Hotel Babylon - Ethnicity

Camera - Frame, Angle, Movement 

• A tracking shot is used when the officers walk into the lobby. This shows the officers as being powerful as they are marching into the lobby confidently. 
• There is a still shot from behind a gate when the immigrants are running into the storage room where they are hiding. This shows the immigrants as if they were behind bars which represents feeling trapped. 
• A tracking shot is also used in the last scene in the cafeteria. This shot shows juxtaposition from when all of the immigrants were hiding together and were all very close whereas in this scene the immigrants are only shown with others who are the same ethnicity as them. 
• A close up is used for the shot of a locker being closed. This is shown after one of the immigrants has been captured. This represents his life being shut away as he has now been captured and will not be able to return/ re-open the locker. 

Mise en scene 

• The women in charge is dressed in all white clothing which is seen in the scene where the immigrant is being taken away. As the women is wearing all white this shows purity and innocence.
• Black women does not fully pray before eating her meal, this is shown in the final scene in the dining room. This shows to not be conforming to the stereotype that religious people rely on prayer to help with all of there problems.
• All of the people who want to capture the immigrants are all white males. This is shown when the three men walk into the lobby. This represents that all people in power are white males as there are no females or coloured people with them to help find the immigrants.

Sound 

• A quote from this clip 'I wasn't always a cleaner' is used in the scene where all of the immigrants are in the storage room. This quote shows that just because he is an immigrant he is not being able to work in his desired job. 
• Another quote from this clip 'Here to stop people getting out' which was said by one of the immigration officers in the very first scene. This represents that the immigrants are trapped and unable to 'get out' without being caught. 
• There are many different languages being spoken in the scene in the kitchen. This shows a variation in cultures just in that one hotel. 

Editing 

• Oriental women has the most screen time throughout the clip, especially in the storage room where the immigrants are hiding. This shows the power she has and especially over the other immigrants.
• Shot reverse shot is used in this clip when people are talking in the storage room. As there is equal screen time between the people talking this shows equality.