In the first scene we see the father character walk down the stairs in dirtied old cloths and filthy hair, speaking in a slurred voice, giving the impression that he is drunk which reinforces the stereotype of underclass people being subjugated to drug and alcohol abuse. To go along with this the camera. To go along with this underclass feel, the location this scene is set in is a run down council house. During this scene the family and the father are having a conversation. This is shown via a shot reverse shot which in turn creates a sense of conflict between them, which is and example of the stereotype of a underclass family being broken or dis-functional. During this conflict between the father and the rest of the family, the father is shown through low angle shots along with the rest of the family being placed lower down from him making him look like the most powerful one in the home. We then see the fathers daughter with, presumably her baby. She is nursing the baby with a bottle. I saw the baby as a sign of innocence and hope in the family's rather bleak situation. Throughout the scene the camera gets progressively more wild and erratic as the father gets angrier. This along with crazy editing the stereotype of underclass people being dangerous. Even though so far the underclass family has been shown in a negative light, by the end of the extract the editing and camerawork gets a lot calmer, and a calm non-diegetic soundtrack begins to play, making the audience feel sympathy towards the family.
The composition in the next scene shows the family all together outside seeing the arrival of their caravan. This composition used shows the unification of the underclass family. So its challenging the stereotype of broken underclass families. Its around about now that a upper class man in a suit shows up to deal with what a assumed was a will. In juxtaposition between him and the rest of the family makes the more obvious accusation of them being underclass. Its now that the father finds out he was only left £40 in the will of his aunt. Although to anyone else this would be rather devastating but the family just laugh it off. This challenges the sterotype of broken underclass families because they can still come together by the end in a positive light.
Thursday 20 March 2014
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Hotel Babylon (Ethnicity Essay)
At the very beginning of the extract tense non-diegetic music is playing in the background as the immigration officers arrive. This music makes this seen suspenseful and in turn is reinforcing the ethnicity stereotype of "Danger", as the audience isn't to know whats about to happen. This is also helped by the pace of this scene as it is quite fast editing coupled with the character Ben and the other man rushing down to the office, making the scene more tense and making the audience nervous in anticipation of whats going to happen. Also in this scene, the receptionist is dressed in white, while the immigration officers are dressed in black. Seeing as the receptionist appears to be in charge of all the employees (who most of which are immigrants) you could say she stands for all of them. Now when the oppositely dressed immigration officers show up, there is a clash between the two colors. I feel this somehow subtly reinforces the stereotype of conflict in ethnicity.
In the next scene, we see almost all the staff in the staff closet. We see all them in one of tow uniforms when they are all together. I saw this as positively influencing the stereotype of "Unification" among them all, although earlier in the extract, all the different ethnicity's seem to be separated. Also i believe that the scene with all the staff in the closet not only reinforces the stereotype, but challenges it as well, as the unification is between multiple ethnicity's. Also in this scene we see the character Ibrahim on his own in a corridor. I saw this as reinforcing the stereotype of "Pity" towards different ethnicity's, as he is distracted by his headphones and the sound of the vacuum so the audience can anticipate his capture by the immigration officers. Also, the sound of the vacuum, i may point out is a "working" diegetic sound, of which is to reflect his so called "soul" purpose of manual labor. As well as this, in this scene we see a white women faint due to a diabetic attack, but she is given help to stop her suffering by a black man, the shot reverse shots between the character Jackie and the character Adam show the diversity between the two. I feel this challenges both the stereotypes of ethnicity, "Dangerous" and "Conflict", as he is doing exactly the opposite, instead of being a threat to her, he is a aid.
In the last scene of the extract, we see all the different ethnicity's sat on different tables, all speaking different dialects. This is shown via a sweep shot across the room showing all the different ethnic groups. I felt the choice of diolouge and the languages they were spoken in shows the segregation between all the different ethnicity's in "Hotel Babylon". This then reinforces the stereotype of conflict between the ethnic groups. Along side this is a non-diegetic soundtrack that plays a relativly sad sounding song, again reienforcing the stereotype of "Pity" towards different ethnicity's.
