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Bollywood By 1970, Hindi cinema was thematically stagnant and dominated by musical  romance films . The arrival of screenwriting duo  Salim-Javed  ( Salim Khan  and  Javed Akhtar ) was a paradigm shift,  revitalizing  the industry. They began the genre of gritty, violent,  Bombay underworld crime films  early in the decade with films such as  Zanjeer  (1973) and  Deewaar  (1975).  Salim- Javed  reinterpreted the rural themes of  Mehboob Khan 's  Mother India   (1957) and  Dilip Kumar 's  Gunga Jumna  (1961) in a contemporary urban context, reflecting the  socio-economic  and  socio-political  climate of 1970s India and channeling mass discontent, disillusionment and the unprecedented growth of  slums  with  anti-establishment  themes and those involving urban poverty, corruption and crime. Their "angry young man", personified by  Amitabh Bachchan , reinterpreted  Dilip  Kumar's performance in  Gunga Jumna  in a contemporary urban context and anguished urban p

Representation of disability and ability  In films, people you suffer from disabilities are often represented in many different ways. Some could be positive, some could be negative. A perfect example this is in the scene from Wonder called the School Tour. In this scene, people with disabilities such as Auggie, are represented in a negative way. They are represented as being shy, quiet and being afraid of people. This is evidenced by the use of character facial expressions and movement and sound ( both an element of mise-en-scene, which are micro elements of film form). When all the children walk into the science lab, Julian asks Auggie some obvious questions to try and make him feel stupid. Auggie then turns his face away from them and doesn't say anything. He is then told by Jack that he has to reply to Julian and say something, but when he speaks, he is still looking at the wall and he answers in a very quiet way. This representation strengthens the stereotype that people

In this picture, Jordana (played by Yasmin Paige) is standing in the centre of the screen. The background of the picture is completely blurred compared to Jordana, who is very visible and easily to see. This suggests that she is the main focus in this picture and that nothing else is going on in the background. It could also be what Lloyd is seeing and we are looking through eyes, because Jordana could be the most important thing for him and it could be the main focus in his life. The lighting on her face compared to the dark underside of the pier, implies that she is a bright character and again, could also be the light if Lloyd's life. The camera shot is slightly below eye line, which proposes that Jordana may think that she is more important than everyone else and she is better than everyone. In this image, the character Lloyd (played by Noah Taylor) is sitting directly in the middle of the screen. Although everything is visible on the pictur