Editing Analysis

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In this clip, editing assists in the construction of representation of disability by using a range of editing methods.  Near the beginning of the clip, there is a medium shot of a man sleeping, who appears to be disabled. From this scene to the next, a dissolve is used, which leads into a insert. This insert is shown in black and white and shows a variety of images that cut every 3 seconds. These clips include an explosion, representing the scientific creation of Earth,  followed by shots of organisms, apes and lastly a cave man. These are all things that we would associate with the theory of evolution. Being in black and white, the clips are given an old and dull look. By showing the shot of the disabled man, and then clips of the theory of evolution, this may be portraying that he relates to being created by evolution. However, the last clip we see out of the evolution series is a caveman, which may be signifying that instead of fully becoming a human, the man has remained a 'caveman'. People may stereotype cavemen to be less smart and able as humans. Potentially referring to this disabled man in comparison to a caveman shows that people in society consider him less able than a human. The fact that these clips are also in black and white may be trying to indicate that this man is boring and bland as we would associate black and white to be quite dull colours.