Cast Offs - Disability in TV Drama

'Cast Offs' is a darkly comic drama series telling the story of six disabled characters. They have been sent to a remote British island for a fictional reality TV show. In this episode we are focusing on Dan, he is in a wheelchair. We can see that Dan needs help from his dad around the house and day to day life; Dan is shown at a lower angle than his dad. All sound is diegetic, and a hand held camera is used to show the reality of the program. The only no-diegetic sound is the sound of the typewriter when the text appears on screen. The audience can see that Dan is just like you and me; this is shown with an eye level mid shot to show we are equal. When Dan is shown struggling across the beach, it is shown in an extreme long shot to show how far he has to go unaided.