First of all we see a white man in a suit, this shows seniority, and we expect to see this in a white man. It is stereotypical that white men are usually high up businessmen. We then see two police officers who are also both white. This is showing what we expect to see the police to look like (white British.) We then see a white lady looking very posh in a low cut, cream suit, looking very official. In the next show we see a group of three white men arrive, again escorted by a white British police officer. The three men consist of 2 white men and one black man. This could be relating to that fact that white people are more common in the UK population than black people. The white guy at the front seems to be the most dominant out of the group pushing the other two out. We expect in society that it should be the other way round; most of the black males are very muscular and built. However the man in the clip is small and looks inferior to the white man talking. The lady at the front desk has a classic calf British voice. She then called ‘Ben’ who is a black guy with a British sounding name and a very British posh voice. We see him in a suit which shows he is high up and relatively wealthy. We don’t expect him to sound like he does as he is a very Caribbean looking man. Ben then runs down to the office of and we see him tell a woman about immigration. We then see all the immigrants scuttle into a tiny room. They are all tightly compact into each other’s personal space. This shows that they are all treated like objects in storage when immigration arrive, they don’t mind it’s so they don’t get taken back home. After a woman faints the black guy knows what to do, this makes him seem slightly important. The white lady is clueless about what to do and comments about how he dealt with the situation well. We then see Ibrahim on his own isolated from the others, like he could be isolated from society. The black guy in the cupboard is called Adam, this is a very British name, we don’t expect him to be called Adam as it doesn’t match the stereotype of an African man. the white police officers muscle Ibrahim about as they are dominant in the scene, this represents the society we live in where black people are dominant because there is a greater number of them in the population.
Sound:
We hear many different types of sound in the clip. Most of which is completely irrelevant to ethnicity. We hear the immigrants talking and engaging in dialogue in their native language, this shows they are from a different ethnic origin from where the hotel is based. The music towards the end of the clips soft, calm and mellow, this is exactly how we perceive black people to be, relaxed.
Editing:
Parallel editing is used between the black man, Ibrahim, who is on his own being attacked by three white men who are dominant in the clip, and the other immigrants hiding in the cupboard. This is done to possibly show he is isolated from society because of his skin colour and is discriminatory against him. This is how some black people are treated by the whites in society, this is ethically wrong, but still happens.
Camerawork:
At the very start there is an over the shoulder shot of the two white police officers, this shows the police are dominant as there is a greater number of them. We notice that the British police officers are both white; this isn’t an accurate representation as there are black police officers. Secondly we see a zoom shot used to focus on the white woman at the front desk, this shows that she is very high up. We also see another woman at the desk again white, this possibly indicates that the white people have the higher paid jobs and more important jobs in the hotel and the immigrants have poor jobs that are poorly paid. Possibly showing they are lower class citizens and less regarded as important in society. The immigrants are filmed through bars as they are running into the cupboard to escape immigration. This shows they are trapped and are made to feel like caged animals. This also shows that there is no way out if they are caught. When the black guy is filmed in the cupboard he is filmed in a low angle shot making him seem less important and inferior as oppose to the white woman who is filmed from a high angle making her seem important and in charge. There are two shots used towards the end where it shows the different ethical groups in society and their different traditions when its meal time. The two shots both pan from right to left and show 3 different groups in society.
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