In the beginning of the clip, the audience sees an ariel shot of a bedroom in which there is a divide between the bedroom of one side looking very childish and bright with colorful whereas the other side is quite dull and stereotypical of teenagers bedroom. There is the sound of the non-diegetic voice of the narrator in which there is a slight pan around the potential protagonist, establishing the fact that it is the narrator. There is a cut to a mid-shot of the protagonist's brother 'Ben' in which Ben is asleep, which cuts back to a mid-shot of the protagonist 'Dave.' There are pre-recorded clips shown; expressing the mental vision of Dave in which it seems as if he is describing his brother as a mistake. This is a representational issue of disability as this emphasises Ben as different.
The next shot is an establishing shot of flats in which it is accompanied by the non-diegetic sound of score in the background, which sounds quite comical as it lowers the seriousness of the disability of Ben. The audience then sees an establishing shot of the kitchen, which uses low key lighting to make the place look dull emphasisng that family life is not all that it seems, which cuts to a close up of Ben; revealing his disability. There are a range of back and forth mid-shots in which in a particular shot, reveals Dave's facial expression in which he looks at his brother in disgust. A range of mid-shots are cut back and forth to capture the diegetic sound of dialogue and facial expressions. There is a medium-wide shot as Dave goes to get cereal in which he comments on the fact that Ben has eaten all the cereal in which the parents do not care what he has to say. This emphasises that Ben gets treated more differently to Dave due to his disability. This is shown again as there is a slight tilt downwards as the mum kisses Ben's head in which Dave does not a least get a goodbye. There is a long shot of the dad as the diegetic sound of dialogue is exchanged between the characters, which cuts to a slight pan of the fork that Ben is using to eat off of his dad's plate, which emphasises that Ben is selfish and his parents allows him to do what he wants as he is treated specially. This is seen as stereotypical, which emphasises the representational issue of disability.
There is a cut to a bus stop, which is in low key lighting; emphasising that Dave finds his daily routine depressing in which there are scenes interpreted back and forth between the bus stop scene. Ben is found with toys that annoy Dave, which emphasises these binary opposites of being young and old. In one particular scene, there is a point of view shot as the shot is a target of the gun in which Dave wants to shoot his brother. Another scene, shows a low angle of Dave reaching to get a kite out of the tree, which is trapped. This is iconic as Kites represent freedom, which symbolises Dave's life as him being trapped. This cuts to a high angle of Ben looking smug with an ice cream; emphasisng his childlike behavior. The next scene is a side view in which the focus pull focuses on Dave first and then a suspect he narrates about.
The next scene is an over-the-shoulder shot in which Dave is seen drawing in class of a dinosaur; emphasising that he in his own little world, which also shows that he is different to everyone else as he has to look after his younger brother. There are back and forth medium-wide shots between the teacher and the class as the diegetic sound of dialogue is exchanged. There is a tracking shot of the teacher as the diegetic sound of dialogue is heard; emphasising that she is in charge.
In the next scene, the audience sees a medium-wide shot as Dave and a friend comes out of a pair of doors in the school playground, which is accompanied by the diegetic sound of dialogue. There is a low angle shot of Dave as it empahsises that Ben has to look up to Dave as Dave looks after him in which it cuts to a high angle shot of Ben, which emphasises his vulnerability as he learns that he has to get back home himself as Dave states that they have not been 20metres apart from each other.
In the next scene, there is a medium-wide shot of Ben as he holds onto the front seat of the bus looking vulnerable. The non-diegetic sound of score in the background sounds quite eerie, empahsising that Ben is quite scared. There is bad behavior from the school kid in the back in which the sound fades, emphasising that it is a lot for Ben to take in. Then there is a slow motion of Ben, showing that he is in distress due to this experience of being alone in an environment that he is not used to without his brother or family.
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