The character of Billy is treated as a child, this is shown when the mother says “he’ll better if I can clean him up”, this shows how his mother still looks after him and thinks of him as a child. The detective also treats Billy as a child this is shown by the detective talking down to him and not accusing Billy normally, the detective is just hinting at an accusation, showing how he is being treated differently to what a ‘normal’ suspect would be.
The inspector is looking down, and talking down on him throughout the clip, showing he is of higher status than him. Whilst the Inspector speaks to him, he repeats Billy’s sentences, almost like you would with a child- because he thinks of him as ‘mentally sub-normal’. Billy is also shown to be covered in mud, emphasising he isn’t ‘clean’; using both aspects of the word, maybe he has done something wrong, and/or maybe he is trying to be portrayed as dirty just because he is disabled. To contradict this Billy is shown as not as clever as everyone throughout, but is said to have a job, perhaps suggesting that disabled people are equal to us and deserve the same chances.
We first see the camera pan showing that the opening scene is set in the woods. After Billy gets captured we then see the use of an establishing shot showing that Billy's interview is taking place in his house and not the police station like a normal persons would. This implies that people who are 'handicapped' don't receive the usual harsher police treatment. However before the interview takes place Billy's mum asks Frost to let her 'clean him up' first but Frost prevents this stating that he must interview him straight away. During the interview we see through the use of a close up shot that Billy's face is scratched and grazed, this shows that Billy is kind of being treated the way a normal person would be.
The use of dialogue in the scene is interesting, as Detective Frost’s choice of diction is very patronising towards the Down’s syndrome man. He says things like “you must have been very scared” when talking about him seeing police officers. This is a stereotypical depiction of Down’s syndrome people, as they are seen as un-intelligent, and are often spoke to and treated like children. If the character did not have Down’s syndrome in the programme, then he would have spoken to him sternly, and like an adult. I do not feel like Down’s syndrome people would be too happy about this portrayal of them in this programme, but I do not have much experience speaking to or hearing the views of people with Down’s syndrome, so I can’t really speak for them.
The use of lighting is very important to this clip. It is primarily used to make the scene seem much sinister. For example, very little light is shown in the opening few seconds giving the scene a much darker feel to the overall scene and story. Lighting is also used for a similar effect by shadowing out half of the mans face when he's walking through the woods. This makes he himself seem slightly evil or maybe psychotic. This is quite stereotypical as disabled people are often seen as being the evil characters in TV and films and agrees with Hunt's theory as he says that they are often represented as sinister or evil.
Within this extract the choice of diction and dialogue has been specifically chosen. Both Billy’s father and the inspector speak to Billy as if he is a young child throughout the questioning due to the fact that he has a disability. His disability has a massive impact on the choice of diction of the inspector and how he decides to approach the questions he wishes to ask. Initially, the audience sees this choice of diction when the inspector refers to Billy as ‘’mentally subnormal’’, implying he does not know how to handle the situation. This is again seen when he introduces himself to Billy, the inspector talks to Billy about the police chase by saying ‘’ we must have frightened you’’. This is quite patronising and simplistic, and would be usually seen when talking to a young child, but the fact that it is used here suggests the inspector is superior and sees Billy as someone who cannot understand the complexity of normal everyday life.
In the opening of the Touch of Frost, the disabled child "Billy" was apprehended by the police, when he see the lights, the use of lighting shows that he is surrounded and that shows he has to run be he doesn't escape. In the house the use of camera is effective in the dialogue. When the detective speaks to Billy, the use of long shots on Billy and Close Up shots on the detective show he is in control of the situation but when Billy is challenged the angles are changed and he is shown as the bigger character especially when Billy becomes hostile with the answers he gives to the challenging questions. When the detective speaks to the father, he uses the term "mentally sub-normal" rather than "handicapped" or "disabled" which may indicate he doesn't know how to talk to or handle disabled people.
The choice of diction used in the clip was important because the detective spoke to Billy as if he was a child, he used a patronising tone of voice to try and force information out of him. However, when Billy refuses to accept his accusation that he was seen with his friend, the detective changes his tone of voice to show his frustration with him. The music that was played at the beginning of the clip, when Billy was walking through the woods, was very unsettling this may be representing Billy’s personality showing he is a very mysterious person, this also signifies that Billy is just as normal as any other person. The camera angles used when the detective was talking to Billy’s parents was a high angle, this was to show how they were equal however when the detective went to talk to Billy it changed to over the shoulder shot and the detective sat at his level, again showing the patronisation the detective was using to try and get the answers from Billy. They used an over the shoulder shot when the detective was talking to Billy, making him feel smaller, but when Billy was talking back it just had a shot of Billy’s face suggesting that Billy is not equal to the detective which could have caused debates from the viewer of the programme.
