The Street is a BBC1 drama that is focused around the main character who has a severe facial deformity. In terms of mise en scene, the audience is instantly shown the disability that Nick has. We are shown his scarred face, this informs the reader as to what situations are going to be dealt with in the course of the program. The make-up used for the deformed side of his face is very detailed and is designed to revolt the audience. The way it is on one side of his face only conforms to a popular stereotype of the 'evil villain'. Most commonly in the villain of the Batman series 'Two-Face', Nick could also be compared to 'Frankenstein'. These all represent the disability to the audience as being always evil and the bad one of the program. This may be a red herring because later in the clip we find that Nick doesn't want to hurt anyone but he is more embarrassed about his face and doesn't like to scare people. We also are meant to believe that he is a bad person due to the sheer brutality of his facial scars, they make his face look displeasing and this is used to make the audience convert that feeling into his personality, to assume that due to his deformed face, his personality will match up with the disfigurement of his face. This also fits in with the stereotype of disabled people being not very well groomed, as Nick appears to have scruffy hair, he isn't shaven and is wearing relatively scruffy clothes. This mise en scene makes the audience assume he is just like the stereotype of any other disabled person.
At the start of the clip, the camera is positioned behind some bars that are wrapped in what appears to be barbed wire. This could have connotations of his disability trapping him, because he feels that he cannot live a normal life due to his disability, this is shown through the camera shot of him through the bars. We also see Nicks friend being trapped behind bars, this may show that not only is the disabled person hindered by the disability, but the people close to him are also hindered due to the disability. This is evident in the clip as they look worried when Nick is asking for his old job back, as they may feel anxious to deny him the job with whatever reasons they might have. This shows that it is hard to deal with disabled people, the clip represents disability of being a disadvantage to the people around and of who are close to those who are disabled.
Camera movements are also used to represent disability when Nick is storming away from the recently startled woman friend of his. The camera is using a hand held shot is it moves up the street after Nick, this is used to show the tension of the situation building and Nicks anger rising. This has connotations of the stereotype that disabled people are emotionally unstable, and let their anger out a lot more viciously. This is represented by the shaky and wobbly camera movements when Nick storms off.
In terms of sound, when Nick is going to ask his old friend if he can have his job back, we can hear foreign languages being spoken in the background, this diegetic sound has a big impact on the central character and reveals a lot about how disabilities are stereotyped in the media. These foreign voices that appear to be coming from inside the construction site that they are working on. This shows the audience that even these people who cant speak English can get this job, whereas the man who had previously worked at this business who now has a disfigured face cant get a job. It shows the stereotype that disabled or 'abnormal' people are viewed by the public as being unable to function in daily life.
In terms of editing, the scene in the army office is quite interesting. Firstly we see the pace of cuts increasing, these fast cuts co-inside with the raise of temper within the main character Nick. It also matches with his language becoming increasingly more angry, along with swear words like 'Shit!' We also are shown the deformed side of his face when he is swearing and shouting at the officer, whereas when we see his 'good side', his voice and body seems to be calm and controlled. This represents his disability to make him angry and temperamental, this conforms with the stereotype that disabled people are not socially acceptable and cannot function properly in a society of 'normal' people. The lighting in the office brings with it connotations of the evil side of a disabled person, as the lighting is very low key and blinds are used to make horizontal lines across his body. This dark lighting makes Nick look evil and imposing, it could possibly of been done to intimidate the audience and make them feel uncomfortable as just through the gaps of light you can catch a glimpse of his scarred face. This makes the deformity seem more vicious and as if it makes the man evil.
