Monday 3 October 2016

Hotel Babylon

Camera - At the start of the clip, the camera is STEADICAM when the immigration team are speaking to the receptionist , however when she gives the ''signal'', it switches to HAND- HELD camera when Ben is running down the stairs to the immigrants, this shows that the situation has become rushed and uneasy. After this Jacky is trying to gather everyone up the camera uses SHALLOW FOCUS, this shows us that she is pivotal in alerting the other immigrants so that they do not get rounded up.
The camera next uses shallow focus when the lady faints in the basement the focus is on Zenab, this is a stereotype as the focus is only ever on the Black people when there is crisis or up heaving.

Sound - During the part of the clip where Jacky finds out about the raid you can hear shouting and panic, this is DIEGETIC SOUND as you can see the panic and discomfort on screen, this is a stereotype, as a black person delivers the news (Very bad news) it fits the stereotype that they are dangerous as he is only seen to bring bad news, however Jacky, an Asian lady is seen to be the leader of the immigrants and is in charge of keeping them safe, this is a stereotype as she is clearly seen as wise and respected as she is given the set of keys. At 2;54 we again have an example of DIEGETIC SOUND, we here Ibrahim gasp when he sees the officers, this shows us that there is clear panic and there is a problem. As it is only a black person  that gets caught, we see the stereotype that black people are pitied as Jacky explains to the officer about his family being shot.

Mise en scene - In this clip all of the immigrant characters are in scurry and unprofessional clothes as they are usually cleaners, however upstairs where all the white people are everyone is in posh clothes and in proper uniform, this shows the structure of social classes, where immigrants are not worthy of doing customer facing jobs. We see this mainly when the diabetic female passes out in the basement and it appears that the black cleaner was actually a doctor before he migrated, he exclaims ''i haven't always been a cleaner you know''. Also before the ''raid'' happens the staff have no individuality or persona, this is the stereotype that immigrants are ''nobody's'' and have n real purpose, it is not until crisis when we start to see them as individuals like Zenab and Ibrahim. During the clip they use costume to identify the immigrants status, For example the female receptionists where white uniform to portray the idea of purity and that they're innocent, however the imigrant female worker wore a black suit to give the idea she is unpure and has to do the dirty work.

Editing - For most of the clip they use fast paced editing, this is to create the impression that they do not have much time and they they're in a frantic situation. They also use cross-cutting when most of the staff are locked in the cupboard but Ibrahim is still out hoovering, this aids continuity to portray that everything is happening at once, it Adding to this they use shot-reverse-shot when the diabetic woman on the floor slumps. The female who seems to be the leader is looking down at the black man, using  a dutch angle shot showing the division of power between the two, this persist the idea of the stereotype that Black people are below others even when trying to help. When Ibrahim is being dragged away they use a Low eye-line shot, this is to make you sympathies with the immigrants and make you see their point of view, that stereo typically people look up to the white man.




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