At the beginning of the clip the woman says she “thinks there is something strange about Billy”. This tells us already that Billy could not be the average person that we expect to be in “A Touch of Frost”. The first time we see Billy the most obvious feature about him we can see is that his jaw sticks out further than normal and this could make some people think that Billy has a deformation. However when we hear Billy talk we hear that he struggles to speak without talking slowly. This then clears it up that Billy has a mental disorder. When Frost questions him, Billy looks really guilty and seems to change his story every now and again and this implies that people like Billy aren’t good at lying. He denies being where people said he was even though there is solid evidence against him. Billy looks very dirty during the questioning because Frost does not allow him to be cleaned. This could imply that some people view disabled people as filthy or “a stain on society”. This could be seen as a negative representation of disabled people because they are normal people like you or me but have no control over how they turn out.
Billy is portrayed as the criminal in this extract, potentially withholding information in this crime-mystery drama. His disability has key impact on the scene as initially the police man describes him as “mentally subnormal” implying that he is inferior, mentally unable to converse without his dad being there for Billy, this is a negative representation that society may have on people with similar disabilities to Billy. There is an over the shoulder shot of The Inspector when talking to Billy showing that he is talking down to Billy, his face is interjected onto the screen visually symbolising that Billy is being interrogated, that he has nowhere to go as he is trapped between The Inspector’s face and his Dad at all times, this could imply the Devil on one side and God on the other, the right choice on one shoulder and the wrong on the other showing that Billy has a choice to make. The positioning of camera with Billy’s dad constantly behind Billy potentially showing that his Father is in the back of Billy’s mind all the time, his dad being in the room is affecting Billy’s decisions. Earlier on in the sequence, his mother states “shall I clean him up first” referring to Hunt’s theory in 1991 portraying Billy as unable to participate in daily activities, such as cleaning himself. The diction The Inspector uses, such as, “bumped into her” and child-like dialect, it’s implying that Billy has the mental state of a child, as they are all patronising to Billy.
In the clip of ‘A Touch of Frost’ disability is represented in various different ways. Through the use of sound, the detective speaks down to Billy in a manner that the he would be able to understand him, in a way, the detective answers the questions for him but he just needs Billy to admit and clarify the information as he is a suspect in the case of the girl, Tricia, who has gone missing. The detective also patronises Billy as he referred to him as ‘mentally sub-normal’ so he believes that he incapable of many things.
This video of the touch of frost portrays disability as a bad thing, for instance he says something to the officer to then get proven wrong by his own father to suggest that the father was trying to help however, he wasn’t as the guy was trying to lie but the father didn’t understand as the father knows he’s disabled and thinks the guy can’t think for himself ,this is represented by a two shot with the father stood behind him to show that he cares and is looking out for him and trying to do what’s best however in fact he made it worse and not allowing the guy to get out of it which makes the officer raise his voice to finally make the guy repeat himself into despair making him believe he’s correct and what his dad said was invalid and not the truth .
This extract from A Touch of Frost perfectly depicts the way in which disabled people are portrayed in the media. The patronising high angle shots of Billy, making him seem small and powerless, coupled with the way Frost spoke to him; using a slow tone (the way in which one would speak to a child) suggests that he is not treated like an adult or the way that non- handicapped people would be treated. This illustrates the discrimination of people who are disabled or handicapped. Furthermore, when the inspector didn’t understand what Billy was talking about he asked his father rather than asking Billy himself. This makes Billy seem inadequate and stupid, which is unfair as he just needs more time to speak.
In this clip, the dialogue chosen has the impact of Billy being spoken to as a child in the questioning process. His disability affects his choice of words and insinuates that he doesn’t understand sophisticated language; this is also pointed out by the detective when he is asking Billy how he felt, “they must have frightened you”- this portrays a quite patronising way to speak to someone and it suggests he feels that Billy isn’t very intelligent and has to be spoken down to.
In the clip, the inspector interviews Billy, who he says is ‘mentally sub-normal’, and also talks down to him. It makes it seem that he thinks he is like a child for the way he speaks to him a very slow and easily worded and the way he repeats this words so he makes it easier to understand. He also asks his dad questions to help him understand Billy, in a normal voice and speed, which backs up that he is treating Billy differently because he is ‘handicapped’. But at the same time he refuses to let his mum ‘clean him up’, so he is treating him like any other suspect.
