Camera work contributes significantly towards the representation of disability in this clip. The opening tracking shot of billy walking through the forest at night combined with the actions of dusting himself off suggests 'wrong doing.' Disability could be , at this point, associated with deviant and mischievous behaviour. This is further portrayed by several camera shots of dogs, policeman with torches. implying they are looking for billy.
A close up shot of billy's reaction furthers the impression that billy had done something wrong. This close up shot also illustrates billy's appearance which can be considered to be stereotypical of person with a disability.
Other close ups on billy are used during the speech with the inspector where several interesting facial expressions are acquired to billy. He looks rather confused which could result in the assumption that he cannot keep up with what the inspector is explaining.
This shot is showing his dad sitting behind him; illustrating that he supports him and helps him explain things in order for him to make sense, implying disabled people need assistance
many reaction shots showing Billy's behaviour. Close ups on inspector showing his attitude towards billy - his facial expressions also show frustration as he cannot communicate with billy
Speech and dialogue is used to represent disability throughout the play. It is understandable that Billy has a speech impediment, therefore the audience will come to the assumption that Billy has a disability. When billy shouts out 'I've done nothing wrong' it presents him to look completely innocent and vulnerable and could make viewers pity him. Also Billy's simple and unclear responses to the inspector implies that several audiences would consider Billy and people with disabilities as unintelligent. Coming to the conclusion that they are unable to communicate sufficiently. this can also be considered when billy mentions a 'playground' and can lead to people thinking that he is childish. the inspector has to be corrected by the father when refereeing to the condition which billy has., implying that people are respectful towards handicapped people. The tone of the inspectors voice can cause the audience to come to several assumptions, one of them being that people speak down to people with disabilities and treat them as inferior to them. Another perspective which could be formed is that by looking at the fathers and inspectors tone/choice of language when talking to Billy's implies he is uneducated; displaying how these types of people are treated like children and try to communicate with them on a low academic level. When the mum says about cleaning billy this suggests that he isn't capable of cleaning himself and furthers the impression that handicapped people can be treated like children. towards the end the inspector habits an impatient tone which demonstrates how people with disabilities are treated and are not respected. This can also be conveyed by several sighs assigned to the inspector. When Billy raises his voice towards the end , it can imply that people with disabilities are considered to be violent.
Props such as police dogs and torches implies he has done something wrong and demonstrates that people are searching for billy and therefore leads to the association of handicapped people with negative behaviour. The washing up bowl is also a convenient prop as it displays how billy cant clean himself and making him look incapable and immature.
Police costumes also add to the atmosphere that billy has done something wrong and forms a negative perspective around and raises questions on his behaviour.
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