The document summarizes and analyzes several short films about disabilities. It discusses films that profile individuals with learning disabilities and cerebral palsy, showing their daily lives and struggles. It also reviews a documentary about a deaf community in the Philippines, focusing on how organizations help deaf children cope. Common film techniques used include voiceovers to provide insight, music to set tone, and simple titles/credits to avoid distraction.
2. Focuses on the one boy who has disabilities and struggles at school and gets bullied because of them, the film shows him going about his everyday life and how his disability affects him.
3. The film includes a voiceover which gives the audience an insight into what the boy is thinking and how he feels about what’s going on in his life.
4. Shot in black and white, so that the colour does not distract, makes you focus more on what the boy is saying.
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6. As the audience we watch Felix partake in hobbies and enjoying everyday activities.
7. Cerebral Palsy is difficult to live with however this documentary shows that Felix can still do things that make him happy. We are given an insight into the way the family cope with his disability, their emotions and what they value doing together.
8. This documentary takes a different approach to showing children with disabilities, as it shows Felix as the happy, content child he is, without showing or ignoring the limitations of his impairment.
9. There is a voiceover of Felix’s mum which features in the opening of the film she explains how they try to spend lots of time with Felix as they don’t know how long they have with him and then she goes onto explain about the disease. The voiceover then acts as a sound bridge to the next scene which shows her sitting in her lounge and she continues to talk about life with Felix.
10. This film shows the positive and negatives of the disability and how the family try to carry on a normal life whilst dealing with Felix’s impairment.
11. The film begins with a simple title, which consists of a white font, this works well as it introduces the film to the audience but does not distract from what is being shown. The credits at the end of the film slowly fade in, as the music fades out, this ending works well as it makes the ending final.
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13. The film opens with an explanation from the founder of the organisation about how deaf children in Bohol are treated.
14. Different children with deafness are introduced in the film, this shows that though we may not realise it many people have disabilities.
15. The scene in which the children go to school, shows the coming together of people that are alike and shows us that people with disabilities are necessarily always singled out but brought together to help each other.
16. The film shows how special organisations are important in helping deaf children to cope with their impairment.
17. The music in this film is suitable as it seems to go with where the film is set.