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ReplyDeleteThe character of Billy is treated as a child, this is shown when the mother says “he’ll better if I can clean him up”, this shows how his mother still looks after him and thinks of him as a child. The detective also treats Billy as a child this is shown by the detective talking down to him and not accusing Billy normally, the detective is just hinting at an accusation, showing how he is being treated differently to what a ‘normal’ suspect would be.
ReplyDeleteThe inspector is looking down, and talking down on him throughout the clip, showing he is of higher status than him. Whilst the Inspector speaks to him, he repeats Billy’s sentences, almost like you would with a child- because he thinks of him as ‘mentally sub-normal’. Billy is also shown to be covered in mud, emphasising he isn’t ‘clean’; using both aspects of the word, maybe he has done something wrong, and/or maybe he is trying to be portrayed as dirty just because he is disabled. To contradict this Billy is shown as not as clever as everyone throughout, but is said to have a job, perhaps suggesting that disabled people are equal to us and deserve the same chances.
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ReplyDeleteWe first see the camera pan showing that the opening scene is set in the woods. After Billy gets captured we then see the use of an establishing shot showing that Billy's interview is taking place in his house and not the police station like a normal persons would. This implies that people who are 'handicapped' don't receive the usual harsher police treatment. However before the interview takes place Billy's mum asks Frost to let her 'clean him up' first but Frost prevents this stating that he must interview him straight away. During the interview we see through the use of a close up shot that Billy's face is scratched and grazed, this shows that Billy is kind of being treated the way a normal person would be.
ReplyDeleteThe use of dialogue in the scene is interesting, as Detective Frost’s choice of diction is very patronising towards the Down’s syndrome man. He says things like “you must have been very scared” when talking about him seeing police officers. This is a stereotypical depiction of Down’s syndrome people, as they are seen as un-intelligent, and are often spoke to and treated like children. If the character did not have Down’s syndrome in the programme, then he would have spoken to him sternly, and like an adult. I do not feel like Down’s syndrome people would be too happy about this portrayal of them in this programme, but I do not have much experience speaking to or hearing the views of people with Down’s syndrome, so I can’t really speak for them.
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DeleteThe use of lighting is very important to this clip. It is primarily used to make the scene seem much sinister. For example, very little light is shown in the opening few seconds giving the scene a much darker feel to the overall scene and story. Lighting is also used for a similar effect by shadowing out half of the mans face when he's walking through the woods. This makes he himself seem slightly evil or maybe psychotic. This is quite stereotypical as disabled people are often seen as being the evil characters in TV and films and agrees with Hunt's theory as he says that they are often represented as sinister or evil.
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DeleteWithin this extract the choice of diction and dialogue has been specifically chosen. Both Billy’s father and the inspector speak to Billy as if he is a young child throughout the questioning due to the fact that he has a disability. His disability has a massive impact on the choice of diction of the inspector and how he decides to approach the questions he wishes to ask. Initially, the audience sees this choice of diction when the inspector refers to Billy as ‘’mentally subnormal’’, implying he does not know how to handle the situation. This is again seen when he introduces himself to Billy, the inspector talks to Billy about the police chase by saying ‘’ we must have frightened you’’. This is quite patronising and simplistic, and would be usually seen when talking to a young child, but the fact that it is used here suggests the inspector is superior and sees Billy as someone who cannot understand the complexity of normal everyday life.
ReplyDeleteIn the opening of the Touch of Frost, the disabled child "Billy" was apprehended by the police, when he see the lights, the use of lighting shows that he is surrounded and that shows he has to run be he doesn't escape. In the house the use of camera is effective in the dialogue. When the detective speaks to Billy, the use of long shots on Billy and Close Up shots on the detective show he is in control of the situation but when Billy is challenged the angles are changed and he is shown as the bigger character especially when Billy becomes hostile with the answers he gives to the challenging questions. When the detective speaks to the father, he uses the term "mentally sub-normal" rather than "handicapped" or "disabled" which may indicate he doesn't know how to talk to or handle disabled people.
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DeleteThe choice of diction used in the clip was important because the detective spoke to Billy as if he was a child, he used a patronising tone of voice to try and force information out of him. However, when Billy refuses to accept his accusation that he was seen with his friend, the detective changes his tone of voice to show his frustration with him. The music that was played at the beginning of the clip, when Billy was walking through the woods, was very unsettling this may be representing Billy’s personality showing he is a very mysterious person, this also signifies that Billy is just as normal as any other person. The camera angles used when the detective was talking to Billy’s parents was a high angle, this was to show how they were equal however when the detective went to talk to Billy it changed to over the shoulder shot and the detective sat at his level, again showing the patronisation the detective was using to try and get the answers from Billy. They used an over the shoulder shot when the detective was talking to Billy, making him feel smaller, but when Billy was talking back it just had a shot of Billy’s face suggesting that Billy is not equal to the detective which could have caused debates from the viewer of the programme.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the clip the woman says she “thinks there is something strange about Billy”. This tells us already that Billy could not be the average person that we expect to be in “A Touch of Frost”. The first time we see Billy the most obvious feature about him we can see is that his jaw sticks out further than normal and this could make some people think that Billy has a deformation. However when we hear Billy talk we hear that he struggles to speak without talking slowly. This then clears it up that Billy has a mental disorder.
