A Touch of Frost is a TV show based on novels starring David Jason as Detective Inspector Jack Frost. In each episode, Frost investigates different cases and is assisted by various detective sergeants. The clip shows a disabled boy named Billy who is captured by police. Billy's interactions and reactions to the police and questioning suggest representations of disability as strange, dangerous, naive, frightened, weak and childlike in the clip.

1. A Touch Of Frost
A Touch of Frost is based upon the frost novels, it stars
David Jason as the main protagonist Detective inspector
Jack Frost, known almost universally as Jack, an
experienced and dedicated detective who frequently
clashes with his superiors. In his cases, Frost is assisted
by a variety of different detective sergeants, with each
bringing a different slant to the particular case.

2. Background of my clip
My clip is about a disabled boy called
Billy. Billy is captured by the police,
the clip shows the way in which
disability is represented, and the way
people talk to Billy and the way Billy
reacts towards the different situations.

3. Link To
Video
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4. Representation of Disability
In the beginning of the video you have seen that Billy is walking through
the woods during the night, suddenly he starts to clean his pants with his
hands, which suggests that Billy has done something wrong, during this
time disability is associated with strange behaviour, the representation of
strange behaviour is continued with the use low key lighting, and the use
of horror type non diegetic sound. Further on the clip starts to associate
disability as being dangerous as you can see the police dog is looking for
Billy, the clips signifies that disability is dangerous and is in the need of
being captured quickly. The MLS shot in the video of Billy walking makes
the viewer think that he is naïve and he doesn’t know about the police
presence, Billy is then frightened as he does see the police men come
towards him, at this point of the clip disability is being represented as
frightened, vulnerable and naïve. The use of low level shot of Billy on
the ground allows the audience to see that Billy is struggling with the
police officer, during this disability is being represented as weak. During
the scene of when Billy is captured you see that he pleads in front of the
officer saying “I haven’t done anything wrong” which represents disability
as being powerless.

5. Representation of Disability
Billy’s father kneels next to him as he walks into the room, this further
underlines the fact that disability is being represented as child like, this is
shown by the high angle shot which suggests that those who are looked
down on are easily intimidated. Billy’s face in the video tilts to the side as
detective frost comes to talk to him, this gives an interpretation that disabled
people are easily confused, when the inspector talks to Billy, his tone of
voice is very low, which again gives the representation that disabled people
have a child like nature.