Ethnicity Mock

This TV drama clip explores the struggle for ethnic identity. The people who are shown in the beginning of the scene are wearing suits or smart clothing suggesting they are upper class and therefore important.  The people shown as in power are Caucasian.  When the shot changes to the other ethnicities, they are shown wearing aprons and surrounded by boxes and clutter implying they are of a lower importance.  They are also downstairs to everyone else suggesting they are lower than the Caucasians. There is a shot showing all the workers locked in the stock room, this reinforces that they are unified. This is also reinforced when one of the maids passes out the camera angle changes to a high angle as they all crouch with her. This not only shows that they stick together but also that they are classed as having a low importance in society.

The shot reverse shot at the beginning between the receptionist and the migration police, uses composition to show that  the men have the power. As there are more of them and she is on her own. This challenges the unified stereotype of ethnicities. This may suggest that the caucasian ethnicity are less unified than other ethnicities as through this clip the others are shown as being together and sticking up for each eachother.

To reinforce the ethnic stereotype that they are unified, a black man in the reception looks up from his newspaper to see what is happening this implies his concern for the workers. The close  ups on the people of different ethnicities suggest the tension and tell the audience they are in danger.

The shot of the black man hoovering, is a mid to long  shot implying he is in danger because he is alone. The only sound is diagetic, this is the sound  of the hoover. This tells the audience that it is the only thing he can hear and therefore he is unaware of the crisis at hand.

There is a tracking shot showing the immigrants running through the hotel, suggesting they are in danger. This also shows they are discriminated against as they are only working and not committing a crime.There is a diagetic sound of the door handle and a close up of this, it then quickly cuts to a zoom of the group hiding from the police. This zoom to a close up on the group suggests intensity and that they are feeling nervous.

The white men from migration control, are shown taking the black worker out of the building. He is in clear distress as he moves a lot trying to break free, this makes the audience pity him as his freedom is being taken away. When the asian lady removes the black mans possessions out of his locker, the soundtrack becomes very slow paced and sympathetic again reinforcing his stereotype and making the audience pity him.