ReplyDeleteWhen Frost questions him, Billy looks really guilty and seems to change his story every now and again and this implies that people like Billy aren’t good at lying. He denies being where people said he was even though there is solid evidence against him.
Billy looks very dirty during the questioning because Frost does not allow him to be cleaned. This could imply that some people view disabled people as filthy or “a stain on society”. This could be seen as a negative representation of disabled people because they are normal people like you or me but have no control over how they turn out.
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DeleteBilly is portrayed as the criminal in this extract, potentially withholding information in this crime-mystery drama. His disability has key impact on the scene as initially the police man describes him as “mentally subnormal” implying that he is inferior, mentally unable to converse without his dad being there for Billy, this is a negative representation that society may have on people with similar disabilities to Billy.
ReplyDeleteThere is an over the shoulder shot of The Inspector when talking to Billy showing that he is talking down to Billy, his face is interjected onto the screen visually symbolising that Billy is being interrogated, that he has nowhere to go as he is trapped between The Inspector’s face and his Dad at all times, this could imply the Devil on one side and God on the other, the right choice on one shoulder and the wrong on the other showing that Billy has a choice to make.
The positioning of camera with Billy’s dad constantly behind Billy potentially showing that his Father is in the back of Billy’s mind all the time, his dad being in the room is affecting Billy’s decisions.
Earlier on in the sequence, his mother states “shall I clean him up first” referring to Hunt’s theory in 1991 portraying Billy as unable to participate in daily activities, such as cleaning himself.
The diction The Inspector uses, such as, “bumped into her” and child-like dialect, it’s implying that Billy has the mental state of a child, as they are all patronising to Billy.
In the clip of ‘A Touch of Frost’ disability is represented in various different ways. Through the use of sound, the detective speaks down to Billy in a manner that the he would be able to understand him, in a way, the detective answers the questions for him but he just needs Billy to admit and clarify the information as he is a suspect in the case of the girl, Tricia, who has gone missing. The detective also patronises Billy as he referred to him as ‘mentally sub-normal’ so he believes that he incapable of many things.
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ReplyDeleteThis video of the touch of frost portrays disability as a bad thing, for instance he says something to the officer to then get proven wrong by his own father to suggest that the father was trying to help however, he wasn’t as the guy was trying to lie but the father didn’t understand as the father knows he’s disabled and thinks the guy can’t think for himself ,this is represented by a two shot with the father stood behind him to show that he cares and is looking out for him and trying to do what’s best however in fact he made it worse and not allowing the guy to get out of it which makes the officer raise his voice to finally make the guy repeat himself into despair making him believe he’s correct and what his dad said was invalid and not the truth .
This extract from A Touch of Frost perfectly depicts the way in which disabled people are portrayed in the media. The patronising high angle shots of Billy, making him seem small and powerless, coupled with the way Frost spoke to him; using a slow tone (the way in which one would speak to a child) suggests that he is not treated like an adult or the way that non- handicapped people would be treated. This illustrates the discrimination of people who are disabled or handicapped. Furthermore, when the inspector didn’t understand what Billy was talking about he asked his father rather than asking Billy himself. This makes Billy seem inadequate and stupid, which is unfair as he just needs more time to speak.
ReplyDeleteIn this clip, the dialogue chosen has the impact of Billy being spoken to as a child in the questioning process. His disability affects his choice of words and insinuates that he doesn’t understand sophisticated language; this is also pointed out by the detective when he is asking Billy how he felt, “they must have frightened you”- this portrays a quite patronising way to speak to someone and it suggests he feels that Billy isn’t very intelligent and has to be spoken down to.
ReplyDeleteIn the clip, the inspector interviews Billy, who he says is ‘mentally sub-normal’, and also talks down to him. It makes it seem that he thinks he is like a child for the way he speaks to him a very slow and easily worded and the way he repeats this words so he makes it easier to understand. He also asks his dad questions to help him understand Billy, in a normal voice and speed, which backs up that he is treating Billy differently because he is ‘handicapped’. But at the same time he refuses to let his mum ‘clean him up’, so he is treating him like any other suspect.
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