In the next scene, we see almost all the staff in the staff closet. We see all them in one of tow uniforms when they are all together. I saw this as positively influencing the stereotype of "Unification" among them all, although earlier in the extract, all the different ethnicity's seem to be separated. Also i believe that the scene with all the staff in the closet not only reinforces the stereotype, but challenges it as well, as the unification is between multiple ethnicity's. Also in this scene we see the character Ibrahim on his own in a corridor. I saw this as reinforcing the stereotype of "Pity" towards different ethnicity's, as he is distracted by his headphones and the sound of the vacuum so the audience can anticipate his capture by the immigration officers. Also, the sound of the vacuum, i may point out is a "working" diegetic sound, of which is to reflect his so called "soul" purpose of manual labor. As well as this, in this scene we see a white women faint due to a diabetic attack, but she is given help to stop her suffering by a black man, the shot reverse shots between the character Jackie and the character Adam show the diversity between the two. I feel this challenges both the stereotypes of ethnicity, "Dangerous" and "Conflict", as he is doing exactly the opposite, instead of being a threat to her, he is a aid.
In the last scene of the extract, we see all the different ethnicity's sat on different tables, all speaking different dialects. This is shown via a sweep shot across the room showing all the different ethnic groups. I felt the choice of diolouge and the languages they were spoken in shows the segregation between all the different ethnicity's in "Hotel Babylon". This then reinforces the stereotype of conflict between the ethnic groups. Along side this is a non-diegetic soundtrack that plays a relativly sad sounding song, again reienforcing the stereotype of "Pity" towards different ethnicity's.
Thursday 6 March 2014
Coming down the Mountain (Disability essay)
In the extract of "Coming down the mountain", i noticed that Ben (the disabled boy) is always placed below everyone else in the scene. This seems to give across the message that he is being conveyed as inferior to the others (mainly David in most shots). This is reinforcing the stereotype of incapability, as everyone who seems to stand higher than him in shots looks more capable and has to do stuff for him.
In the very first shot, the camera is angled directly above both David and Ben, this shot type immediately tells us two things. Firstly, it shows sympathy for both characters, Ben for his disability and David for having to put up with it all. Secondly, the MES in this shot shows the dived between David and Ben, as on one side of the room is all of Ben's colorful belongings and on David's side is barley any belongings and its almost all grey. I feel that this somehow challenges the stereotype of abnormality, as this is making David seem like the abnormal one.
In the scene when the Phillips's family are in the kitchen, the diegetic sound of the radio playing in the background, i picked up on that as a sort of metaphorical input for how Ben's mind works. It just sort of half plays in the background while everyone else gets on with their own business. This is reinforcing the stereotype of abnormality, because everyone else in the scene all seem to be quite "on the ball" as it were, and Ben is sort of sitting around making noise, much like the radio.
In the scene were Ben is riding his bike, the camera is angled down at him from Davids perspective. this gives the feeling that David is constantly positioning himself above Ben to get away from him almost. Also in this scene, David is seen attempting to shot Ben with a toy sniper rifle. Both of these examples reinforce the stereotype of "victim" towards Ben, when his own brother has murderous thoughts toward him.
David seems to have the most prominence through out the extract. This is to try and make the audience to relate to and empathize with him. This then makes draws the audiences direct attention away from Ben, in turn reinforcing the stereotype of "abnormality" among the disabled.
The "Shot reverse shots" used between Ben and David create juxtaposition between the two characters making the audience directly see the comparisons of the two beside each other. This again is making the stereotype of abnormality clear and reinforcing it because you are comparing Ben with his disability to another, in this case David who is (for all intensive purposes) "Normal".
