In the extract of "Coming down the mountain", i noticed that Ben (the disabled boy) is always placed below everyone else in the scene. This seems to give across the message that he is being conveyed as inferior to the others (mainly David in most shots). This is reinforcing the stereotype of incapability, as everyone who seems to stand higher than him in shots looks more capable and has to do stuff for him.
In the very first shot, the camera is angled directly above both David and Ben, this shot type immediately tells us two things. Firstly, it shows sympathy for both characters, Ben for his disability and David for having to put up with it all. Secondly, the MES in this shot shows the dived between David and Ben, as on one side of the room is all of Ben's colorful belongings and on David's side is barley any belongings and its almost all grey. I feel that this somehow challenges the stereotype of abnormality, as this is making David seem like the abnormal one.
In the scene when the Phillips's family are in the kitchen, the diegetic sound of the radio playing in the background, i picked up on that as a sort of metaphorical input for how Ben's mind works. It just sort of half plays in the background while everyone else gets on with their own business. This is reinforcing the stereotype of abnormality, because everyone else in the scene all seem to be quite "on the ball" as it were, and Ben is sort of sitting around making noise, much like the radio.
In the scene were Ben is riding his bike, the camera is angled down at him from Davids perspective. this gives the feeling that David is constantly positioning himself above Ben to get away from him almost. Also in this scene, David is seen attempting to shot Ben with a toy sniper rifle. Both of these examples reinforce the stereotype of "victim" towards Ben, when his own brother has murderous thoughts toward him.
