Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Post #6 Media representations of sight


-http://thecia.com.au/reviews/d/daredevil/

For an image of a visually impaired person I choose a seen from the movie Daredevil. The movie takes a new approach to what many people consider as impairment. The main protagonist Daredevil or Matt Murdock is a blind action hero who, thanks to his loss of sight, is completely fearless. Since his sight is gone, Daredevil’s other senses developed to almost superhuman proportion. He uses his other senses to live quite a normal life, except for taking bad guys down of course. In the image Matt is standing next to Electra, talking to her. Matt is wearing black sunglasses, which is an iconic sign that symbolize shim being blind, and is staring a little over Electra’s head. Matt seams relaxed and at ease talking while Electra seams to be taken back a little and seems to have a little bit of a pity look on her face. Matt is also holding Electra’s hand, utilizing his sense of touch so that he knows where she is. Matt is also holding a cane, which he uses to find his way and as a weapon. There is an interesting contrast between Matt and Electra with Matt wearing a darker and soothing colors while Electra is wearing an eye-catching red dress. The image really captures what we believe visually impaired people do and act. 

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