Royale FilmWorks

Series Directed by
Roger Bamford		(9 episodes, 1994-2008)
Paul Harrison		(7 episodes, 2003-2010)
Don Leaver		(4 episodes, 1992-1996)
Roy Battersby		(4 episodes, 1994-2006)
David Reynolds		(3 episodes, 1992-1999)
Adrian Shergold		(3 episodes, 1996-1999)
Sandy Johnson		(2 episodes, 1997-1999)
Robert Knights		(2 episodes, 1999-2000

Main Actors

	David Jason	...	DI Frost / ... (42 episodes, 1992-2010)
	Bruce Alexander	...	Supt. Mullett / ... (42 episodes, 1992-2010)
	John Lyons	...	D.S. Toolan / ... (39 episodes, 1992-2010)
	Arthur White	...	Ernie Trigg / ... (27 episodes, 1994-2010)
	James McKenna	...	Sgt. Brady / ... (25 episodes, 1995-2010)
	David McKail	...	Dr. McKenzie / ... (20 episodes, 1992-2008)
	David Gooderson	...	Pathologist / ... (18 episodes, 1992-2006)
	Paul Moriarty	...	Sgt Wells / ... (15 episodes, 1992-1997)
	George Thompson	...	P.C. Simms / ... (12 episodes, 1992-1996)
	Caroline Harker	...	WPC Hazel Wallace / ... (11 episodes, 1992-2003)

    Representation of Physical Disability
                                Textual Analysis

This video clip is taken from the TV Drama "A Touch Of Frost" . The scene opens with a mid shot of two characters two characters standing and are having a conversation . The next scene is jump cut in the woods. This is a wide shot showing a young boy in his late teens coming out of the woods.This shot makes us familiar with the surrounding and the location but the main focus was on the character. As he stands up he cleans up his knee as to get rid of the dirt.He walks in an unusual way : with his mouth open cracking his jaw.As he glances at the bunch of policemen he got frightened (eyes got wide open) and he starts running without any reason.As the policemen caught him he mourns a loud cry saying "I dint do anything" and starts crying. This scene is further made a depressing or a sad scene with the help of digetic sound in the background and low : key lighting.Up till now we have a clue that there is something wrong with this boy he is not perfectly normal.

     Common stereo types of disability includes : the pitiable or pathetic stereotype .The disabled as the object  of violence, the :super cripple"  who is able to counteract their disability with some increasingly good skills  etc. There are many clues in the clip which tells us that the character is suffering from some kind of disability.

                                   

     In terms of lighting as a part of mise-en- scene the representation of disability is very much apparent. For eg : at the start of the extract, the young boy with the disability is seen poorly lit as compared to the other characters in that scene, perhaps suggesting him as a character of lower importance and significance.Adding to this when the police men shout at him he is seen running eagerly on his own. This shows his individualism amongst everyone else due to the fact that he had an disability.He is seen weak and vulnerable as compared to the other men (officers) in the dark with clothing and bright lights.

                                         

   Frost is given more importance then Billy purely because of his disability.As looking through the mis-en-scene : when Billy is at the house wearing his coat and seems very reluctant to stay.As the officer too tells his father that in this case he is being considered subnormal and he would need a man in the room with him in case he breaks any laws.We can see that he was replying to the officers questions in a real hurry and desperately wants the interview to get over as soon as possible. this portrays a feeling in audiences mind and which can also be seen through / from our daily lives that disable people are less talkative and less social.

          In terms of the camera shots at  the beginning of the extract billy is seen by using a high angle shot with billy having to stare up to the camera.This portrays him as disabled in some way and weak / inferior  to others. When the officer was in the house having a conversation with Billy he has to explain question to him clearly and eagerly and had to tell him how eager they are in order to get correct answers from him.And in order to get answers they had to wait a lot and had to be patient.We can see that the boy cannot speak properly and was using a lot of unwanted expressions and lingered on, and speaks up stretching a word and use to speak it out loud.He easily got frightened as he police men entered the room, and defended himself by saying "I dint do anything.I am innocent"

      People with disabilities are portrayed as less cunning , less intelligent and simple.This is further confirmed through the way the way the boy speaks and by looking at him facial expressions .While interviewing Billy Frost, the police men uses simple words and speaks in a child like manner.He also asks him simple questions like do you know what police were doing there?! ,as to know how much knowledge does he has and  to what extent his answers can be trusted.

After looking at this clip we can clearly see / say that this kid is mentally disabled thus is not perfectly normal.