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Super.human. Flashcards

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First seconds of the advert

(scene one)

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  • montage of dramatic music, ambient sound (eg. news broadcasting), low key lighting and smoke
  • creates excitement and drama

Kadeena Cox is in centre frame, making her appear important and powerful

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Montage of audio commentary

(scene one)

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  • creates tension, suggesting the we are during a race
  • emphasises Cox’s power and important of the event

“already won two gold”
“set her sights on Tokyo”

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image of a tunnel

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“tunnel vision” visually represented with a wide shot
- connotes the athlete’s mindsets

binary opposition of success vs failure

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gunshot sound effect

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acts as a transition from the tunnel to real life

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reality after dream

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  • shows kadeena wearing conventional sleep attire for a black woman (bonnet) - familiar item of clothing
  • representing an aspect of black women’s lives which are often underrepresented
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reality vs dream sequence

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visual binary opposition created
- dream like sequence contains dramatic images, music and a rich colour palette
- reality contains ambient lighting and the strident sound of an alarm clock

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montage of early morning realities

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  • shows a diverse range of genders, ethnicity and abilities
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pros of showing a diverse range of people

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  • allows people to relate to them as disabilities are so often unrepresented in media
  • makes disabilities more visible, accepted and normalised
  • allows audiences to be SEEN on screen
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criticisms of portrayal of disabled people

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  • people believe that the advert focused primarily on representing physical disabilities (eg. wheelchair users)
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Ellie Simmons at the swimming pool

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  • features a wide shot, emphasising her small stature
  • competing against herself - a visual metaphor for how she is competing against her own anxieties and the fear of loosing
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auditory code of strapping joints and using tape + grunts and groaning

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  • creates a sense of drama and intensity - similar to preparations for battle
  • hyperbolic noises, emphasises the strain and pain of athletes

sound effects underscore the music - emphasising the battle of training

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jump cuts of training (montage)

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  • emphasises the hard work and dedication
  • sick bucket acts as comedic effect but also emphasises the idea that they are training to and beyond their bodies limits
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realities of athletes lives outside of training

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  • eg. balancing parenthood whilst being a sportsperson
  • shot of a man singing happy birthday to his kid through a phone, he is having to miss important events to focus on his sport (tunnel vision)
  • eg. normal events such as childbirth
  • humanises the athletes, showing they have families and shows they are normal people
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pov shots of cyclist

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  • creates a sense of inclusion
  • sparks flying, indicate the speed
  • man flying, makes it feel like an action film
  • emphasises the danger and drama of the sport
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animated and archive footage

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  • used to oppose the real life actions
  • introduces humour and reinforces the narrative
  • used in contrast to the gruelling routines of the athletes
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ultra close up shots of bruises and blisters

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  • emphasises the pain and danger the Paralympians face
  • reinforces the idea that these sports are very dangerous and emphasises how hard the athletes have to train
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obstructions in reality for people with disabilities

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  • café step
  • despite the success Paralympians have in the world of sports, they still face discrimination and difficulties in the outside world
  • juxtaposition between being at the peak of athletic power and the inability to go into a café, tells a shocking story simply
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revisit to Kadeena Cox in tunnel

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  • surreal image, chasing a medal represents her dreams of success
  • nightmarish tone, suggesting that her dream is so important to her it haunts her sleep
  • stylised dream sequence, announces the postponement of the Olympics, shows the impact: athletes fall off the edge of the track
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revisit to Ellie Simmonds in the swimming pool

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  • nightmarish imagery of Ellie being weighed down by a medal
  • shows the pressure of athletes
  • Dutch angle, creates a sense of unease and uncertainty - reinforcing tension
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fast paced editing

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  • highlights a range of narratives and athletes with different disabilities, disciplines and challenges
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“you might as well quit” Boris Johnson

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reflects Channel 4s values as being more predominantly anti establishment and has an alternative political perspective

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split screen montage of close ups

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  • emphasises the potential injuries and internal damage athletes gain from the sport
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“to be an Paralympian there must be something wrong with you”

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  • play on words which challenges the outdated mindset
  • suggests that to put yourself through such struggles and pain to be an athlete on top of the training for your sport you need to be incredibly determined and resilient
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audiences perception of athletes VS reality

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conceptual binary opposition
- challenges how language is used against the reality of the positive images in the advertisement
- this binary opposition is what the director encourages the audience to reflect upon

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images of cheering crowds

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  • creates a sense of success and winning
  • representation of Paralympians as successful, this can help change the audience perception of disability
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soundtrack

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  • Bugsy Malone, So You Want To Be a Boxer
  • familiar to all audiences (modern cover of an older song)
  • adds a touch of comedy and nostalgia
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‘Super. Human.’
super= smashed

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  • the breaking of the word ‘superhuman’ to ‘super.human.’ helps to connote the idea that athletes are human
  • further smashing of the word ‘super’ emphasises the human element of the catchphrase
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previous paralympics campaign

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  • ‘meet the superhumans’, criticised for treating disabled people as superbeings, elevated above humanity
  • previous advert glamorised what it meant to be disabled
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Stuart Hall, stereotyping

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  • focuses on athletes as ordinary people trying to achieve a goal with their own personal motivations (three dimensional)
  • visible positive recognition of disabled people - positive rep of disabled people in media
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David Gauntlett, identity

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  • offers a wide range of more diverse and inclusive range of identities, broadens what it means to be disabled as an athlete
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Stuart Hall, dominant ideologies

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  • personification and positive rep of the event and the athletes encourages the audiences to accept the ideologies portrayed and the intended meaning
  • the use of real athletes creates a preferred reading that the audiences should invest in their narratives and subsequently watch the games

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