In the first scene, a doctor enters a patients rooms who appears to be a young boy around the age of 13. Rather than playing with a video game or mobile phone, the boy is seen to be completing a sudoku. This use of mise en scene may surprise the audience as they would usually expect a boy of this age to not be interested in doing something intulectual whilst in hospital. This already portrays the boy as being quite intelligent.
Digetic sound in the form of dialouge also demonstrates the boys intelligence. It also creates a contrast of age and authority between the doctor and the patient. In this case, the doctor can be heard questioning the boy asking if there are treatments or trials for the boys medical condition. This may surprise audiences as they would presume that the doctor would know more about the boys condition. However the boy clearly knows more about the illness and answers with "inpariably fatal" which demonstrates his knowlegde.
During this scene, camera, editing and lighting is also used. The use of low lighting emphasis the atmosphere of the scene as it makes the audience feel sorrow and sympathy for the boys situation. Basic conintuity editing is used through out the scene which keeps a continuous flow throughout and enables the scene to continue without confusing the audience. It also makes the scene seem more realistic as if they are within a real situation. The use of a shot reverse shot between the conversation also makes the scene appear to be more realistic and based on the levelling of the camera, we can see that the doctor is the same level as the boy. Before this he is viewed from a low angle shot from the boys perspective however this changes as the doctor leans down beside his bed and comes down to his level. This represents the boy having the same authority or power as the doctor if not more than him as the doctor comes down to the boys level rather than the boy sitting up further to talk to the doctor. This also emphasis his situation as the doctor may feel pity upon the boy.
The next scene is held within a busy waiting room within the hospital. During this scene juxtaposition is used as we go from viewing a formal mature young boy to seeing a boy of a similar age moaning about being bitten by a gerbil. The female doctor questions what happened to the boy. At this point the doctor is leaning over the younger boy looking down upon him to see the cut. Compared to how the male doctor was in the previous scene to this one, there is a large comparison between how the boys act and how the doctors act. Here the female doctor seems to treat the boy as a child and is almost careless about him moaning. Where as the male doctor seems to have more respect for the boy who has a life threatening condition due to him being so mature about his situation. The use of dialouge spoken by the two boys also shows the difference in age and maturity as the boy in the waiting room talks with more of a whiny tone where as the boy in the bed talks maturely.
Following on from the waiting room, a male doctor talks to the female doctor during an operation. During which he sarcastically says "just another drunk who is bleeding from his head ", to which the female doctor replies "I can see that". This demonstrates that even though the two doctors are of similar age and around there 30's, they act more immature than the boy in the bed. Especially when they are placed in a serious situation. As the doctor walks out, the female rolls her eyes in a childish manor. This shows the audience that even though the two characters are adults, they behave more like teenagers at inappropriate times. There is a clear comparison between young and old and who is mature and immature. the boy with the fatal illness acts mature and composed where as the doctors bicker whilst trying to save someones life. This challenges peoples views on age as we would expect the adults to be the mature ones instead of the boy.
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