The lighting throughout the extract is rather bleak, there's never a room or area shown in the extract that is brightly light. I saw this as a sort of metaphor for living with someone with a disability, it seems to make it appear that living with someone with a disability makes every aspect of your life bleak and dull. I feel like this both reinforces and challenges the stereotype of "Victim". I think this because Ben (the one who this stereotype should be aimed at) isn't the victim here, David is as he seems to come of allot worse.
In the very first shot, the camera is angled directly above both David and Ben, this shot type immediately tells us two things. Firstly, it shows sympathy for both characters, Ben for his disability and David for having to put up with it all. Secondly, the MES in this shot shows the dived between David and Ben, as on one side of the room is all of Ben's colorful belongings and on David's side is barley any belongings and its almost all grey. I feel that this somehow challenges the stereotype of abnormality, as this is making David seem like the abnormal one.
In the scene when the Phillips's family are in the kitchen, the diegetic sound of the radio playing in the background, i picked up on that as a sort of metaphorical input for how Ben's mind works. It just sort of half plays in the background while everyone else gets on with their own business. This is reinforcing the stereotype of abnormality, because everyone else in the scene all seem to be quite "on the ball" as it were, and Ben is sort of sitting around making noise, much like the radio.
In the scene were Ben is riding his bike, the camera is angled down at him from Davids perspective. this gives the feeling that David is constantly positioning himself above Ben to get away from him almost. Also in this scene, David is seen attempting to shot Ben with a toy sniper rifle. Both of these examples reinforce the stereotype of "victim" towards Ben, when his own brother has murderous thoughts toward him.
David seems to have the most prominence through out the extract. This is to try and make the audience to relate to and empathize with him. This then makes draws the audiences direct attention away from Ben, in turn reinforcing the stereotype of "abnormality" among the disabled.
The "Shot reverse shots" used between Ben and David create juxtaposition between the two characters making the audience directly see the comparisons of the two beside each other. This again is making the stereotype of abnormality clear and reinforcing it because you are comparing Ben with his disability to another, in this case David who is (for all intensive purposes) "Normal".
The lighting throughout the extract is rather bleak, there's never a room or area shown in the extract that is brightly light. I saw this as a sort of metaphor for living with someone with a disability, it seems to make it appear that living with someone with a disability makes every aspect of your life bleak and dull. I feel like this both reinforces and challenges the stereotype of "Victim". I think this because Ben (the one who this stereotype should be aimed at) isn't the victim here, David is as he seems to come of allot worse.
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how/why is the camera important?
-angles
-movment
-focus
-shot types
-composition
male gaze
feminist veiw
-how men look at them
-how women see themselves
-how women see eachother
laura malvey- craeted "male gaze"
-camera follows and focusses on the female figure
-puts women down as they are seen as sexual objects
-lots of body shots used
-provocative shots, asthough seen through mens eyes.
alpha female
"alpha"=leader
the alpha female is followed by the rest of the group
-low angle on the alpha (power)
-high angle on the group (dominated)
alpha female is equivalent with the male
post-masculine man
-not stereotypical man
-mimic other men
- uncomfortable around other men
Alpha Male
-direct/in control
-standing above/whatching
-sizing up the men/weak and strong
-must show authority/act to hide weakness
-angles
-movment
-focus
-shot types
-composition
male gaze
feminist veiw
-how men look at them
-how women see themselves
-how women see eachother
laura malvey- craeted "male gaze"
-camera follows and focusses on the female figure
-puts women down as they are seen as sexual objects
-lots of body shots used
-provocative shots, asthough seen through mens eyes.
alpha female
"alpha"=leader
the alpha female is followed by the rest of the group
-low angle on the alpha (power)
-high angle on the group (dominated)
alpha female is equivalent with the male
post-masculine man
-not stereotypical man
-mimic other men
- uncomfortable around other men
Alpha Male
-direct/in control
-standing above/whatching
-sizing up the men/weak and strong
-must show authority/act to hide weakness
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