Coming Down The Mountain

In this clip, the story is seen from the older brother's, David's, point of view, which is challenging the stereotype of disabled people because we aren't pushed to sympathise with the disabled brother, Ben. The monologue shows that the makers of Coming Down The Mountain wanted to show the view of David deliberately. David see's his brother as a nuisance and doesn't sympathise with him like his parents does. This shows a light on how society view disabled people because often the family and friend's views don't come into context. The beginning of the clip starts of with a birds-eye view of the brother's shared bedroom. David is sitting on his bed, topless, looking over at his disabled brother sleeping on the other side of the room on his bed. The birds-eye view helps to show the difference between the two brothers through juxtaposition, for example, Ben's side of the bedroom is messy and proceeding into David's territory. Also, the Ben's side of the bedroom is more colourful than David's side of the bedroom. These things could represent each brother's personality, so Ben would be messy but colourful and David would be boring but tidy. The next shot pans to a close-up, which could be to show his emotion, possibly about his brother Ben, maybe he's feeling guilt for not sympathising for him. The next shot moves onto a close-up of Ben sleeping. The shot makes the audience uncomfortable because watching someone sleep is uncomfortable. The makers of Coming Down The Mountain would have does this deliberately in order to show Ben as abnormal and vulnerable.

The centre of Ben's mouth then starts of the development of life, from the big bang to the block of flats where the family lives. This could be telling us that the brother may be wondering why he's different, and at what stage did his genes change. An establishing shot shows the block of flats which then fades to a big close-up of the younger brother. The fade into the close-up could be used to make the edit slow rather than fast and edgy because that would show movement. Whereas in this clip the brother is reinforcing the stereotype that disabled people are physically incapable. The close-up would again be used to make the audience uncomfortable and trigger emotion from the audience. The big close-up also shows the brothers disabled features, which shows him as abnormal. The close-up is followed by the older brother glaring at the younger brother. The monologue breaks for this breakfast scene which could show how the older brother is now thinking about his brother, considering how he's looking at him. Then he gets up from his chair to get his breakfast cereal to find out the younger brother ate the last of the cereal. The parents are sympathetic towards the younger brother whereas the older brother is upset at the younger brother, this is shown through the tone in his dialogue. He tries to take food from the younger brother's bowl, but the younger brother reacts and fights back, this challenges the stereotype of disabled people as physically incapable. The parents get the older brother a different box of cereal which doesn't satisfy the older brother, and then they give the young brother more love and attention because of the abuse he's getting from his younger brother. The older brother argues again with the younger brother as the father intervenes.

The next shot is a tracking shot of the brothers walking to the bus stop outside the block of flats. The younger brother is following the older brother in the shot which shows that the older brother has dominance over the older brother. The next shot shows the two brothers sitting together at the bus-stop. The juxtaposition shows the difference between the two brothers. The older brother looks annoyed to be with his younger brother whereas the younger brother looks content with his gameboy. The next shot is an establishing shot which how the brothers are isolated against the background. Then the shot moves onto the younger brother playing with his toys, while the dialogue reads, "normal kids they're like house plants or cats, you feed them and change their litter tray and they're fine. But kids like Ben you have to read them books all the time and buy them educational toys. You go to the same bloody (missing word) in Devon every year because they like the climbing frame and the ice-cream place. And they need someone with them all the time to stop sicko's dragging them off to their sex dungeons". The next scene starts of with the father playing with the younger brother on his bike, then it progresses onto the older brother aiming a toy gun at his younger brother as if he's an animal. He pretends to shoot him with a smirk. Then the scene cuts to people playing on a beach then cuts to the older brother getting a kite out of a tree. It shows the older brother far away in a tree from the younger brother who is shown with more prominence for the composition of the shot. This shows that the younger brother has control over the older brother which shows that they are challenging the stereotype of disabled people as the victim. The shot cuts to the younger brother enjoying an ice-cream, as it's a close-up of his features, it reinforces the stereotypes of disabled people being abnormal. The next shot is of the brothers waiting at a bus-stop and are sitting next to a stranger. The scene is purposefully made to look uncomfortable to show that for the older brother, walking around with his younger brother, is uncomfortable for him. The next shot cuts to the older brother who looks at the stranger who comes into focus. A bus passes by which leads to the next over the head shot of the older brother doodling at school, then a panning shot, then a shot of the teacher teaching the class. This shot shows the teacher with more framing on the screen, which shows that the teacher has control over the students, including the older brother. The teacher asks the However, the teacher loses control when a student argues with the teacher. But the teacher fights back and makes that student feels embarrassed, the older brother smiles. This ends the three and a half minute clip about the show 'Coming Down The Mountain'. 

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