Toni's disability is represented in several ways in the scene. Only half of Toni's face is shown in the lighting when he is first seen, making him seem like an outcast sitting alone in darkness. The diegetic sounds emphasize how overwhelmed and vulnerable Toni feels on the bus. He needs help from the female characters to use the bathroom, showing how daily tasks are frustratingly difficult. When Toni talks to others, his dialogue is slow, indicating he needs time to think before speaking and cannot communicate like he used to. Friendship and family are greatly impacted by his disability, as his mother struggles to adjust and his lost girlfriend is hinted at through his dim facial expression.

1. Alex Reece
Skins.
Disability is represented through a number of ways for example in the scene where we first see Toni,
the lighting only shows half his face and rest of him is in darkness, this represents him to be an
outcast as he is sat by himself. Also it gives us an idea as the audience that he isn’t all there because
only part of him is shown in the light and the rest is lost in the darkness hinting at the fact he has a
disability.
The diegetic soundas Maxi and Toni are sat on the bus when the scene is shown to be extremely
busy are emphasised which makes Toni jump showing him to be vulnerable to the world and that he
needs others to feel safe also we can say when he is in the bathroom and he needs the female
characters help to go to the toilet showing he has physical needs and that life is extremely
frustrating for him as he can’t cope with every day to day things.
The close up on his face and the rest of scene is shown to be in a blur and the camera only focuses
on him tells us that he is alone and feels to be cut off from the rest of world, this as a viewer makes
me feel pity and sorry for Toni’s character because he has a disability.
The background non-diegetic sound as Toni and Maxi are walking through the estate is slow, down
beat is quite depressing. The use of this shows the characters sadness and that he feels down
representing him to be a sad and depressed.
The use of slow dialogue for Toni’s character when he is talking to the young female characters tells
us that he needs to think before he speaks, telling the audience that he can’t comminute like he
used to be able to.
Friendship and family are highly effect by disability this is shown very well within this clip as we get a
scene where we are shown Toni’s mother trying to cope with the adjustments that had to be made
for Toni also in the final scene where the female character asks Toni what happened to his girlfriend.
The close on Toni’s face shows his facial expression to be quite dim telling us as the viewer that he
may have lost his girlfriend due to his disability.