked me in how the teenagers are represented differently in society. Is it there upbringing??? just imagining the horriffing injuries completly ashoned me?? how can someone do this.

Disabled

Film which occurs disabled:

• Avatar (2009)
• Psycho (1998)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• 16 Blocks (2006)
• Rain Man (1988)
• Forest gump (1994)
• Scent of a Women (1992)
• My Left Foot (1989)
• Born on the 4th of July (1989)
• The Curious case of Benjamin (2008)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Slumdog Millionaire (2009)
• The secret garden

Codes to use when discussing.

• Technical - how the camera is used, the lightening, shot edit
• Symbolic - visual elements and their cultural significance, body language, colour and gesturing.
• Written - the written code words, headlines, speech bubbles etc.

Three main theories around representation

• Reflective
• Intentional
• Constructive

Avatar Trailer

Avatar, a film that has been 12 years in the making since director James Cameron’s last opus, Titanic, stars Hollywood heart-throb Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, a paraplegic former Marine. Jake is recruited to travel to a fantasy world called Pandora in order to save Earth’s energy crisis. But he has to do this by becoming an “avatar”, a computer-generated blue species that can walk, run, jump, swim, climb; all things Jake can’t otherwise do. He has to save the world, in order to do this he simply cannot be disabled.

the number of film starring character with a disability has shown that Hollywood is ready to tackle the issues but the roles still being wrongly cast and stereotyped. Disability in some movies are suppose to be sympathetic and other are to show or explain what might have caused this, e.g slumdog millionaire where they show a blind man, the condition might have caused and they show what is like to be that person, who is shown begging sensitive g in an underpass. the short scene is to explain a cultural practice in certain parts of India and is done in a respectful, way so no one will get hurt.

My essay question

It has been said that "teenagers are symbolized pessimitically in the 21st century" Investigate into the concerns of teenagers?

Thing i would be needing for my production

Thing I need for my production
· Mood board
· Cast - 3 camera man, 2 presenter (wearing suitable clothes for a news report), 2 lighting
· News report (headlines and what the presenter are going to say)
· Table
· Laptops
· Green room
· Tripod
· Images
· Videos
· Footage from other areas
· Mac to edit
· Images from other reports
Musci Track
Parent interviewing
A news Set